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The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Dr. Steph, and Captain Nick Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! This week’s Plane Tails by Captain Nick is entitled “Mount Fiji and Flight 911” NEWS FlyDubai Update: From Russian IAC Plane turned around for couple to visit dying grandson Navy P-8 Poseidon Locates Castaways On A Deserted Island In The Pacific Woman and her dog lost for nine days in Arizona forest are rescued after searchers find a ‘HELP’ sign she made out of sticks FEEDBACK Russ – YC-14 Mike – APG Sonex Flight Sonex landing at typical uncontrolled airport Sonex Basic Aerobatics The 3 Types Of Static And Dynamic Aircraft Stability Jim – Quick AME question Brett – Supersonic Acme Red? Andy – Parallel Approaches Eric – ADS-B Receivers, MFS Add-On, DC-9 Variants Do you want to build your own FlightAware PiAware ADS-B ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Dr. Steph, and Captain Nick Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! This week’s Plane Tails by Captain Nick is entitled “A Tall Story” NEWS Pilots ‘Worked to Death’: Flydubai Whistleblower says Fatigue-related crash Predicted Unique Challenges of Arriving at Major Fly-In Events Addressed in Aviation Safety Alert FAA issues Airworthiness Directive following airspeed anomalies on Boeing 787 Dreamliners ‘Pull Up!’: Russian TV Airs Final Words of Pilots in Flydubai Jet Crash Ace Pilots Belly Land Passenger Jet in Kazakhstan Plane made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan 27.3.2016 | Viral Tube Honduras To Build New, Safer Airport Suspected fragment of MH370 business class cabin found on Rodrigues Island, east of Africa Berlin A320 near Nantes on Apr 2nd 2016, first officer incapacitated by fumes Batik B738 and Transnusa AT42 at Jakarta ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, and Dr. Steph Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS Egypt A320 near Cairo on Mar 29th 2016, hijack to Larnaca ended peacefully, hijacker arrested, no explosives Alaska Airlines cancels 20 flights Monday due to volcanic ash concerns Airline pilot charged with running ‘string of brothels’ American Airlines pilot charged for allegedly being drunk Delta employee arrested with more than $282,000 in backpack Anchorage air traffic controllers avert disaster by guiding low-on-fuel jet to Unalakleet FEEDBACK Matt – B-777 Pick Up Michael – How Boeing Named Their 700 Series Jets Swedish Andreas – Clarification, Gliders for Disabled Pilots, Cockpit Evacuations Taj – Triple Seven Questions Brent – Miami Hick Ross in England – Blown tires CJ the C130 Pilot – App Recommendations – Podcast 209 Jarad in Alaska – ASRS Report FO Craig ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Dr. Steph, Captain Nick and special guest, Carl Stebbings Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS Brussels Airport to remain closed indefinitely; ICAO condemns attacks Investigators able to decode data from Flydubai damaged CVR Malaysia B772 over Gulf of Thailand on Mar 8th 2014, aircraft missing, data indicate flight MH-370 ended west of Australia, first MH-370 debris identified TAM A321 at Iguassu Falls on Mar 18th 2016, tail plane takes a slab iPhone 6 Catches Fire During Flight High Flier? Airline Attendant Bolts LAX Without Cocaine, Gucci Shoes FEEDBACK Swedish Andreas – Mixing Military and GA Steve – Air Asia Pacific 727 landing gear emergency landing on Guam Swedish Andreas – Speed Check Armando – Global Entry/Sentry Program Daniel Sinico – Watch “Beech King Air accident, Wichita-Mid-Continent Airport” on YouTube Shaun Lee ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, Dr. Steph and Captain Nick. Mike Karrel’s Flying and Life podcast Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS Crash: Flydubai B738 at Rostov on Don on Mar 19th 2016, missed runway after holding for 2 hours Incident: United B772 near Mumbai on Mar 15th 2016, double generator failure Lufthansa jet and drone nearly collide near LAX FEEDBACK David – ShelfPack Micah – Packing & Luggage Prepaid Data SIM Card LuggageWorks Suitcase that Miami Rick and Capt. Jeff Use Landon – Chunks of Flaps and Wing Missing? Christopher Sims – Block Technique Nick Wilson – RIP Joe Patroni Ham Radio Jim is Cured! (or IS he?) Spy-vs-Spy Graphic Boeing YC-14 Steve – Pam Ann David – 777 wake-up video Micah – This Really Bugged Me Mike – Rick’s Slick Watch Glen – Petition to reverse the decision to ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, Dr. Steph and Captain Nick. Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS German Wings Accident Report Germanwings crash: victims’ relatives say Lufthansa should have stopped pilot flying 2 planes report nearly striking drones in Charlotte First Cape drone pilots graduate FEEDBACK Jeff/Steve – Republic Airways Files for Bankruptcy, Blaming a Pilot Shortage Matt – Artificial Joints, Missile Evasion Maneuvers Glen Towler – Alegiant Airline Rant! Ken – NASA video of Wind Tunnel Model of New Aircraft Carl – Beer tasting and airplanes event Tim – Scott Kelly’s Year in Space – The New York Times Brentt – Do a Barrel Roll for Me, Tiny Plane Colin – 717s, CRM Mike – JetBlue Airways Ab Initio Training Larry – Chemtrails – Vindicated Paul Dasilva – Engine Life (TBO), special message to Capt. Nick Fabian – ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, and Captain Nick. Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS Shock after passenger discovers a baby hidden in woman’s hand luggage on Air France flight – Mirror Online American 767 engine shutdown in London FAA Requires Inspections on Aging 777s FEEDBACK Big Ron – Aviación al Día: ‘Sofisticada’ bomba que explotó en avión somalí pasó por rayos X Jason – “Armstrong Spiral?” Rich – Pacific crossing route differences Alfred – B29 Restoration update and B52 restoration Janel E. – Kreuger flaps and slats. What’s the difference? Al C. – Bruce Dickinson & 747 Tim – 17 yrs old and route to becoming an airline pilot APG Feedback/questions Donald Johnson – BBC Documentary called Fighter Pilot Joseph Schena – Huh??? Stuart Thomson – NATs: Flying the North Atlantic Organized Track System Lennart – ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Dr. Steph, and Captain Nick. Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! FEEDBACK Edward Steinfeld – favourite airports Daniel Sinico – Awesome video and amazing stories about the F104! Grant, Carl, Chandrasekhar – How To Fly a Boeing 737 Swedish Jim – Automatic emergency landing! Swedish Jim – Why you should really use seatbelt Nick in Maine – Feedback Suggestion Matt – APG App Age Restriction Thianar – Great App! Taj – CRM Old vs New Generation Tim VR – Valentine Treats Big Ron – Lithium Batteries Capt. Nick – Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves? Matt – Loving the APG App Joel – Fond Memories of B-747? Michael Barth – Inadvertent Takeoff of Handley Page Victor Don Sebastian – A380 Hard Landing at Oshkosh Stuart Aslett – Swiss A321 Bounce Recovery Jeff D. – Travel Health Larry in Tulsa ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, Dr. Steph, and Captain Nick. Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS Debris in Mozambique Is Thought to Come From Malaysia Airlines Plane DOT rule protects air passengers from e-cigarette aerosol Easyjet A319 at Bristol on Feb 16th 2016, flaps instead gear retracted Inaugural Boeing 727 makes its final flight to Museum of Flight FEEDBACK David Grant – Capt. Jerry’s AFG 200th Episode! Capt. Rob Finch – Wisdom Glen (New Zealand) – Door Open in Flight John K. – My Flying Career Journey Carl Houghton – Drones in Miami Nick Carson – Cockpit Layout Jonathan – Mach 24 Liz Pyper – Customs Pre-Clearance Michael Karrels – 772LR and Polar flying Devin – MTRs Feedback Mascha – Dutch Police Training Eagles to Take Down Drones Commercial pilot Arno from Paris – Air France 747 Forever ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, Dr. Steph, and Captain Nick. Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS U.N. agency bans lithium-ion batteries on passenger aircraft Atlanta Airport Gives TSA Ultimatum to Improve or Get Out FEEDBACK Bhavesh in KENYA – Reading Recs from Rick? Armando – AA Discrimination? / Cultural Adaptation Seth Valentine – APG Syndrome, GA Aircraft, Question for Rick Joe – some insight on the logistics and procedures involved into getting product around the world Chris – China Airlines goes off roading! Semi-Lever Main Landing Gear Luke – Concorde and Konkordski Greg – Mach Loop Mark VR – 747-8 video and story Ross – Cruise piloting? Michael Karrels – foreign flight planning Frik – FYI or TMI? Breastfeeding Woman Brad Tate – Laser protection eyewear 402Phil – How Quick Can You Get It Up (and running)? Nick ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode: Captain Jeff, Dr. Steph, and Captain Nick. Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Airline Pilot Guy App – iPhone/iPad 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! NEWS Virgin Atlantic flight back in UK after ‘laser incident’ How dangerous are lasers to planes? CAAZ impounds US cargo plane . . . Bleeding body, millions of rands found on board Study: 90% Of Plane Landings Just Barely Pulled Off FEEDBACK Chris Randall – Long EZ “The Red Devil” Darren Card – Long-Haul Truck Driver in Australia Vinicius Rosa – Relationship Between Bad Weather and Fuel Consumption? Swedish Andreas – Build Your Own Jet Engine Matt/YogiMo – Cruising Levels/Performance? Big Ron – Air Facts Journal: Surviving a mid-air Phillip – CAVU to You Tillman – Jet Engine Maintenance, GA Winter Flying Bhavesh in KENYA – Lagos, Cadets Christopher Sims – Manual Flying Skills, Block Altitudes, STARS Björn Schippmann – Russian bomber explodes into ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode is Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, Dr. Steph, Captain Nick and special guest Paul Whittle “The App Guy” 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! Airline Pilot Guy App – Android Platform Airline Pilot Guy – iOS Version NEWS Somali authorities identify suspect in jetliner blast Former aircraft company executive killed in Arizona crash Drone Crashes Into 40th Floor Of Empire State Building FAA Issues Critical SAFO to Airlines on Lithium Batteries FEEDBACK Barton – Hurdles to Obtaining Pilot’s License Ross from England – Descending and accelerating Lucas – Jamaica, Mon Alex – AF 747 Nick Acosta – Hoverbike Video Travis – Cabin Service Staff Question Don Sebastian – Your future? Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast – Next-Generation Flight Tools Fabian – Feedback Episode 201 & 197 PilotsEyeTV Tim Van Raam – Cool Garage Doors Mechanic Bob – Holding Brett Seymour – Mad-Dog retirement question and 747-800 will be next Air Force One, ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode is Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, Dr. Steph and Captain Nick. 32R Aviation Apparel Promo code APG gets you 10 percent off! Airline Pilot Guy Mobile App (Android Platform Version) NEWS Daallo A321 near Mogadishu on Feb 2nd 2016, explosion rips fuselage open American Airlines crew reported BURNING smell on aborted Flight AA109 In-flight fist fight: Airplane grounded following mid-air cabin crew brawl British Airways B744 at London on Jan 30th 2016, both main gear did not extend Boeing Completes Successful 737 MAX First Flight Blind RAF Hawk Pilot Lands Safely with Help from Wingman FEEDBACK Natacha – ICAO Language Proficiency Frank from Germany – Congrats to your 200th show CJ the C-130 pilot – Science student reinvents the airplane wing Yet another reason airliner wings need not be perfectly smooth… Big Ron – Car-plane Big Data Ken – Why did Allegiant Air’s second-in-command resign? Likely over safety issues, experts say Former ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode is Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, and Captain Nick. Here’s a link to the Google Play Store to download your copy of the Airline Pilot Guy mobile app, Android version: Click Me! NEWS Retired Alaska Airlines Captain Accused Of Piloting Plane While Under The Influence ‘Plane wreckage’ found in Thailand fuels talk of missing Malaysian jet FAA updates flight review guidance JFK allowed passengers arriving on international flight to exit without going through Customs German tourist escorted off plane by police after ‘opening emergency exit door just for fun’ It happened again: AA flight diverted back to DFW, airline claims dark runway FAA Registered Nearly 300,000 Unmanned Aircraft Owners FEEDBACK Virtual Captain Paul/Bhavesh – Tatarstan B735 crash on go-around report Paul – Technician at EWR Airliners could ditch their co-pilots under EU plan to improve safety and cut costs Capt. Oli – TO visibility Allentown_Rick – Could Delta Lawsuit Have ... Read More »

The crew for this week’s episode is Captain Jeff, Miami Rick, Doctor Steph, and Captain Nick. Nick dropped out at about the 46 minute mark due to overheating equipment and island bandwidth. It was good to have him for a third of the show, though! Here’s a link to the Google Play Store to download your copy of the Airline Pilot Guy mobile app, Android version: Click Me! NEWS A Man For All Seasons EasyJet urges cross-check rigour after take-off data incidents Unfairly kicked off flight, Sikh, Muslims sue airline for $9 Million Red Arrows issue warning after training session stopped by fans taking photos Delta Airlines Allows Turkey On Flight For ‘Emotional Support’ FEEDBACK Nev – Metric and Imperial Ahmad – Undoing Mach Tuck Mach Tuck – Wikipedia Joe schema – Retard Retard Paul – Standing take-off Conor Rafferty – Hero Pilot Stops Plane Take Get Family To Funeral Taj – Engine Out Departure Procedures APG ... Read More »

o you know where you're going? Apparently, pilot crews on a couple of flights in the last few weeks didn't. What we can tell you, though, is the APG knows. We have set our sights on continuing to improve our show and grow our community!

