AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

AvTalk - Aviation Podcast


Latest Episodes

AvTalk Episode 351: Our favorite conversations from 2025
January 02, 2026

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, were beginning 2026 by looking back at a pair of our favorite conversations from 2025. Throughout the year, we focused a lot on the seemingly unending stream of new

AvTalk Episode 350: “Outrageous:” close calls near Venezuela
December 19, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, a pair of incidents involving civilian aircraft and military aircraft without active transponders operating in Curaaos airspace sounds a bit too familiar. We discus

AvTalk Episode 349: How do you forget about a 737?
December 12, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, Ian and Jason return from their respective travels to survey this weeks news. We return to India where IndiGos meltdown last week left the government none-too-pleas

AvTalk Episode 348: Consider the airspace closed in its entirety
December 05, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, Ian is joined by new Flightradar24 crew member Daniel Gustafsson in the Flightradar24 offices in Stockholm, while Jason finishes his journey through Japans cat cafes

AvTalk Episode 347: Fatigue cracks, thrust levers, and sand ballast
November 27, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, Ian is joined by aviation journalist Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren to discuss a trio of recently released preliminary accident reports. UPS flight 2976 MD-11F crash on take

AvTalk Episode 346: The A340-600 episode
November 21, 2025

On this episode of AvTalk, the Dubai Airshow wraps up with a long list of major orders and other announcements. The FAA cancels its cancellation order and air traffic in the US returns to pre-governme

AvTalk Episode 345: Reasonable people
November 14, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, US airspace held togetherbarelywith hastily announced cuts to flights at major airports going into effect and air traffic controller staffing triggers peaking on Su

AvTalk Episode 344: UPS flight 2976
November 07, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, we discuss what we know so far about the crash of UPS Airlines flight 2976 in Louisville. To manage some of the burden on air traffic controllers during the governmen

AvTalk Episode 343: It’s a retention issue
October 31, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, we chat with Katherine Moloney, a pilot and founder of Elevate(her) Aviation, an organization dedicated to raising the percentage of women in aviation careers around

AvTalk Episode 342: Two statistically improbable events
October 24, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, we discuss two statistically improbable events an airACT 747 veered off the runway and struck a vehicle before ending up in the sea and a United Airlines 737-8 MAX