STRUCK: An Aerospace Engineering & Lightning Protection Show

STRUCK: An Aerospace Engineering & Lightning Protection Show


Latest Episodes

EP96 – Boeing 737 Crashes; Forkner Trial Begins; Textron Buys Pipistrel – But Why?
March 23, 2022

Textron announced the acquisition of Pipistrel, who is working on interesting electric cargo plane designs, the Nuuva series. Does this move make sense for Textron? Plus, we discuss the recent 737 cra

EP95 – Boeing CEO Pay, Joby Crash News & Is Russia Stealing Leased Planes?
March 17, 2022

Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows Russia to nationalize planes, effectively keeping the planes and breaking the ownership contracts. We also discuss Boeing CEO pay, and how CEO pay is rationaliz

EP94 – The Boeing 737 MAX Documentary – Was it Fair?
March 09, 2022

Allen and Dan discuss the Netflix documentary about Boeing - did it accurately represent the facts in the 737 MAX crashes? Plus, they discuss the PR implications of showing off EVTOL aircraft in publi

EP93 – A Joby S4 Crashes – What Now? And, DARPA Flies and Unmanned Black Hawk
March 02, 2022

A Joby Aviation S4 crashed - Will They Still Be Able to Certify? Plus, DARPA is pushing the limits with an unmanned Black Hawk flight. We also discuss Boeing 787 certification issues, F-35 lightning p

EP92 – Flying Through Thunderstorms? With Tom Warner
February 24, 2022

Tom Warner, a lightning researcher, flew the T28 Storm Penetrating aircraft into thunderstorms in the hopes of gathering data and learning more about lightning strikes. Listen in as he share stories f

EP91 – 747-Sized Remotely-Piloted Cargo Planes?
February 17, 2022

Natilus is pitching the idea of remotely-piloted cargo aircraft, hoping to disrupt the industry and reduce issues with pilot shortages and current jet designs. But, is it a realistic vision? We also d

EP90 – Eviation Says their Alice Plane is Ready for Commercial Flight…Is It?
February 09, 2022

Airbus mentioned the possibility of building their own engines for a future fleet of hydrogen planes--will they really forgo Pratt & Whitney, GE or Rolls Royce and build them in-house? Plus, we discus

EP89 – Beta Technologies Partners with US Army – A Big Deal?
February 04, 2022

Fedex is asking the FAA to put anti-missile lasers on their cargo planes - is this necessary? The Qatar v Airbus fight continues, with Qatar Airways placing a large order with rival Boeing. And, Beta

EP88 – Wisk Gets $450MM From Boeing: What’s Next?
January 26, 2022

Plus, Ehang gets an order from AirX in Japan, the Airbus and Qatar Airways fight continues to heat up, the 5G rollout in America continues to be a debacle, and more. Learn more about Weather Gu

EP87 – Ehang Intelligent EVTOL Center? Plus, the A380 is Back?
January 19, 2022

Ehang shares it's new intelligent EVTOL center - are they closing in on launching their aircraft to the public? Plus, we discuss the Airbus A380 returning to service, Airbus vs Boeing 2021 deliveries,