Episode 372 - With SkyDemon Rob!

from Plane Talking UK Podcast · host Carlos, Nev, Armando, Matt & John

Join Carlos, Matt and Armando for this week's programme. We were joined by special guest Rob from SkyDemon - Europe's favourite VFR flight planning software. In this week's show Ryanair gets Maxed out, a Boeing 787 bows down before staff at London Heathrow, and one airline gives you the chance to fly on the Queen of the skies to sunny ole Mallorca . In the military The USAF has a way to convert commercial grade Jet-A fuel to military grade JP-8, Numerous aircraft land in Morocco for an exercise, the US Marines explain that they "may have" shaken California awake, and we get a quick UK Warbird update. In the last one of this series, Captain Al talks to Matt about Weather Avoidance in the latest Plane Truths. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : QUEEN AWARDS INSPIRATIONAL PILOTS WITH MBE IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/people/queen-honours-world-first-horsham-airline-captain-3270783 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-57445463 https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/queens-birthday-honours-inspirational-northamptonshire-pilot-awarded-mbe-for-services-to-aviation-3270341 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/994908/Queen_s_Birthday_Honours_List_2021_-_Gov.uk_-_FINAL.docx.pdf https://twitter.com/flyingdisabled/status/1403616643494916096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://www.flyingdisabled.org.uk/biography/ RYANAIR'S FIRST 737 MAX LANDS AT DUBLIN AIRPORT https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ryanair-s-first-737-max-due-at-dublin-airport-1.4595141 https://www.flightradar24.com/47.08,-123.22/7 BA 787 DAMAGED IN NOSE-GEAR INCIDENT WHILE PARKED AT HEATHROW https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/ba-787-damaged-in-nose-gear-incident-while-parked-at-heathrow/144221.article https://twitter.com/MZulqarnainBut1/status/1405804165067067394 PARTIALLY BLIND JAPANESE NATIVE SHINJI MAEDA CAME TO THE U.S. TO BECOME AN AVIATOR. THEN HE TOURED THE WORLD. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-22000-miles-and-18-countries-he-landed-in-snohomish/?fbclid=IwAR2a0syz0lY4wbHi-VJHYNSv68ySz-f_j6HUshesDDuz8h14CgcVcDaDUgw CATHAY WORKING WITH AIRBUS ON SINGLE-PILOT SYSTEM FOR LONG-HAUL https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/exclusive-cathay-working-with-airbus-single-pilot-system-long-haul-2021-06-16/ LUFTHANSA TO FLY TOURISTS TO MALLORCA THIS SUMMER IN JUMBO JETS AND AIRBUS A350S IN RESPONSE TO A SURGE IN BOOKINGS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9684019/Lufthansa-fly-tourists-Mallorca-JUMBO-JETS-Airbus-A350s-response-bookings-surge.html AVGEEK ALERT! YOU CAN SOON SLEEP IN A BOEING 727 AT THIS AVIATION-THEMED HOTEL https://thepointsguy.com/news/aerotel-hoedspruit-boeing-727-vip-suite/ http://aviationphotographs.net/FrontierAirlines/Aircraft-B727/N7273F.html https://zephyrnet.com/boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boeing-727-set-to-be-turned-into-luxury-hotel-experience https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/aerotel-plane-hotel-boeing-727-hoedspruit-limpopo-12-june-2021/ MILITARY UPDATE : CONTRACT AGGRESSOR AIRCRAFT CRASH AT NELLIS AFB https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/ntsb-report-military-combat-plane-that-crashed-near-nellis-afb-had-wing-flap-issue/article_cdb63aba-cb00-11eb-800e-9bf833a00db2.html?block_id=994400 THE US AIR FORCE (USAF) RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING COMMERCIAL-GRADE JET FUEL TO MILITARY-GRADE FUEL https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-demos-converting-commercial-grade-jet-fuel-into-military-fuel-for-agile-operations/144192.article SEVERAL U.S. AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING F-16S, C-130S, AND KC-135S HAVE DEPLOYED TO NORTHERN AFRICA FOR THE CONTINENT'S LARGEST EXERCISE, AFRICAN LION https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-planes-morocco-exercise-african-lion/ SONIC BOOM UPDATE IN SAN DIEGO https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41058/marine-corps-admits-the-origin-of-the-san-diego-skyquake-was-probably-them A UK WARBIRD AVIATION UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/a-supermarine-spitfire-super-saturday-at-north-weald.html SALLY B UPDATE http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/b-17-sally-b-adopts-ads-b.html

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