849 Open Skies
Airplane Geeks Podcast
Southwest Airlines files to expand to all Open Skies countries, the TSA explains last year’s New Jersey drone scare, a Lufthansa A321 flew for 10 minutes without a pilot at the controls, sleep and fatigue in military aviation, a new direction for the Boeing criminal charge, and lithium-ion fires onboard airplanes. Also, a resurrected aviation podcast and a brand new one.
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848 Aviation Maintenance Training
Airplane Geeks Podcast
We look at aviation maintenance training with the Chennault Aviation Maintenance Academy Director of Education, and with the Director of Maintenance for Chennault Aviation Services. In the news, more Newark Airport air traffic control problems, a large IAG order for Boeing and Airbus jets, calls to abolish airport screening, and Qatar’s B747-8 gift.
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847 Vulcanair V1 Training Aircraft
Airplane Geeks Podcast
The Vulcanair V1 training aircraft will be built in a new US manufacturing facility and offered as an affordable option for flight schools. In the news, air traffic control problems at Newark and the government's actions, the impacts of tariffs on commercial aviation, a call for In-cockpit video recorders, concern about the timely availability of weather forecasts for aviation, the deadline for RealID, and more on wildlife at airports.
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846 Seattle Aerospace Bash
Airplane Geeks Podcast
Conversations from the 2025 Seattle Aerospace Bash. In the news, Boeing’s sell-off of Jeppesen, ForeFlight, AerData, and OzRunways; Avelo Airlines' plan to conduct deportation charter flights is protested; the Electra ultra-short take-off and landing aircraft; Lockheed Martin’s Super F-35 as an alternative to the F-47, and portions of Spirit AeroSystems to be divested to Airbus.
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845 Aircraft Maintenance
Airplane Geeks Podcast
We speak with a KC-135 pilot and licensed airframe and powerplant mechanic who runs a business specializing in aircraft maintenance, avionics upgrades, and aircraft management. In the news, budget cuts at NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Office, a ruling in the so-called “toxic uniform” lawsuit against American Airlines, wildlife hazards, the Swiss Global 7500 aircraft, the ATC retirement age, and Air Force restrictions on pregnant pilots.
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844 Airline Retailing
Airplane Geeks Podcast
Airline retailing with ATPCO CEO Alex Zoghlin, IATA’s New Distribution Capability, Offers & Orders, and the recent Elevate industry conference. In the news, AI transformation of the airline industry, cyber criminals stealing United FA login credentials, shark skin riblets on Delta 767s, first flight of a prototype hydrogen-powered helicopter, China’s tailless 6th generation fighter jet, and a fatal helicopter crash in the Hudson River.
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843 Deportation Flights
Airplane Geeks Podcast
Deportation flights by charter operators, new NTSB accident reporting portal, military aviation accident rates, Air Wisconsin struggles, a merger of regional carriers Republic and Mesa, NTSB report on evacuation slide problems, compensation for airports impacted by TFRs, Skyryse One helicopter, a History Minute, and the WASPs.
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842 SAF Certificates and Carbon Insetting
Airplane Geeks Podcast
The founder and managing director of 123Carbon explains carbon insetting, SAF certificates, and SAF registries. In the news, we look at the Safer Skies Act of 2025, the KC-135 Stratotanker service life, Airbus future single-aisle technologies and design, and injuries after a mid-air TCAS alarm sounds.
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841 Political Campaign Charter
Airplane Geeks Podcast
Political campaign charter aircraft, tariffs and the aerospace industry, Boeings NGAD fighter contract, the adaptive cycle engines to power it, corrosion issues on A220 jetliners, the shutdown of Heathrow, and the resilience of airports to power outages.
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840 Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy
Airplane Geeks Podcast
We look at Spirit Airlines exiting bankruptcy, fundamental changes at Southwest Airlines, the non-functional CVR in the Philadelphia Learjet crash, helicopter route restrictions around DCA, a bill permitting property owners to shoot down drones, the JetZero blended wing body (BWB), Sikorsky’s “blown wing” VTOL, and countries looking beyond the F-35 for 5th-generation fighters.
info_outlineSpaceX Starship explosion causes airline flight diversions, DJI changes geofencing feature, synthetic aviation fuel for military aircraft, Boeing resumes 777X certification flight tests.