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Join Crash Test Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme. In this week's show the Smithsonian gains a few dollars, a banner towing pilot tries his hand at a game of bridge, & we take a look at just who is the cleanest & safest airline in the world and Nev BA are in the top 10! In the military aH-60 black hawk makes an emergency landing, the USAF thanks a plane spotter, and the SU-75 has enormous wings. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL Microsoft Flight Simulator Great Britain Central Scenery & Skiathos Airport Announced; Twin Otter & Airbus A380 https://twinfinite.net/2021/07/microsoft-flight-simulator-uk-skiathos-twin-otter-a380/ Ryanair kicks off UK cabin crew recruitment drive https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/ryanair-kicks-off-uk-cabin-crew-recruitment-drive Airbus to base new A350 freighter 'predominantly' on -1000 variant https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/airbus-to-base-new-a350-freighter-predominantly-on-1000-variant/144826.article Teenage banner plane pilot makes safe emergency landing on bridge in Ocean City https://www.fox13news.com/news/small-plane-lands-on-bridge-near-ocean-city-new-jersey Smithsonian To Receive Historic $200 Million Donation From Jeff Bezos http://warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum-news/smithsonian-to-receive-historic-200-million-donation-from-jeff-bezos.html LAX pilot spots another jet pack in the sky https://nypost.com/2021/07/29/lax-pilot-spots-another-weird-object-in-sky/ Cessna 408 SkyCourier Debuts at EAA AirVenture https://www.flyingmag.com/story/aircraft/cessna-debuts-408-skycourier/ Sleeping at the airport: American Airlines flight attendant, pilot unions complain about lack of hotel rooms https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/28/american-airlines-flight-attendant-union-summer-travel-complaint.html World's 20 best airlines are named by air safety website https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/27/air-safety-site-lists-20-best-airlines-in-the-world.html An airport pianist earned $60k in tips after a stranger posted his playing to Instagram https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/piano/airport-pianist-earns-60k-tip-strangers/ MILITARY U.S. Black Hawk helicopter makes emergency landing in downtown Bucharest https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41558/watch-this-black-hawk-clip-street-lights-during-emergency-landing-in-romanian-capital US Air Force Pilot Thanks British Man Who Guaranteed a Happy Landing https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/07/23/us-air-force-pilot-thanks-british-man-who-guaranteed-happy-landing.html Southampton City Council Backs Plans For Spitfire Monument http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/southampton-city-council-backs-plans-for-spitfire-monument.html Most Interesting Details In The Official Unveiling Of Russia's 'Checkmate' Fighter Jet https://theaviationist.com/2021/07/20/checkmate-unveiling/

Join Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme. It's a 'Round The World' special episode! We have not one but two guests who have flown and hold records for flying around the world solo in single engine aircraft. The first guest is Travis Ludlow. We've been talking about him in the last few episodes as he travelled around the globe. Next we have Shaesta who completed her round the world trip a few years ago. She now is the founder and President of Dreams Soar a non-profit focused on promoting aviation and STEM to young women. She's just about to launch an exciting new podcast of her own so stay tuned to find out more about that. Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

Join Carlos, Matt and Armando for this week's programme. In this week's show all Hail the Emirates boeing 777, a parent gets in trouble for changing a nappy, and we take a look at a Virgin in space! In the military, Davis Monthan Air Force base in Arizona gets some new missions; the Russians take a close up look at an American P-8 Poseidon; the Colombian Air Force gets some new planes, and lastly the Slovenian Air Force signs up for an all-electric trainer aircraft fleet. