Aviation podcast suggestions.
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Aviation podcast suggestions.
Does anyone have any recommendations for aviation related podcasts ? I've listened to a couple of pretty good ones like Airline Pilot Guy. Just wondered if anyone else has some they particularly enjoy ?
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From: UK
Looking only at British ones as the environment in the US is so different:
I subscribe to Plane Safety (although I didn't bother with the most recent one).
I found Flaps a bit tabloid for my taste and I got bored with Flying after listening to a lot (in fact just looking on iTunes he seems to have stopped anyway).
Royal Aeronautical Society releases some of its headquarters lectures as podcasts. I have enjoyed some of those although I no longer subscribe.
I also subscribe to Space Rocket History, Space Boffins and the Planetary Society podcasts although I think calling them aviation is stretching things a bit.
I am using subscribe in the iTunes sense of signing up for, not paying for!
I subscribe to Plane Safety (although I didn't bother with the most recent one).
I found Flaps a bit tabloid for my taste and I got bored with Flying after listening to a lot (in fact just looking on iTunes he seems to have stopped anyway).
Royal Aeronautical Society releases some of its headquarters lectures as podcasts. I have enjoyed some of those although I no longer subscribe.
I also subscribe to Space Rocket History, Space Boffins and the Planetary Society podcasts although I think calling them aviation is stretching things a bit.
I am using subscribe in the iTunes sense of signing up for, not paying for!
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From: Nanaimo (CAC8)
Budd Davisson's Pilot Reports are a must.
Some are available as podcasts, but there are also reprints of his articles from Air Progress. I recommend starting with this article from 1971 to get a flavour. Note in particular the recent preface.
When I read that article (in Calgary in 1971), if I hadn't been married, I would have gone like a shot, even though it was about three months salary!
$1800 in 1971 is about $11,000-$12,000 now. Can anyone offer me the same deal?
The articles are here:
Pilot Reports on fighters, bombers, antique aircraft and homebuilt aircraft
and the podcasts are here:
The Flight Journal Podcast with Budd Davisson - Flight Journal
WARNING: Clicking on these links can be an incredible time waster! This post took me 45 minutes to write because I re-read the P51 article.
Some are available as podcasts, but there are also reprints of his articles from Air Progress. I recommend starting with this article from 1971 to get a flavour. Note in particular the recent preface.
Although he has a basic outline, the actual course has to be custom-tailored to the individual's needs. Basically, for $1,800 (Ed: sit down before you read the rest of this sentence. You won’t believe it!) you get 10 hours of Stearman time, 10 hours of T-6 (five front, five back), two hours of Mustang, a couple hours in the B-25 and two in the Bearcat (or four in the B-25 to try for a type rating).
$1800 in 1971 is about $11,000-$12,000 now. Can anyone offer me the same deal?
The articles are here:
Pilot Reports on fighters, bombers, antique aircraft and homebuilt aircraft
and the podcasts are here:
The Flight Journal Podcast with Budd Davisson - Flight Journal
WARNING: Clicking on these links can be an incredible time waster! This post took me 45 minutes to write because I re-read the P51 article.
