Episode 371 - Porpoising With Capt. Al

Join Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando (on tape) for this week's programme.

In this week's show a passenger tries to take up piloting by attempting to break into the flight deck, the E190 gets special clearance into London City, and a 100 year old man logs some Sim time. In the military we have a lot of news from the US Air Force as the begin evaluating electric aircraft for medical ejaculation missions, they retire the last OC-135 treaty verification aircraft, and they abandon plans to replace their fleet of 757 (or C-32) VIP aircraft while the US Navy conducts the first air-to-air refuelling from an unmanned to a manned aircraft.

Continuing on from last week, Armando talks to Lt. Col. Ivan Deroche of the 403rd Wing 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron about active storm reconnaissance or hurricane hunting in the WC130J.

If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8

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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

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DELTA AIR LINES FLIGHT DIVERTED TO NEW MEXICO AFTER PASSENGER TRIES TO BREACH COCKPIT https://www.reuters.com/world/us/delta-air-lines-flight-diverted-new-mexico-after-passenger-tries-breach-cockpit-2021-06-04/ https://news.yahoo.com/newly-released-video-inside-diverted-012958669.html

EU COURTS HALT €550M AID TO AIRLINE CONDOR FOLLOWING RYANAIR CHALLENGE https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/eu-courts-halt-550m-aid-to-airline-condor-following-ryanair-challenge-1.4588481

INDUSTRY REACTION TO US-UK PLANS TO REOPEN TRAVEL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57390246

E190-E2 GAINS STEEP APPROACH CLEARANCE FOR LONDON CITY https://www.aircraftinteriorsinternational.com/news/airframer-news/e190-e2-gains-steep-approach-clearance-for-london-city.html https://www.airway1.com/helvetic-airways-will-debut-the-e190-e2-at-london-city-airport/

AIRSHIP MAKER SAYS PASSENGERS WILL CHOOSE COMFORT OVER SPEED AS INTERIOR IS REVEALED IN STUNNING IMAGES https://www.livescience.com/airlander-10-airship-interior-unveiled.html https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2021-06-07/airship-maker-says-passengers-will-chose-comfort-over-speed https://futureflight.aero/

HEROIC AIR PEACE EMPLOYEES FOIL BABY SMUGGLING PLOT https://simpleflying.com/air-peace-baby-smuggling/

UK LAUNCHES ACTION AGAINST RYANAIR AND BRITISH AIRWAYS OVER REFUNDS https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-launches-action-against-ryanair-ba-over-refunds-2021-06-09/

PORPOISING AND BOUNCED LANDING BADLY DAMAGED ATLAS AIR 767 https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/porpoising-and-bounced-landing-badly-damaged-atlas-air-767/144096.article

BRANSON MAY MAKE A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO BEAT BEZOS INTO SPACE https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/will-sir-richard-come-out-of-the-blue-and-beat-bezos-into-space/ http://www.parabolicarc.com/2021/06/07/virgin-galactics-richard-branson-aims-to-fly-to-space-before-jeff-bezos/

TED'S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATES A LIFETIME IN AVIATION https://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/news/teds-100th-birthday-celebrates-a-lifetime-in-aviation-8019566

MILITARY

U.S. AIR FORCE EVALUATES ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT FOR MEDEVAC MISSIONS https://defence-blog.com/u-s-air-force-evaluates-electric-aircraft-for-medevac-missions/

THE NAVY'S NEW TANKER DRONE JUST REFUELED A SUPER HORNET FIGHTER JET FOR THE FIRST TIME https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/07/navys-new-tanker-drone-just-refueled-super-hornet-fighter-jet-first-time.html

U.S. AIR FORCE RETIRES LAST OPEN SKIES AIRCRAFT https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2021-06-09/us-air-force-retires-last-open-skies-aircraft

PENTAGON SHELVES PLANS FOR NEW AIR FORCE TWO https://www.defenseone.com/business/2021/06/pentagon-shelves-plans-new-air-force-two/174434/