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL Cool drone footage of the An-225 taking off from Kiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l65NY4-s23M Jet Blue proving its service to LHR from JFK https://www.aerotime.aero/28371-jetblue-airbus-a321lr-london-heathrow Ryanair Opens Recruitment Drive, Aims to Hire 2,000 Pilots For Expanding Fleet https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/07/14/ryanair-opens-recruitment-drive-aims-to-hire-2-000-pilots-for-expanding-fleet/ https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2021-07-09/ryanair-ceo-sings-praises-newly-delivered-max-8-200s Delta Air Lines Inc. was sued for more than $1 billion by one of its own pilots https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/delta-pilot-sues-airline-for-1-billion-claiming-stolen-crew-app Emirates B777 damaged by hail https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/emirates-airline/boeing-777-encounters-hail-strike-shortly-after-take-off-milan-malpensa/ https://avherald.com/h?article=4ea4639c&opt=0 Woman is duct-taped to her seat after trying to open plane door midflight, airline says https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/07/12/woman-restrained-on-american-airlines-flight/ https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/video-shows-woman-duct-taped-to-seat-after-trying-to-open-airplane-door-on-american-airlines-flight/ Mum told airline put her on no-fly list over nappy change https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/travel-stories/mum-told-airline-put-her-on-nofly-list-over-nappy-change/news-story/f5ffe21164218223b7c0b80a261753e6 Pittsburgh International Airport the first airport in the world to be completely powered by natural gas and solar energy https://www.environmentalleader.com/2021/07/pittsburgh-international-airport-is-the-first-in-the-world-to-be-completely-powered-by-natural-gas-and-solar/ Sir Richard Branson goes to space… or does he? https://earthsky.org/human-world/the-billionaire-space-race-and-the-karman-line/ Mass balloon launch takes to North Somerset skies from Bristol Airport https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/about-us/news-and-media/news-and-media-centre/2021/7/mass-balloon-launch-takes-to-north-somerset-skies-from-bristol-airport AAIB Reveals Cause of On-Stand Ba 787 Nose-Gear Incident https://www.key.aero/article/aaib-reveals-cause-stand-ba-787-nose-gear-incident https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60ed9e3be90e0764d1be271a/AAIB_Special_Bulletin_S1-2021_G-ZBJB.pdf A350-900-XWB Tiny Bedrooms https://uk.news.yahoo.com/see-inside-tiny-hidden-bedrooms-120000902.html UK's largest aircraft seating test facility to open in Norfolk https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/business/mirus-hingham-aircraft-seating-test-facility-norfolk-expansion-8151906 Teen pilot Travis Ludlow youngest to fly solo around the world https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57641567 https://www.facebook.com/aroundtheworldsolo Commercial airlines rely on retired military pilots to fly their planes https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2021/07/15/air-program-seeks-to-interest-teens-in-aviation-amid-pilot-shortage https://www.1af.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2688887/100th-cap-cadet-earns-his-wings-a-new-af-auxiliary-milestone/ MILITARY Air Force to bring new rescue, attack missions to Davis-Monthan, retire oldest A-10s https://www.enidnews.com/news/vas_military_news/air-force-to-bring-new-rescue-attack-missions-to-davis-monthan-retire-oldest-a-10s/article_dbbba58c-dec4-11eb-acd0-e374fd518d11.html Russian Su-30 fighter jets buzzing a US Poseidon spy plane over the Black Sea as another NATO ship is 'tracked' by Putin's forces two weeks after HMS Defender stand-off https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9764413/Russian-fighter-jets-buzz-American-spy-plane-Black-Sea.html The Colombian Air Force received 2 new T-6C Texan II training aircraft https://www.aviacionline.com/2021/07/the-colombian-air-force-received-2-new-t-6c-texan-ii-training-aircraft/ Slovenian Army To Become The First Military Operator of An All-Electric Trainer https://theaviationist.com/2021/07/12/slovenian-army-pipistrel/

Join Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme. In this week's show United show off a shiny new interior, a Ryanair passenger decides to try a different kind of seat on the plane and feels flushed, & one airline is selling tickets with fried chicken. In the Military, State Department's New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal and the Canberra Returns to the Sky. