AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

AvTalk - Aviation Podcast


Latest Episodes

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

AvTalk Episode 341: Dry Clean Only
October 17, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, Russian president Vladimir Putin admits Russian air defenses damaged Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 before it crashed near Aktau in Kazakhstan. American Airlines unv

AvTalk Episode 340: Four engines for podcast
October 10, 2025

On this episode of AvTalk, we discuss last weeks collision between two Endeavor Air CRJ-900s at La Guardia and what new video tells us about how it happened. Similar to last time the US federal gover

AvTalk Episode 339: What the Nuuk!?
October 03, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, we chat with Eliska Hill, Senior Vice President of Cargo for the UK and the rest of the world at Air Partner about the state of the cargo market, where recovery has c

AvTalk Episode 338: Tunis to Nice, too close
September 26, 2025

On this weeks episode of AvTalk, a Nouvelair flight almost lands on top of an easyJet A320 in Nice. In Aalborg, Copenhagen, and Oslo, reported drone sightings put a halt to flights. And we spend a lo