Do Planes Really Glide?

Melbourne Radio 3AW's Breakfast team, Ross Stevenson and John Burns, asked James Nixon if it is true that planes glide.

After a lithium battery caught fire in a Qantas 747 flying from LAX to JFK, Perth Radio 6PR's Adam Shand asked James Nixon about lithium batteries and aircraft.

On the 15th June 2017 some ISIS-inspired terrorists tried to bomb an Etihad flight departing from Sydney Airport. Peter Lloyd from ABC Radio asked James for a pilot's view about airborne bombs and Australia's airport security for The World Today.

On the 2nd June 2017, just after the A330 that was MH128 took off from Melbourne International Airport, a man tried to enter the flight deck and claimed he had a bomb. ABC Radio Melbourne's Jon Faine asked James Nixon what happened next. [2nd June 2017]

Australia Overnight's Tony Moclair asked James Nixon to report on the funeral of Peter Issacson AM, DFC, AFC, DFM. [ 4th May 20176 ] 

NOTE: As well as 3AW Radio Melbourne, the show is networked across the country.

It was the last quarter in the AFL Grand Final between two great teams: Hawthorn and Essendon - arch rivals from the 1980s. My first game, I had to step up ... listen to the 3AW Footy Broadcast Team led by Rex Hunt as they call the final minutes.

When your team needs you, will you take command of history?

In 2008 one of Australia's top sportsmen and authors, Max Walker, teamed with Christian Peterson to produce iRadio Max. It was the beginnings of narrow-cast radio for corporates which later became podcasting. James Nixon was their roving reporter. [April 2009]

In 2008 one of Australia's top sportsmen and authors, Max Walker, teamed with Christian Peterson to produce iRadio Max. It was the beginnings of narrow-cast radio for corporates which later became podcasting. James Nixon was their roving reporter. [March 2009] 

In 2008 one of Australia's top sportsmen and authors, Max Walker, teamed with Christian Peterson to produce iRadio Max. It was the beginnings of narrow-cast radio for corporates which later became podcasting. James Nixon was their roving reporter. [1st March 2009]

When the World's Best Pilots had to start an aircraft at the gate, because of a failed APU, they had to use three ground carts and start the right engine first. 

Problem: they started the left. Behind it was one of the ground carts, and potentially, some ground staff.