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL Updated details on the transair Flight 810 ditching that was breaking last Friday https://www.airlinerwatch.com/2021/07/how-boeing-737-pilots-survived-hawaii.html United touts new interior as upgrade for passengers https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-unveils-new-interior https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-united-airlines-boeing-737-max-8-new-signature-interior-2021-7?r=US&IR=T Evacuation of a Ryanair plane at Brussels Airport after a passenger boarded without documents and locked himself in the toilet https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanair/evacuation-of-a-ryanair-plane-at-brussels-airport-after-a-passenger-boarded-without-documents-and-locked-himself-in-the-toilet/ Rolls-Royce teams up with Jaguar Land Rover for electric plane world record bid https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/business/rolls-royce-teams-up-jaguar-5621217 FAA proposes $119K in additional fines as unruly behavior on flights skyrockets https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/faa-proposes-119k-fines-passengers-unruly-behavior-continues Gulf Air Flight GF215 Experiences Incident at Kuwait International Airport https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/07/07/gulf-air-flight-gf215-experiences-incident-at-kuwait-international-airport/ https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/straying-passengers-cause-chaos-after-gulf-air-a321-evacuation-in-kuwait/144460.article CAE, Volocopter Collaborate on eVTOL Pilot Training https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-07-08/cae-volocopter-collaborate-evtol-pilot-training Emirates simplifies arrivals and departures in Dubai with launch of Airport Ease and Airport Ease + https://ihaviationandtravel.com/2021/07/08/emirates-simplifies-arrivals-and-departures-in-dubai-with-launch-of-airport-ease-and-airport-ease/t FAA Releases Policy on Training in Experimental, Primary, and Limited Category Aircraft https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/news/07-08-2021-faa-releases-policy-on-training-in-experimental-primary-and-limited-category-aircraft?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF-JyKA6DksLlBzg5Zwoye3afttz9X70FQpdLCjaNZtyzLD6rJtyT-AiHmbKRPnfdiJR5VG973ZVpOM9pGKbaDontDK9a7oXBMB1kdhDBAQjMvL Pilatus Refines PC-24 with New Cabin, Avionics Features https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-07-07/pilatus-refines-pc-24-new-cabin-avionics-features Humanitarian Aircraft, Missions Highlighted at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/07-08-2021-humanitarian-aircraft-missions-highlighted-at-eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2021?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF-JyKA5xlb_XLkN8EksIzmiAXMVCJt9p1F6u1L3k9WziCqZcN9kcWY4ZbruZolSGoKi9lyaQ8LxqOQaZxeqaGVJS2glPnLd0NAakyigdI-OWNc Zimbabwean LCC Fastjet Starts Ticket Sales In Chicken Restaurants https://simpleflying.com/fastjet-chicken-restuarant-flight-tickets/ MILITARY State Department's New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41404/state-departments-new-black-hawks-in-afghanistan-could-prove-especially-important-after-withdrawal Philippine military plane crashes, 45 dead, 49 rescued https://apnews.com/article/philippines-plane-crashes-ebfe276f195550702e9dc664facba50a Canberra Returns to the Sky https://www.facebook.com/temoraaviationmuseum/posts/4661721753857443 National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month http://warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum-news/national-museum-usaf-to-open-an-aircraft-one-day-each-month-2.html

Join Carlos, Matt, and Armando for this week's programme. In this week's show a 737 goes for a swim, United Airlines spends a few quid & a 82 year old is destined to head into space and there's more fails from the main stream media. In the military, the Colombian President's helicopter gets hit by small arms fire, the Pentagon still can't (or won't) explain UFO's, and the Swiss Air Force decides on the F-35 for its future fighter force. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL BOEING 737 CARGO PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN WATER OFF HONOLULU https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-737-cargo-plane-water-off-honolulu-cnbc-2021-07-02/ https://twitter.com/davidshepardson https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=810TA https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n810ta#2842c404 RYANAIR PASSENGER NUMBERS SOAR AS COVID VACCINE RESTORES TRAVEL CONFIDENCE https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/02/ryanair-passenger-numbers-soar-as-covid-vaccine-restores-travel-confidence UNITED AIRLINES' BIG AIRCRAFT ORDER HAS UPSIDES AND RISKS https://www.forbes.com/sites/benbaldanza/2021/07/01/united-airlines-big-aircraft-order-has-upsides-and-risks/?sh=2f2b07614db1 CONFUSING NOTAMS LED OVERRUN 747 CREW TO BELIEVE LONGER RUNWAY WAS UNAVAILABLE (UPDATE TO AN INVESTIGATION INTO A 747-400F OVERRUN IN 2018) https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/confusing-notams-led-overrun-747-crew-to-believe-longer-runway-was-unavailable/144397.article https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/sky-lease-747-wrecked-after-minor-factors-conspired-to-cause-halifax-overrun/144390.article