Hangar49

The world of aviation has great people, and when they get together it creates great vibes. When the Hangar 49 team gets together, our mission is to create more of those vibes. In this show, we create some great vibes…and we get to listen to some great music created with vibes. You gotta to listen to find out….and that's a fact! Oh, we also do a lot of fact-checking in the show, including checking our own facts.

Movie: Airport 1975

Book: Airport by Arthur Hailey

Interview: Ravn Air-Diana Miller

Website: Seat Guru

Song: Flying Home/Lionel Hampton Quintet and a vocal version by Ella Fitzgerald and the:

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival/University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho

Destination/Places to Fly To: Historic Aircraft Resoration Museum-Maryland Height Missouri

Comedy/Sound: Bob Newhart-Air Traffic Controller (from the Smothers Brothers Show)

So, it's time for our March show…and just in time…since March is almost over. Yes, we're running late-just like most airlines. In this show, Tony referees while Jim and Al argue about Elvis. To find out who wins, just listen.

Movie: Con Air

Book: Hornet Flight by Ken Follett

Interview: Trent Moyers from Pangborn/Wenatchee Airport (KEAT)

Website: History of Spy Balloons

Song: Higher and Higher/Moody Blues

Destination/Places to Fly To: Pacific Coast Dream Machines

Comedy/Sound: SNL-Southwest Airlines

Sometimes it's hard to understand what people are saying. Sometimes it's a foreign accent, sometimes it's a fast-talking approach controller in busy Bravo airspace, possibly a mega rock and roll star, or maybe babbling podcast hosts. Listen to this show and you decide.

Movie: Dawn Patrol (1938)

Book: Into The Silk by Ian MacKersey

Interview: TED Talk-Ryah Whalen: Three ways to make flying more climate friendly

Website: Project Blue Book

Song: Flight 505/The Rolling Stones

Destination/Places to Fly To: National Naval Aviation Museum-Pensacola, Florida

Comedy/Sound: Ismo/Flying Through Time

All pilots know what keeps an airplane in the air: Magic! OK...money is an important component. In this show, we take a desperate journey, help you build an airplane for very little money, introduce you to some sorcery, invite you to a museum that you can't visit, see some great aviation photography, and learn what bored pilots do behind that closed cockpit door.

Movie: Desperate Journey (1942)

Book: Advanced paper Airplanes for Kids and Adults by Andrew Thorne

Interview: Derek Schmidt-Lightspeed Aviation Headsets

Website: International Society of Aviation Photography

Song: Flying Sorcery/Al Stewart (Suggested by Tony Simpson in Ireland)

Destination/Places to Fly To: US Air Force Flight Test Museum Edwards Air Force Base, CA

Comedy/Sound: Monty Python-Bored Pilots

It's our annual holiday episode, so gather 'round the tree and take a listen. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate.

Movie: Devotion (2022)

Book: Wing Leader by Johnnie Johnson

Interview: Marci Veronie/Avemco

Website: The Last Boeing 747-News Story and Boeing's 747 Stats

Song: The Kinks/Supersonic Rocket Ship

Destination/Places to Fly To: Bradbury Science Museum-Los Alamos, New Mexico

Comedy/Sound: Benny Hill/Scuttle Airlines Special Holiday Bonus Song: Royal Guardsmen/Snoopy's Christmas

Better late than never, right? We didn't hit the numbers, but at least we were able to turn off the runway before the end of November. So, you get to decide, was this show worth waiting for, or is it just another bomb? Let us know at: [email protected] or tell everybody by commenting on our Facebook posts.

Movie: Fighter Squadron (1948)

Book: Wager with the Wind/The Don Sheldon Story by James Greiner

Interview: Dave Hubner-SiriousXM Aviation Services

Website: ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)

Song: The Byrds/Eight Miles High

Destination/Places to Fly To: The Aviator Casino/Delano, CA

Comedy/Sound: MadTV/Flight Attendents with Susan Sarandon

Help Wanted! Hangar 49 has been plagued by technical issues such as lost recordings, bad microphone quality, editing delays, and bad jokes. We blame our production staff for everything. So, we are looking for help. We need a production team member who is an experienced and qualified audio engineer, network administrator, editor, news director, web designer, script writer, comedy writer, commercial pilot, CFII, and janitor who can work under pressure in a fast-paced environment while being supervised by crazy micro-managers. There is no salary, no insurance, no sick days, and no paid vacation. If this sounds like your dream job, please send us your resume.

