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Patrick from the Move Team at Drew’s Airport joins us to talk about moving multi-million dollar aircraft and being the rescue crew for aircraft in need. He is also fresh from EAA Oshkosh!  On this episode we discuss 

PW1000G engine inspections 

The NASA/Boeing TTBW or X66 future airliner

UPS workers new contract 

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Doug gets to fly the KC46 (for real, not simulator) and discusses the similarities with the 777. Drew is in peak Summer airport operations and working to keep things moving.  On this episode we discuss:

Congress shows bipartisanship buy signing the FAA reauthorization bill

An escape slide escapes from a 767-300

Delta, United, and American 2nd quarter results 

Pilots, flight attendants, and ground workers are demanding better contracts

A Delta 757-300 returns to the gate with a hot cabin. How does this happen?

Airline passengers can make a Hobson’s choice if they don’t like their meal. Listen to hear what that is. 

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Spencer Howard of Straight To The Points, a must-have premium travel resource, joins us this week. We discuss how he left a career in politics to follow his passion which has taken him around the world in luxury. We were also able to confirm that Spencer is an avgeek….at least we think he is, you decide. Spencer also discusses with us:

Skiplagging - but is it legal?

LAX airport worker strikes

NASA X-59 quiet  SST may be the future of travel

Spencer’s picks for best airline products

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Next Trip Public Enemy #1, airport ops supervisor Francis, joins Drew on a widebody transcon trip from DC to LAX. We visit Next Trip public enemy #2, Aaron, and regale Doug about planes, Hollywood, and ARFF of course. In this episode:

ARFF, aircraft rescue and fire fighting

PFAS (forever chemicals) in fire fighting foam

Jetblue leaving Northeast Alliance, AA: “not so fast"

Spirit Aerosystems machinists end strike 

TSA has busiest travel day

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Doug and Drew comiserate with each other and  travelers after a rough week at the airlines. We talk about what happened with the weather and ATC and the difficulties of recovering after hundreds of planes and thousands of crewmembers are displaced. We also discuss:

Let’s stop calling it revenge travel - its just travel, and its growing

Mexican airlines are ready to expand as soon as the FAA lifts Mexico back to a Category 1 status. Volaris has several routes planned and Viva Aerobus is expected to order 100 Airbus aircraft.

The cause of a ramp worker engine ingestion fatality last week was, sadly, confimed to be suicide

A DOT Inspector General audit confirrmed that the FAA is understaffed and lacks a plan to address the challenge 

A Delta 717 had a gear up landing. Doug tells us how pilots are trained to handle these situations

We end the show with our first Google Voice message from abroad with a comment from Mark in Calgary, Canada. 

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Drew has a rough week with nights ending up at IHOP and not Jimmy’s (we’ll explain) and Doug is on a soccer dad break from KC46 training. On this episode we discuss

Paris Airshow begins

Indigo has a record 500 plane order, Qantas orders the A220 to replace the 717, Phillipine Airlines orders A350’s 

Boeing and Airbus forecast the need for 40,000+ planes in the next 20 years

Spirit Aerosystem machinists go on strike, causing new supply chain issues for the 737 and 787

The OceanGate Titan tragedy has an aviation angle 

Is a biplane DC9 with props the future of commercial aviation? Enter the TTBW

Boom Supersonic forges ahead with manufacturers lined up to make the Overture’s fuselage and wings

We end the show with a discussion about missed approaches and go-arounds. Don’t be afraid and enjoy more flight time. :)

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Drew talks about managing throught the Summer flight schedule and Doug is getting ready to head back to training, this time in Altus, Oklahoma, the middle of nowhere. Is it really the middle of nowhere though? Drew does some research and finds goat petting, corn shucking, and axe throwing to keep Doug occupied. We also discuss:

Spirit Aerosystems and the IAM reach a tentative agreement to avoid a strike and delays to 737 and 787 deliveries

Qantas details its A350 cabin layout for its Project Sunrise flights to LHR and JFK - spoiler, there’s a lounge and its not for first class

Spirit Aerosystems make the whole fuselage of the 737 and many parts for the 787. Should Boeing buy them? 

Slide deployments - why do they happen? How much do they cost to repair , and why is Doug scared every time he opens a door?

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Doug is back in California for a break from KC46 training and Drew is managing through the crazy busy Summer flght schedule. We touch on the Air India diversion to Siberia and SFO go-arounds drama before we head down memory taxi lane with a look back at the Boeing 727. Also on this episode:

SAS opens up reservations on the first electric airliner - the Heart ES 30

B52 Stratofortress might fly for 100 years with new engines and navigations system

Jetblue offers slots at LGA to Frontier in an effort to get its Spirit merger throug

Who is DB Cooper and why are 727 rear stairs named after him, and should they be the Richard McCoy stairs?

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Cathay Pacific’s Senior VP, Americas, Chris van den Hooven joins us as his carrier bounces back from Covid19. China’s “zero covid” policy has kept Cathay Pacific out of the resurgent Asian travel market but now, with restrictions lifted, the sky’s the limit.  Also on this episode:

We look at rising traffic volumes in Asia

China’s first large jet, the COMAC C919, starts commercial service

What are the angriest airports in the US?

Cathay Pacifics pre-Covid rise in the Pacific

We end with Chris regaling us with bar recommendations for when we visit Hong Kong, and can tape with him IN PERSON. 

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Doug and Drew are on location in Wichita, Kansas which claims to be the Air Capital of the World. Is it? We tour the city to find out.

Bombardier/ Learjet facilities

Cessna and Textron

Spirit Aerosystems

Airbus

B29 Museum
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Kansas Aviation Museum
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All these aviation giants here but “The I

C..T.” is not all about aviation. We visited breweries, a nature trail, the charming Old Town, and played pickleball!

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