ALPA CALLS ON FAA TO REQUIRE 'SECONDARY' COCKPIT BARRIERS https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/alpa-calls-on-faa-to-require-secondary-cockpit-barriers/144353.article AN AUTONOMOUS DRONE FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE IN FORESTS USING OPTICAL SECTIONING ALGORITHM https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-autonomous-drone-forests-optical-sectioning.html TRAILBLAZING FEMALE PILOT WILL GO TO SPACE AT AGE 82 WITH JEFF BEZOS https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/trailblazing-female-pilot-will-go-space-age-82-with-jeff-bezos-2021-07-01/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/branson-aims-make-space-trip-july-11-ahead-bezos-2021-07-02/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/bransons-virgin-galactic-gets-faa-approval-fly-people-space-2021-06-25/ BOMBARDIER SNAGS 10-AIRCRAFT, $452M DEAL https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-07-01/bombardier-snags-10-aircraft-452m-deal PASSENGER ABOARD AA FLIGHT FROM CHARLOTTE TO SEATTLE DESCRIBES EMERGENCY LANDING AT CLT https://www.fox46.com/news/local-news/we-hear-this-huge-pop-passenger-aboard-aa-flight-from-charlotte-to-seattle-describes-emergency-landing-at-clt/ TAKE FLIGHT PAIR SET NEW UK COUNTY RECORD https://www.flyer.co.uk/take-flight-pair-set-new-uk-county-record/ CONVERTIBLE 'AIRCAR' VEHICLE CARRIES OUT FLIGHT BETWEEN SLOVAKIAN AIRPORTS https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/convertible-aircar-vehicle-carries-out-flight-between-slovakian-airports/144383.article AIR CANADA PREMIERED ODE TO CANADA SAFETY VIDEO https://www.airlinerwatch.com/2021/06/iconic-national-scenes-get-starring.html MILITARY COLOMBIA PRESIDENT IVÁN DUQUE'S HELICOPTER HIT BY GUNFIRE https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57619929 AN ETHIOPIAN AIR FORCE C-130 HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN BY A PARAMILITARY REBEL GROUP https://www.airlive.net/an-ethiopian-air-force-c-130-has-been-shot-down-by-a-paramilitary-rebel-group/?fbclid=IwAR0tI16B7UWk5_kkPNo3omAMm-p47OqoU3Q-Mo4Z0rFsB6QgDdD7Ygx3YQo PENTAGON REPORT SAYS UFOS CAN'T BE EXPLAINED, AND THIS ADMISSION IS A BIG DEAL https://theconversation.com/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-and-this-admission-is-a-big-deal-161806 IT'S OFFICIAL NOW: SWITZERLAND HAS CHOSEN THE F-35 AS THE NEXT SWISS AIR FORCE FIGHTER https://theaviationist.com/2021/06/30/swiss-af-f-35-selected/ NORMAN CHAPMAN CELEBRATES HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY AT DUXFORD http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/norman-chapman-celebrates-his-100th-birthday-at-duxford.html

Join Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme. In this week's show we go camping inside an airbus which has its very own tent, a Ryanair flight decides to save on weight & leaves some passengers behind & Southwest unveil a very special livery. In the military the US decide to get rid of some C130's in a downsizing mission, USAF F35's take off from the world's finest aircraft carrier & the USAF Signs a Contract For Ultra-Short Takeoff Aircraft. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL AIRBUS DESIGNS INFLIGHT COVID QUARANTINE TENT https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airbus-paxcase-inflight-quarantine-concept/index.html BRITISH AIRWAYS MIGHT ABANDON GATWICK, FOR HEATHROW, IF 80% SLOT USE RULES ARE REINSTATED https://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2021/06/british-airways-might-abandon-gatwick-for-heathrow-if-80-slot-use-rules-are-reinstated/ https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/british-airways-leaving-gatwick/ https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/185/made RYANAIR 737 TAKES OFF FROM TOULOUSE LEAVING AROUND 50 PASSENGERS BEHIND https://www.airlive.net/incident-ryanair-boeing-737-takes-off-from-toulouse-leaving-around-fifty-passengers-behind/ https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/06/19/comment-ryanair-a-pu-oublier-une-cinquantaine-de-passagers-a-laeroport-de-toulouse-blagnac-9617293.php?