Oh, and listen to our latest episode:

Movie: The Skydivers (1963)

Book: First Light by Geoffrey Wellum

Interview: James Polivka/Cubcrafters

Website: FlightRadar24

Song: The Kinks/(Wish I could Fly Like) Superman

Destination/Places to Fly To: Barra Airport/Scotland

Comedy/Sound: Mad TV/Prohibited Items at The Airport

Yikes! Technical problems, internet crashes, infestations, and you name it-this show has it. Tune in and find out why. Plus, the usual drivel and Jim rejoins us. Why? We still aren't sure.

Movie: Angels One Five (1952) Book: The first Fighter Pilot by Ed Cobleigh (about Roland Garros) Interview: Sully Sullenberger

Website: Sierra Hotel Aeronautics-Aviation Humor page

Song: I Wish I Could Fly/Roxette

Destination: AOPA's The Hangout/KSFF

Sound/Comedy: MAD TV-Funny Low Cost Airlines

Wow! Over 12 years in the making! There's 149 episodes of these guys working up to this very day. Through trials and tribulations, this team has worked tirelessly to produce the most entertaining aviation podcast in the world. So, here it is. The Best of Everything. And….please welcome our special guest host, Hangar 49 founder, Jim Leighty

So: Sit down. Shut up. And hold on.

Top 10 Movies: #10: Pushing Tin #9: Fail Safe #8: The High and the Mighty #7: Planes-Fire and Rescue #6: The Dam Busters #5: Memphis Belle #4: The Blue Max #3: One Six Right #2: Airplane #1: Top Gun & Top Gun

Top Destination/Places to Fly or Drive To: Oshkosh

Top 10 Books: #10: Tales of An Old Bold Pilot Who Lived To Tell His Story Of Flying The North by Jack McCallum #9: Airframe by Michael Chrichton #8: Flying Tigress by Norah O'Neill #7: Forever Flying by Bob Hoover #6: Straight On Till Morning: The Life Of Beryl Markham by Mary S. Lovell #5: 99 Ways to Make a Flight Attendant Fly--Off the Handle!: A Guide for the Novice or Oblivious Air Traveler by Joann Deveny #4: Naked in Da Nang: A Forward Air Controller in Vietnam by Mike Jackson #3: The Wild Blue-Men & Boys Who Flew The B-24's Over Germany by Stephen Ambrose #2: Flight-The 100 Greatest Airplanes by Mark Phelps #1: Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche

Best all time Interview: John & Martha King

Best Aviation Website/App: Foreflight

Best Comedy/Sound: Louis CK/Flying

Top 10 Songs: #10: Stephen Still/Tree Top Flyer #9: Jefferson Airplane/Planes #8: Chilliwack/Fly At Night #7: Fifth Dimension/Up, Up, and Away #6: Frank Sinatra/Come Fly With Me #5: Arlo Guthrie/Coming Into Los Angeles #4: Elton John/Rocket Man #3: Kenny Loggins/Danger Zone #2: Mary Chapin Carpenter/Why Walk When You Can Fly #1: Michael Jackson/Fly Away

So….can Penguins Really fly? Inquiring minds want to know. Aeronautical engineers want to know. We know turkeys can fly…we have the video. Oh, check out out song, movie, and book and listen to this show for all the answers.

Movie: Lancaster Skies (2019)

Book: Warbirds in the Cloak of Darkness

Interview: Shane Woodson-Uavionix

Website or App: Airmate EFB

Song: Nice Little Penguins/Flying

Destination/Places to Fly To: Great War flying Museum

Comedy/Sound: Saturday Night Live/Aer Lingus