Our “Official” 200th episode! You will notice that we are saying “we,” “our,” et cetera a lot more lately. The Airline Pilot Guy show has evolved into a team effort. Dr. Steph and Miami Rick joined the show last year, and now we’re pleased to say that Captain Nick Anderson, aka Old.Pilot and “The Curmudgeon” has been invited to join the crew as well (I really hope he declines, though!) 😉 Quite a surprise awaited me (Capt. Jeff) when I flew down to Miami to join Steph and Rick to record this episode. Apparently, a plan had been in the works for months (spearheaded by Capt. Al I’m told) to have some of the “Brits” fly over “The Pond” to join in the celebration. A great time was had by all. If you trudge on to the end of this show, ... Read More »

Well, we managed to squeeze in one more show before the end of 2015. Because we’re planning a big show in January (episode 200!), we thought we should try to answer some feedback. NEWS Report from Australian investigators suggests MH370 was a ‘zombie plane’ Amazon in talks to lease Boeing jets to launch its own air-cargo business FAA scolds Allegiant for having to make emergency low-fuel landing FEEDBACK Micah – Aviation Career News XNA Nick – Normal procedures and flow diagrams for B777 Joe – Another possible circuit breaker related accident XNA Nick – NTSB full investigation notes for USAir1702 accident at PHL last year Steve – Codeshares, fee for departure and scope Steve – Checklists, flows, and new SOPs Mike and FO Jeff – Air traffic controller to cops: I smoke meth to stay awake Taj – Unmanned Hot Air Ballons Stuart – 737 Questions VIDEO Audible.com Trial Membership Offer – Get your free ... Read More »

NEWS Passenger opens door and triggers slider on board Volarisflight 714 Fire fighters spray foam on wrong plane during engine emergency Holiday laser displays raising safety concerns for pilots Small Lithium Battery-powered Vehicles Banned by several airlines Tokyo’s drone squad will deploy 10-foot drones armed with nets to police the sky UAS Registration and Marking Requirements Qatar A359 at New York on Dec 10th 2015, rejected takeoff Southwest Airlines pilot tells 109 passengers that part of the wing had ‘fallen off’ AI staffer death: Internal mail blames human factors for freak accident FEEDBACK Yunus – Air Asia 8501 Chris – Darn it, you could have met me when you were at the Udvar-Hazy center!!! Louis – Fuselage Shed Anyone? Tony Fletcher – Hey, I can’t get my gear up! Chris Cheatwood – Smoke from Engines at Startup Jaime – Aircraft Lifespan Swedish Andreas – Rant regarding AirAsia Stall Charles Bowser – Ops check good? (seatbelts) Greg – Plane makes ... Read More »

Photo Credit: Wikipedia NEWS Actor Morgan Freeman in plane scare Wild boars on runway send SpiceJet plane off it ‘Six-month delay’ for Heathrow decision Qatar 778 Preliminary Report FEEDBACK Incredible Video – Jeff Dangel Boeing says to roll out first 737 MAX in early December – Nick Acosta JetPack flown in New York around the Statue of Liberty – Big Ron Project Update #18: Restoration of the B-29 Superfortress at Nuclear Museum by National Museum of Nuclear Science – Larry Gregory Swedish Andreas – Cerebral Palsy Carl – Iraqi Airways to Fly Direct to DC Larry Gregory – Aviation Acronyms Stubbed Flight – First Officer Brad Airline Pilot Chatter Nick Acosta – Etihad A380 Tour at the Dubai Airshow Brett Seymour – More Agony? Janet hiring FOs – Mike Dell Carl – Cirrus Pricing Scott Richardson – Crazy flight attendant Mike Dell – USCG MH-65 hit by laser Nevil Bounds – APU Unserviceable? Bryan Lewis – Career Advice Pasadena Brian – Landing on ice Mike ... Read More »