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&Echobox=1624118207-1#xtor=%5B%5BTT-PRINCIPAL%5D%5D AIRBUS A320 NEO CREWS TOLD TO STAY ALERT FOR ABNORMAL TAKE-OFF AIRSPEEDS https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/a320neo-crews-told-to-stay-alert-for-abnormal-take-off-airspeeds/144277.article LOGANAIR RECIEVES £4 MILLION FROM TRANSPORT SCOTLAND https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/islands/3254779/loganair-receives-4million-from-transport-scotland-to-keep-lifeline-services-in-the-air-during-pandemic/ MALTA'S AIRHUB AIRLINES ADDS FIRST A340-300 https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/104858-maltas-airhub-airlines-adds-first-a340-300 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DEBUTS SPECIAL LIVERY https://simpleflying.com/southwest-fifty-years-celebration/ AMERICAN AIRLINES CANCELS HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS DUE TO LABOR SHORTAGES https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/20/business/american-airlines-flights-canceled-labor-shortages/index.html EMBRAER 'HOPEFUL' OF TURBOPROP LAUNCH IN 2022: COMMERCIAL AVIATION CHIEF https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/embraer-hopeful-of-turboprop-launch-in-2022-commercial-aviation-chief/144292.article LUFTHANSA REPLACES ITS SHORTEST ROUTE WITH A BUS SERVICE https://www.airliners.de/lufthansa-umstrittene-innerbayerische-route/60989 MILITARY AIR FORCE PLANS TO CUT 45 PLANES FROM ITS WORKHORSE C-130 FLEET, UPGRADE OTHERS https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/23/air-force-plans-cut-45-planes-its-workhorse-c-130-fleet-upgrade-others.html US WARPLANES FLY FIRST COMBAT MISSIONS OFF FOREIGN AIRCRAFT CARRIER SINCE WORLD WAR II https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/22/middleeast/us-fighter-jets-uk-aircraft-carrier-intl-hnk-ml-scli/index.html USAF SIGNS CONTRACT WITH ELECTRA FOR ULTRA-SHORT TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT https://interestingengineering.com/usaf-signs-contract-with-electra-for-ultra-short-takeoff-aircraft AIRVENTURE 2021 TO DISPLAY MODERN MILITARY AIRPOWER https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/06-24-2021-airventure-2021-to-display-modern-military-airpower?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF93r8TXp14_5SeBR-ff2a-eA5GJLgV25gxRyTBjjTnqTNqY8Yn1QQG8CBYC5jK8GIRMSAAjJM29U0nogcQo0MokaSALHaKUTfGL_QBOKYP_9oP A BATTLE OF BRITAIN HERO'S NEPHEW TOOK TO THE SKIES IN A HURRICANE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS UNCLE WHO WAS SHOT DOWN AND KILLED https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/ww2-pilots-nephew-takes-to-skies-in-memory-of-hero-uncle-249536/

Join Carlos, Matt and Armando for this week's programme. We were joined by special guest Rob from SkyDemon - Europe's favourite VFR flight planning software. In this week's show Ryanair gets Maxed out, a Boeing 787 bows down before staff at London Heathrow, and one airline gives you the chance to fly on the Queen of the skies to sunny ole Mallorca . In the military The USAF has a way to convert commercial grade Jet-A fuel to military grade JP-8, Numerous aircraft land in Morocco for an exercise, the US Marines explain that they "may have" shaken California awake, and we get a quick UK Warbird update. In the last one of this series, Captain Al talks to Matt about Weather Avoidance in the latest Plane Truths. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : QUEEN AWARDS INSPIRATIONAL PILOTS WITH MBE IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/people/queen-honours-world-first-horsham-airline-captain-3270783 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-57445463 https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/queens-birthday-honours-inspirational-northamptonshire-pilot-awarded-mbe-for-services-to-aviation-3270341 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/994908/Queen_s_Birthday_Honours_List_2021_-_Gov.uk_-_FINAL.docx.pdf https://twitter.com/flyingdisabled/status/1403616643494916096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://www.flyingdisabled.org.uk/biography/ RYANAIR'S FIRST 737 MAX LANDS AT DUBLIN AIRPORT https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ryanair-s-first-737-max-due-at-dublin-airport-1.4595141 https://www.flightradar24.com/47.08,-123.22/7 BA 787 DAMAGED IN NOSE-GEAR INCIDENT WHILE PARKED AT HEATHROW https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/ba-787-damaged-in-nose-gear-incident-while-parked-at-heathrow/144221.article https://twitter.com/MZulqarnainBut1/status/1405804165067067394 PARTIALLY BLIND JAPANESE NATIVE SHINJI MAEDA CAME TO THE U.S. TO BECOME AN AVIATOR. THEN HE TOURED THE WORLD. