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Our crew today: Captain Nick, Nick Camacho, Captain Jeff, and Producer Liz Pyper. Join us for the latest in aviation news, your feedback, and this week’s Plane Tale “The Life Saving Bombers.”
Photo Credit: Nick Anderson
Intro/outro Music, Coffee Fund theme music by Geoff Smith thegeoffsmith.com
Dr. Steph’s intro music by Nevil Bounds
Capt Nick’s intro music by Kevin from Norway (aka Kevski)
Doh De Oh by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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