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Last 20 Shows Episode 84 – Plane Crazy Again
Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast join Max, Rob, and Dan to talk about the weeks aviation news.
France Concorde crash trial begins outside Paris
No user fees in Obama budget
TSA Scraps Plan To Toughen Private Air Travel Rules
Pilot License Certification Requirements Under Review By The FAA
Sukhoi flies new PAK FA [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 83 – Aviation Jetpardy
This special episode features the Aviation Jetpardy game where three top notch airplane geeks match their aviation knowledge to see who rises to the top of the pile. In this match we have:
Phil Derner from NYCAviation.com, @nycaviation on Twitter
Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research, @hharteveldt on Twitter
Brett H Snyder, The Cranky Flier and Cranky Conceirge, @crankyflier [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 82 – Rainbows and Unicorns
Guest Martin Rottler talks about aviation education and how exposure to flying affects academic performance by young students. Martin is an airline business junkie, and an FAA licensed commercial pilot for single and multi-engine aircraft, a CFI, and he holds an Instrument Rating. Currently, Martin is a graduate student working on a Master’s Degree at [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 81 – Allen on Private Jets
Guest Allen Howell joins the conversation about the role of aviation in the Haiti disaster, as well as the private jet business in general. Allen is the CEO of Corporate Flight Management which offers aircraft services and charters from facilities in Smyrna and Nashville, Tennessee. He also writes at the Plane Conversations blog which offers [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 80 – Chris Elliott on Security
Travel writer Christopher Elliott joins the airplane geeks to talk aviation and airline security. Chris is one of the two blogger/journalists served with a subpoena by the Department of Homeland Security after posting the government directive for airline security procedures after the attempted Christmas 2009 terrorist bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Chris is the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 79 – Aviation Photos by Skippyscage
Guest Paul Filmer joins the Airplane Geeks to talk about current aviation news. Paul is Stateside Editor and Database Administrator for Global Aviation Resource, he contributes to Combat Aircraft Magazine, and you can find his personal page at skippyscage.com/. Paul is an accomplished aviation photographer and you can find his work at those sites.
Flight terror [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 78 – Rob’s Jelly Beans
In this very special episode, we learn the source for the noises Rob makes on the podcast, Grant McHerron and Steve Visscher from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast come on for their Australia Desk Report and we don’t tell Rob it’s them live, and David Vanderhoof treats us to a little holiday cheer Airplane [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 77 – Harteveldt Returns
Henry Harteveldt, Vice President & Principal Analyst with Forrester Research, Inc. makes a return guest appearance to talk industry news and travel technology. Follow Henry on Twitter.
United Airlines To Seek More New Aircraft In ‘10
United to consider Bombardier Cseries
United Applauds Open Skies Accord with Japan
Airlines Disagree Over Business Travel Recovery
More Flap About NWA 188
Asking For [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 76 – Flight Testing With James
Our guest this episode is life-long test pilot James Patton. He was the Chief Test Pilot & Head of Flight Ops at NASA Langley, a naval aviator, an FAA test pilot, and an expert at spin testing. Jim was just inducted into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame.
David Vanderhoof has another This Week in Aviation, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 75 – A Parade
We took the week off but instead of leaving you without your weekly fix of the Airplane Geeks, we’ve done something different. What we have for you is a series of segments produced by our usual cast of characters:
Max Flight
Dan Webb
Rob Mark
David Vanderhoof
Grant McHerron
Thanks to Steve Goodie for allowing us to use his Tweetin On [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 74 – Joshua on Airports
Our guest this episode is Joshua Abramson, he’s the Airport Manager at Winchester Municipal Airport, and also an aviation advisor for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) which carries out applied research on problems that are shared by airport operating agencies. We talk with Josh about issues of concern to regional airports. His website is [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 73 – News Fit to Print
Benet Wilson, Aviation Week’s Online Managing Editor for Business Aviation, again joins Max, Rob, and David to talk about the week’s aviation news. We also discuss how aviation journalists keep current with the news (or ahead of it) and we have some tips and resources that help you stay current with aviation news.
David Vanderhoof has [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 72 – On Board with Heather
This week’s guest is Heather Poole, a flight attendant for a major U.S. airline who authors the blog Another Flight Attendant Writing. She also writes the Galley Gossip column on Gadling and is working on a book of essays. Find her on Twitter as @Heather_Poole. Besides talking about some of the week’s aviation news, we also [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 71 – Flying with MayCay
This week’s guest is MayCay Beeler, a pilot, flight instructor, and TV journalist. MayCay joins Rob, Max, and David to talk about aviation news from the week, her flying experiences, and her recent article in AOPA Online, Crazy for Canada, Flying the Governor General’s Cup International Air Rally.
Standing-Room-Only Seats: The Photos
China’s Spring Airlines LCC conference presentation [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 70 – A Trio of Pro Journalists
This week we’re joined by a trio of aviation journalists to talk about the recent NBAA Convention: Jon Ostrower, the Flightblogger from Flight Global, Randy Padfield, the Editor-in-Chief at Aviation International News, and Benet Wilson, Online Managing Editor for Business Aviation at Aviation Week.
Also, Airplane Geeks Historian David Vanderhoof provides This Week in Aviation, Steve [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 69 – Rob and David
Airplane Geeks Historian David Vanderhoof joins Rob and Max as they discuss the week’s aviation news. David also provides his This Week in Aviation history segment, Steve and Grant have the Australia Desk report, and Court returns with another Wiskey Tango Foxtrot look at aviation.
Pilot safety bill passes US House
Passenger ‘Rights’ Advocate Sues Delta, Alleges [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 68 – Cranky Yet Again
Brett Snyder, The Cranky Flier himself, joins as this Episode’s guest to talk about his new venture, Cranky Concierge. This service provides a real, live airplane dork (his term!) who is available to support you when traveling by air. You can ask yourself why the airlines don’t provide this kind of service for their customers, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 67 – Marketing with Paula
Guest Paula Williams from Aviation Business Consultants International Inc. (ABCI) joins Dan, Rob, and Max to talk about social media marketing in aviation. We also have aviation news from the week, Dan has an interview about new media with Kristie Van Auken from the Akron Canton airport, and we have the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 66 – Chocolate Thunder
Dan Webb takes time off, Steve Visscher drops in, and David Vanderhoof spends the entire episode with Rob and Max as they talk aviation news and history. Steve and Grant provide another report from the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk, and the week’s listener mail includes a great recording of “The Top 10 Ways to Tell [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Episode 65 – Build Your Own
Guest Jeremy Monnett, the CEO of Sonex Aircraft, joins Rob and Max to talk about building your own airplane. Sonex is also developing other interesting kit planes, including jet and electric powered versions and we talk about those as well.
We have aviation news from the past week as well as the report from the Airplane [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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