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-22000-miles-and-18-countries-he-landed-in-snohomish/?fbclid=IwAR2a0syz0lY4wbHi-VJHYNSv68ySz-f_j6HUshesDDuz8h14CgcVcDaDUgw CATHAY WORKING WITH AIRBUS ON SINGLE-PILOT SYSTEM FOR LONG-HAUL https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/exclusive-cathay-working-with-airbus-single-pilot-system-long-haul-2021-06-16/ LUFTHANSA TO FLY TOURISTS TO MALLORCA THIS SUMMER IN JUMBO JETS AND AIRBUS A350S IN RESPONSE TO A SURGE IN BOOKINGS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9684019/Lufthansa-fly-tourists-Mallorca-JUMBO-JETS-Airbus-A350s-response-bookings-surge.html AVGEEK ALERT! YOU CAN SOON SLEEP IN A BOEING 727 AT THIS AVIATION-THEMED HOTEL https://thepointsguy.com/news/aerotel-hoedspruit-boeing-727-vip-suite/ http://aviationphotographs.net/FrontierAirlines/Aircraft-B727/N7273F.html https://zephyrnet.com/boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/aerotel-plane-hotel-boeing-727-hoedspruit-limpopo-12-june-2021/ MILITARY UPDATE : CONTRACT AGGRESSOR AIRCRAFT CRASH AT NELLIS AFB https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/ntsb-report-military-combat-plane-that-crashed-near-nellis-afb-had-wing-flap-issue/article_cdb63aba-cb00-11eb-800e-9bf833a00db2.html?block_id=994400 THE US AIR FORCE (USAF) RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING COMMERCIAL-GRADE JET FUEL TO MILITARY-GRADE FUEL https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-demos-converting-commercial-grade-jet-fuel-into-military-fuel-for-agile-operations/144192.article SEVERAL U.S. AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING F-16S, C-130S, AND KC-135S HAVE DEPLOYED TO NORTHERN AFRICA FOR THE CONTINENT'S LARGEST EXERCISE, AFRICAN LION https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-planes-morocco-exercise-african-lion/ SONIC BOOM UPDATE IN SAN DIEGO https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41058/marine-corps-admits-the-origin-of-the-san-diego-skyquake-was-probably-them A UK WARBIRD AVIATION UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/a-supermarine-spitfire-super-saturday-at-north-weald.html SALLY B UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/b-17-sally-b-adopts-ads-b.html

Join Carlos, Matt and Armando for this week's programme. We were joined by special guest Rob from SkyDemon - Europe's favourite VFR flight planning software. In this week's show Ryanair gets Maxed out, a Boeing 787 bows down before staff at London Heathrow, and one airline gives you the chance to fly on the Queen of the skies to sunny ole Mallorca . In the military The USAF has a way to convert commercial grade Jet-A fuel to military grade JP-8, Numerous aircraft land in Morocco for an exercise, the US Marines explain that they "may have" shaken California awake, and we get a quick UK Warbird update. In the last one of this series, Captain Al talks to Matt about Weather Avoidance in the latest Plane Truths. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : QUEEN AWARDS INSPIRATIONAL PILOTS WITH MBE IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/people/queen-honours-world-first-horsham-airline-captain-3270783 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-57445463 https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/queens-birthday-honours-inspirational-northamptonshire-pilot-awarded-mbe-for-services-to-aviation-3270341 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/994908/Queen_s_Birthday_Honours_List_2021_-_Gov.uk_-_FINAL.docx.pdf https://twitter.com/flyingdisabled/status/1403616643494916096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://www.flyingdisabled.org.uk/biography/ RYANAIR'S FIRST 737 MAX LANDS AT DUBLIN AIRPORT https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ryanair-s-first-737-max-due-at-dublin-airport-1.4595141 https://www.flightradar24.com/47.08,-123.22/7 BA 787 DAMAGED IN NOSE-GEAR INCIDENT WHILE PARKED AT HEATHROW https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/ba-787-damaged-in-nose-gear-incident-while-parked-at-heathrow/144221.article https://twitter.com/MZulqarnainBut1/status/1405804165067067394 PARTIALLY BLIND JAPANESE NATIVE SHINJI MAEDA CAME TO THE U.S. TO BECOME AN AVIATOR. THEN HE TOURED THE WORLD. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-22000-miles-and-18-countries-he-landed-in-snohomish/?fbclid=IwAR2a0syz0lY4wbHi-VJHYNSv68ySz-f_j6HUshesDDuz8h14CgcVcDaDUgw CATHAY WORKING WITH AIRBUS ON SINGLE-PILOT SYSTEM FOR LONG-HAUL https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/exclusive-cathay-working-with-airbus-single-pilot-system-long-haul-2021-06-16/ LUFTHANSA TO FLY TOURISTS TO MALLORCA THIS SUMMER IN JUMBO JETS AND AIRBUS A350S IN RESPONSE TO A SURGE IN BOOKINGS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9684019/Lufthansa-fly-tourists-Mallorca-JUMBO-JETS-Airbus-A350s-response-bookings-surge.html AVGEEK ALERT! YOU CAN SOON SLEEP IN A BOEING 727 AT THIS AVIATION-THEMED HOTEL https://thepointsguy.com/news/aerotel-hoedspruit-boeing-727-vip-suite/ http://aviationphotographs.net/FrontierAirlines/Aircraft-B727/N7273F.html https://zephyrnet.com/boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/aerotel-plane-hotel-boeing-727-hoedspruit-limpopo-12-june-2021/ MILITARY UPDATE : CONTRACT AGGRESSOR AIRCRAFT CRASH AT NELLIS AFB https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/ntsb-report-military-combat-plane-that-crashed-near-nellis-afb-had-wing-flap-issue/article_cdb63aba-cb00-11eb-800e-9bf833a00db2.html?block_id=994400 