Airplane Geeks Podcast
Latest Episodes
496 Electric Aircraft and New Technologies
Electric aircraft, automation, new technologies in aviation, airport access for GA, GAMA jobs rally, DoD receives more aircraft, air cargo security.
495 Heritage Flights
The president of Planes of Fame tells us about the museum, restoring warbirds and historic aircraft, and flying heritage flights. The world’s largest jet engine, restraints on open-door helicopter flights, United Airlines and dogs,
494 Flight Training Management
An online flight training management application for flight instructors, students, and Part 61 flight schools. Also, Amelia Earhart, electric general aviation aircraft, Air New Zealand, United Airlines, comments on the Airbus A350 vs. the Boeing 787.
493 The Flying Tigers and the Forgotten War
The Flying Tigers, the search for MH370 four years after its disappearance, a newly designated national aviation museum, flight training in the F-104 Starfighter, slow acceptance of ADS-B, and the selection of the new FAA administrator.
492 Flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
A Boeing 787 FO talks about flying that plane. Also, implications of privatizing ATC, replacing the T-38C Talon, subsidy claims and Open Skies agreements, an interview with the Commander of 302 Squadron of the Dutch Royal Air Force.
491 Igor Sikorsky III
Igor Sikorsky III and the history of his grandfather, aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky. Also, Boeing and the cyclic industry, new fees proposed for air travelers, International Trade Commission report denying Boeing’s claim against Bombardier is out.
490 The Airbus A350
Conversation with an Airbus A350 captain, one-person flight crews, airlines looking to scale back consumer protection regulations, ADS-B vulnerabilities for military aircraft, the largest ever Piper order for training planes,
489 Airport Planner
Conversation with an airport planner, an organization for innovation in aviation, a paper travel voucher, germs in aviation, refrigerators for Air Force One, donations to the NASM, BA and the passenger experience, Qantas challenges Airbus and Boeing.
488 NASA Chief Historian
NASA Chief Historian looks look at events from the past, anniversaries coming up, and the future for NASA. Also, ITC rules for Bombardier and against Boeing, the pilot of the fatal Icon A5 crash, Putin wants a supersonic civilian airliner,
487 Build an Airport then Take it Down
Aviation eyewear, building the airport at Burning Man and taking it all down, the impact of a U.S. Government shutdown on aviation, ending LASP, seat pitch, Boeing and Embraer, an Emirates A380 order, new support animal rules at Delta.