Allen and Dan discuss further cuts in the airline industry, with Airbus announcing 15,000 job cuts. The 737 MAX completing flight testing this week and future prospects are perhaps improving. Lastly, Pakistan has a huge scandal on their hands--is it re...

In this episode we dig into more layoffs in the aviation industry, including Spirit Aerosystems, who is slowing down their work for Boeing. The final Airbus A380s were delivered, marking the end of an era. In our aerospace engineering fails segment,

Dr. Ana Vukovic from the University of Nottingham's George Green Institute for Electromagnetics Research joined us to talk about her incredible computational modeling work. She shared examples of how their computer modeling technology can greatly reduc...

John Redman of Viper Aviation is a former Air Force mechanic Crew Chief who worked on F-15 and F-117 fighter jets. Now, he'll build you your own experimental Rans S20 or Rans S21 plane. Listen in as he tells his story as one of the best USAF mechanics ...

In episode 12 of the Struck Podcast we discussed the SpaceX rocket and its lightning issues, the AC-67 rocket crash from the 1980s, and the Apollo 12 and how lightning protection changed following the two strikes it took upon launch.

In Struck episode 11 we discussed propeller planes and what happens when lightning strikes. Propellers used to be made of wood, then aluminum and now carbon fiber, but leading edge erosion and protection is critical,

There are more and more electric plane companies popping up, many of them trying to take over the short trip market. Air taxis and planes serving small airstrips and airports can potentially be big business...if these aircraft can get certified.

The 2019 Russian AeroFlot flight crashed after a lightning strike...why did this happen? We also talked about Bye Aerospace's E-Flyer electric plane, Coronavirus detection technology from Airbus, and more.

Hector Del Aguila is an expert in EMI, Lightning Protection and HIRF, and also serves as a DER (designated engineering representative) for the FAA. In this episode of the Struck Podcast, he shares wisdom from his career as a researcher,

In episode seven of Struck, we discuss Panasonic avionics' white paper about millennial travelers, and whether WiFi should be free on all flights. We also talk about ThinKom's satcom radome technology and how their antennas help make in-flight WiFi a v...