THE US AIR FORCE (USAF) RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING COMMERCIAL-GRADE JET FUEL TO MILITARY-GRADE FUEL https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-demos-converting-commercial-grade-jet-fuel-into-military-fuel-for-agile-operations/144192.article SEVERAL U.S. AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING F-16S, C-130S, AND KC-135S HAVE DEPLOYED TO NORTHERN AFRICA FOR THE CONTINENT'S LARGEST EXERCISE, AFRICAN LION https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-planes-morocco-exercise-african-lion/ SONIC BOOM UPDATE IN SAN DIEGO https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41058/marine-corps-admits-the-origin-of-the-san-diego-skyquake-was-probably-them A UK WARBIRD AVIATION UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/a-supermarine-spitfire-super-saturday-at-north-weald.html SALLY B UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/b-17-sally-b-adopts-ads-b.html

Join Carlos, Matt and Armando for this week's programme. We were joined by special guest Rob from SkyDemon - Europe's favourite VFR flight planning software. In this week's show Ryanair gets Maxed out, a Boeing 787 bows down before staff at London Heathrow, and one airline gives you the chance to fly on the Queen of the skies to sunny ole Mallorca . In the military The USAF has a way to convert commercial grade Jet-A fuel to military grade JP-8, Numerous aircraft land in Morocco for an exercise, the US Marines explain that they "may have" shaken California awake, and we get a quick UK Warbird update. In the last one of this series, Captain Al talks to Matt about Weather Avoidance in the latest Plane Truths. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : QUEEN AWARDS INSPIRATIONAL PILOTS WITH MBE IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/people/queen-honours-world-first-horsham-airline-captain-3270783 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-57445463 https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/queens-birthday-honours-inspirational-northamptonshire-pilot-awarded-mbe-for-services-to-aviation-3270341 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/994908/Queen_s_Birthday_Honours_List_2021_-_Gov.uk_-_FINAL.docx.pdf https://twitter.com/flyingdisabled/status/1403616643494916096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://www.flyingdisabled.org.uk/biography/ RYANAIR'S FIRST 737 MAX LANDS AT DUBLIN AIRPORT https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ryanair-s-first-737-max-due-at-dublin-airport-1.4595141 https://www.flightradar24.com/47.08,-123.22/7 BA 787 DAMAGED IN NOSE-GEAR INCIDENT WHILE PARKED AT HEATHROW https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/ba-787-damaged-in-nose-gear-incident-while-parked-at-heathrow/144221.article https://twitter.com/MZulqarnainBut1/status/1405804165067067394 PARTIALLY BLIND JAPANESE NATIVE SHINJI MAEDA CAME TO THE U.S. TO BECOME AN AVIATOR. THEN HE TOURED THE WORLD. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-22000-miles-and-18-countries-he-landed-in-snohomish/?fbclid=IwAR2a0syz0lY4wbHi-VJHYNSv68ySz-f_j6HUshesDDuz8h14CgcVcDaDUgw CATHAY WORKING WITH AIRBUS ON SINGLE-PILOT SYSTEM FOR LONG-HAUL https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/exclusive-cathay-working-with-airbus-single-pilot-system-long-haul-2021-06-16/ LUFTHANSA TO FLY TOURISTS TO MALLORCA THIS SUMMER IN JUMBO JETS AND AIRBUS A350S IN RESPONSE TO A SURGE IN BOOKINGS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9684019/Lufthansa-fly-tourists-Mallorca-JUMBO-JETS-Airbus-A350s-response-bookings-surge.html AVGEEK ALERT! YOU CAN SOON SLEEP IN A BOEING 727 AT THIS AVIATION-THEMED HOTEL https://thepointsguy.com/news/aerotel-hoedspruit-boeing-727-vip-suite/ http://aviationphotographs.net/FrontierAirlines/Aircraft-B727/N7273F.html https://zephyrnet.com/boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/aerotel-plane-hotel-boeing-727-hoedspruit-limpopo-12-june-2021/ MILITARY UPDATE : CONTRACT AGGRESSOR AIRCRAFT CRASH AT NELLIS AFB https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/ntsb-report-military-combat-plane-that-crashed-near-nellis-afb-had-wing-flap-issue/article_cdb63aba-cb00-11eb-800e-9bf833a00db2.html?block_id=994400 THE US AIR FORCE (USAF) RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING COMMERCIAL-GRADE JET FUEL TO MILITARY-GRADE FUEL https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-demos-converting-commercial-grade-jet-fuel-into-military-fuel-for-agile-operations/144192.article SEVERAL U.S. AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING F-16S, C-130S, AND KC-135S HAVE DEPLOYED TO NORTHERN AFRICA FOR THE CONTINENT'S LARGEST EXERCISE, AFRICAN LION https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-planes-morocco-exercise-african-lion/ SONIC BOOM UPDATE IN SAN DIEGO https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41058/marine-corps-admits-the-origin-of-the-san-diego-skyquake-was-probably-them A UK WARBIRD AVIATION UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/a-supermarine-spitfire-super-saturday-at-north-weald.html SALLY B UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/b-17-sally-b-adopts-ads-b.html

