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Of course, we think this show is well worth the wait.  So what if it’s our September show and some of the news is over a month old.  When we called our new production vendor, (yes, our production staff was re-arrested when they violated their parole), we heard the same old tired stories: Supply chain issues, product shortages, tariffs on critical components, moon phases, sunspots, artificial intelligence, and yada, yada, yada.  Anyway, sit down, strap in, put on your helmet. And hold on!

Movie/TV Series: Come Fly With Me (1963)

Book: Pilot Joke Book by Chester Crocker

Interview: Lt. Col Rob “Waldo” Waldman-How to overcome any fear

Website: Soaring-Chess in the Air/Clemens Ceipek

Song: Tail Dragger/Howlin’ Wolf

Destination/Places to Fly To:  The 99’s Museum of Women Pilots, Oklahoma City, OK

Comedy/Sound: Fast Forward-Flight Attendants

Imagine you booked a flight on an airline for a two-week vacation to an exotic location. In fact, a location so exotic, it’s out of this world. Once you got there, the airline called and said they have cancelled your flight and the next flight on the only other airline doesn’t have any open seats until next year. No, it’s not the twilight zone….you are Marooned and Lost In Space courtesy of the Boeing Starliner!  This, other news, movie, book, comedy, interviews and more in this episode.  Plus, listen all the way to the end for a very special announcement!

Movie/TV Series:  Fly Away Home

Book: Famous First Flights by Lowell Thomas, Owen Garriot,

Interview:  Captain Joe-How Pilot Checklists increase your productivity

Website: Airport Courtesy Cars

Song: John Hartford/Steam-Powered Aeroplane

Destination/Places to Fly To: Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA

Comedy/Sound: Tony Hancock-Test Pilot

The multi-national team at Hangar 49 is ready, at a moment’s notice, to respond to any kind of emergency, including an “international incident.”  We even brought in an expert to discuss very this important issue.  That, and more, on this episode of Hangar 49!

Movie/TV Series:  The Blue Angels (2024)

Book: Ghosts of Honolulu by Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll

Interview:  Why your daughter should learn to fly/Leah Ochs

Website:  Airport Camping Guide

Song: Silver Wings/Merle Haggard

Destination/Places to Fly To:  Titan Missile Museum/Tucson AZ

Comedy/Sound:  Preventing an International Incident/Jose Sarduy

Apparently, the production staff has been abducted and two of the three hosts know way to much about aliens.  Who are Tony and Jim? And where are they really from? These questions and more on this episode of Hangar 49.

Movie/TV Series:  The Flight Machine (1930)

Book: Windward-Flying cargo out of Miami’s corrosion corner in the 80’s. by Scott McDonald

Interview:  Bush Pilot-A path less chosen – Bryan Curtis

Website: Fold ‘N Fly-Paper airplane folding instructions

Song: John Denver/The Wings That Fly Us Home

Destination/Places to Fly To:  National Air Races, Roswell, NM

        Comedy/Sound: Jack Whitehall/The Troubles with Flying

We're on our 15th season of this show and we've mastered a thing or two in nearly 170 episodes. We can find great movies, songs, and books.  We can make fun of each other.  And maybe even talk about aviation...if we have extra time.  Each show is full of surprises-like this: Which show co-host and his band opened for the Rolling Stones in the 1960's? Listen to this action-packed episode to find out.

Movie/TV Series:  Masters of the Air (2024)

Book: The Thinking Pilot’s Flight Manual by Rick Durden   

Interview:  Sully Sullenberger-Minute by Minute Description of the Miracle on the Hudson

Website: Celebrity Private Jet Tracker

Song: Air Travel/Ray and Bob (1962)

Destination/Places to Fly To:  Delta Flight Museum, Atlanta, GA

Comedy/Sound: Michael McIntyre-Best Jokes about Planes and Airports

In this show, we run down airshows in the Pacific Northwest and ponder how we will attend all of them.  Plus, the usual breaking news, breaking movie, breaking music, breaking interview, and broken comedy.  Oh, and it's the 88th anniversay for the Spitfire.  All that and more on this episode of Hangar 49.

Movie:  Flight (1929)  

Book:  Spitfire-A Very British Love Story 

Interview:  Andrew Shepard-Aviation’s Next Great Adventure

Website: Density Altitude Calculator

Song: Angus & Julia Stone/Big Jet Plane

Destination/Places to Fly To:  Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum

Comedy/Sound: Armstrong & Miller-Best of the RAF Pilots

We are leaping into the 15th season of Hangar 49!  And…we’re doing it on Leap Day….February 29th!  Please enjoy our usual drivel as we fly into a whole new season.  Thanks for listening.

Movie: Airplane II (1982)

Book:  Final Authority by Robert & Joseph Dobransky

Interview:  A Plane You Can Drive-Anna Dietrich

Website: The Points Guy

Song: I’m Like A Bird/Nelly Furtado

Destination/Places to Fly To:  Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

Comedy/Sound:  Typical Pilot Interview/Studio C

Hangar 49 has gone full circle.  That’s a wrap for our 14th season and our 165th show.  So, business is business and our corporate bigwigs for the huge media conglomerate that owns the show has put their foot down.  Yep, this show contains a commercial break, just before the news segment.  Stay tuned after that for the top aviation news of the day, movie, music, interviews, and more.  All in this great show.

Movie: The Hindenburg (1975)

Book:  Aircraft-The Definitive Visual History by DK Smithsonian

Interview:  Jeanie Brady-Practicing Kindness at 30,000 Feet

Website:  FAA Flight Delay Information

Song:  Joni Mitchell/Amelia

Destination/Places to Fly To:  Airports in low places-Death Valley

Comedy/Sound:  Nathan McIntosh-Pilots Should be Richer Than Rap Stars

Welcome to the Hangar 49 Christmas special episode!  It’s a special, and busy, time of year.  Santa’s workshop, and the H49 studios have a lot going on.  Just like Santa’s place, the H49 elves are busy. So, when one elf doesn’t show up for work, it makes it tough.  Somehow, with only two of us, we managed to get the show on the roof…er…runway.

Special Christmas Movie Feature: The Shepherd (2023)

Special Christmas Video Feature: The Star Wars Holiday Special 

Special Christmas Musical Feature: Royal Guardsmen/Snoopy’s Christmas

Special Christmas Destination /Places to Fly To:  The North Pole

Special Christmas Gift Ideas for your Pilot website:  The Hangar 49 book list

Book: Sky Kings-Flying Adventures with John & Martha

Interview: Dan Boedigheimer-Advanced Aircrew Academy

Song: Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors/Fly Comedy/Sound:  Two for One-- Sabastian Maniscalo & John Crist

So, the Reno air races might be moving south…to the Las Vegas Spaceport!  Are space aliens invited to participate? Will there be a new flying saucer class?  Yep, you heard it (and many other things) here first on this new episode of Hangar 49.

Movie:  Birdy (1984)

Book: Lost in Shangri La by Mitchell Zuckoff

Interview: Samantha Thresher-Corporate Angel Network

Website: Aviation Fanatic

Song: Blue Oyster Cult/ME 262

Destination/Places to Fly To: Nimmo Bay Resort, Nimmo Islet, BC

Comedy/Sound:  James Gregory-Drunk Pilots and More