Episode 461 - Tribute to a Piloting Legend!

Join Matt, Nev, and Armando for this week's episode! In this week's show we pay tribute to famous pilot Jim Tweto, NASA saves the world once again, and it's international lose-a-wheel-week.  In the military we have a short Ukraine update And lastly we talk about some listener feedback about the struggles of flight training.  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 : COMMERCIAL Ryanair seeking to recruit for 100 tech jobs https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/06/22/ryanair-seeking-to-recruit-for-100-tech-jobs/ NASA's newest X-plane wants to save the planet https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/2/23582152/nasa-x-plane-boeing-air-force-sustainable-aircraft Raising Pilots' Retirement Age to 67 Gets Nod in House FAA Bill https://about.bgov.com/news/raising-pilots-retirement-age-to-67-gets-nod-in-house-faa-bill/#:~:text=The%20House%20Transportation%20and%20Infrastructure,to%2067%2C%20up%20from%2065 The Qantas Boeing 717 making an epic journey to its new home https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/qantas-717-redelivery-flight/?fbclid=PAAaYUaP3G1zePIvC9a4Y_yxW2Cj5VrCZtr4hxbDDOc90ukWbvg0jbshPTnOY_aem_th_ATfSkR5VslJheGoHeZ51L7g5nPG6Sj3j__BgwW6xXB62aVNKCby5XrYnUcviBGO87lY Oops: England Football Team's Plane Takes Wrong Turn In Malta & Blocks Runway https://simpleflying.com/england-football-air-horizont-boeing-737-malta/ INCIDENT A Boeing 787 Dreamliner loses its nose landing gear wheel in flight https://airlive.net/emergency/2023/06/20/incident-a-boeing-787-dreamliner-loses-its-nose-landing-gear-wheel-in-flight/ IndiGo: Record aircraft purchase announced at Paris Airshow https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65952879 DIAMOND TURBOPROP TAKES FIRST FLIGHT https://aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2023/june/22/diamond-turboprop-takes-first-flight SMITHSONIAN HOSTS GA FLY-IN https://aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2023/june/22/smithsonian-hosts-ga-fly-in MILITARY Ukraine plans to send "several dozen" combat pilots for training to fly U.S. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-plans-train-several-dozen-combat-pilots-fly-f-16s-military-2023-06-16/ https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3724250-denmark-ready-to-transfer-f16-fighters-to-ukraine-defense-minister.html https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/06/21/need-speed-f-16-pilot-calls-fighter-jets-sought-ukraine-easy-fly.html KC-135s Pull Off 'Monumental' Air Bridge to Get Scores of Aircraft to Exercise in Europe https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-defender-23-air-bridge/