Join Carlos, Matt and Armando for this week's programme. We were joined by special guest Rob from SkyDemon - Europe's favourite VFR flight planning software. In this week's show Ryanair gets Maxed out, a Boeing 787 bows down before staff at London Heathrow, and one airline gives you the chance to fly on the Queen of the skies to sunny ole Mallorca . In the military The USAF has a way to convert commercial grade Jet-A fuel to military grade JP-8, Numerous aircraft land in Morocco for an exercise, the US Marines explain that they "may have" shaken California awake, and we get a quick UK Warbird update. In the last one of this series, Captain Al talks to Matt about Weather Avoidance in the latest Plane Truths. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : QUEEN AWARDS INSPIRATIONAL PILOTS WITH MBE IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/people/queen-honours-world-first-horsham-airline-captain-3270783 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-57445463 https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/queens-birthday-honours-inspirational-northamptonshire-pilot-awarded-mbe-for-services-to-aviation-3270341 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/994908/Queen_s_Birthday_Honours_List_2021_-_Gov.uk_-_FINAL.docx.pdf https://twitter.com/flyingdisabled/status/1403616643494916096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://www.flyingdisabled.org.uk/biography/ RYANAIR'S FIRST 737 MAX LANDS AT DUBLIN AIRPORT https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ryanair-s-first-737-max-due-at-dublin-airport-1.4595141 https://www.flightradar24.com/47.08,-123.22/7 BA 787 DAMAGED IN NOSE-GEAR INCIDENT WHILE PARKED AT HEATHROW https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/ba-787-damaged-in-nose-gear-incident-while-parked-at-heathrow/144221.article https://twitter.com/MZulqarnainBut1/status/1405804165067067394 PARTIALLY BLIND JAPANESE NATIVE SHINJI MAEDA CAME TO THE U.S. TO BECOME AN AVIATOR. THEN HE TOURED THE WORLD. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-22000-miles-and-18-countries-he-landed-in-snohomish/?fbclid=IwAR2a0syz0lY4wbHi-VJHYNSv68ySz-f_j6HUshesDDuz8h14CgcVcDaDUgw CATHAY WORKING WITH AIRBUS ON SINGLE-PILOT SYSTEM FOR LONG-HAUL https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/exclusive-cathay-working-with-airbus-single-pilot-system-long-haul-2021-06-16/ LUFTHANSA TO FLY TOURISTS TO MALLORCA THIS SUMMER IN JUMBO JETS AND AIRBUS A350S IN RESPONSE TO A SURGE IN BOOKINGS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9684019/Lufthansa-fly-tourists-Mallorca-JUMBO-JETS-Airbus-A350s-response-bookings-surge.html AVGEEK ALERT! YOU CAN SOON SLEEP IN A BOEING 727 AT THIS AVIATION-THEMED HOTEL https://thepointsguy.com/news/aerotel-hoedspruit-boeing-727-vip-suite/ http://aviationphotographs.net/FrontierAirlines/Aircraft-B727/N7273F.html https://zephyrnet.com/boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/aerotel-plane-hotel-boeing-727-hoedspruit-limpopo-12-june-2021/ MILITARY UPDATE : CONTRACT AGGRESSOR AIRCRAFT CRASH AT NELLIS AFB https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/ntsb-report-military-combat-plane-that-crashed-near-nellis-afb-had-wing-flap-issue/article_cdb63aba-cb00-11eb-800e-9bf833a00db2.html?block_id=994400 THE US AIR FORCE (USAF) RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING COMMERCIAL-GRADE JET FUEL TO MILITARY-GRADE FUEL https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-demos-converting-commercial-grade-jet-fuel-into-military-fuel-for-agile-operations/144192.article SEVERAL U.S. AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING F-16S, C-130S, AND KC-135S HAVE DEPLOYED TO NORTHERN AFRICA FOR THE CONTINENT'S LARGEST EXERCISE, AFRICAN LION https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-planes-morocco-exercise-african-lion/ SONIC BOOM UPDATE IN SAN DIEGO https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41058/marine-corps-admits-the-origin-of-the-san-diego-skyquake-was-probably-them A UK WARBIRD AVIATION UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/a-supermarine-spitfire-super-saturday-at-north-weald.html SALLY B UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/b-17-sally-b-adopts-ads-b.html