Plane Tales
Summary: Captain Nick Anderson, aka The Old Pilot, takes us on an aviation audio journey each week on the Airline Pilot Guy Aviation Podcast
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Podcasts:
A routine flight turn into desperate fight for survival as the Captain dangles precariously from the cockpit with his cabin crew doggedly hanging onto his legs. A British Airways BAC111. Image under Creative Commons licence, UK Gov, AAIB and Przemysław Jahr, Poland.
The RAF desperately needed a modern fighter to counter the Luftwaffe in WWII.. Reginald Mitchell, despite failing health, steps up. R J Mitchell. The Supermarine SB6. Images displayed under a Creative Commons licence. Imperial War Museum and unknown sources.
Fast aircraft have swept wings... of course they do! Buy why?
The West is stunned by the appearance of a new Soviet fighter capable of a huge altitude and incredible speed. Suddenly, one is placed right into their laps! The passport of Viktor Belenko. Images courtesy of Creative Commons licence, US Gov.
During the fall of Saigon in 1975, Major Bung Lee escapes in a Bird Dog. Images attributed to USN and used under a Creative Commons licence.
An interview with C130 pilot, the amazing CJ Hemmer, who reveals what those Special Forces Hercules pilots get up to!
Amongst the rafters of Colditz Castle during the Second World War an audacious escape plan is being prepared! The title image by Lee Carson is the only known photograph of the actual Cock and is used under the Creative Commons licence.
Two brothers both become fighter pilots and serve at the same time in the RAF during the Second World War, their fates are linked in more ways than one.
A remarkable piece of navigational deduction by Air New Zealand Capt Vette rescues a lost aircraft over the Pacific ocean. Title image by Dtom under Creative Commons licence.
A Phantom crew barely escape with their lives after a wake turbulence encounter.
The second half of Capt Nick's interview with Elyse Anderson, an Australian flying instructor, on how she got started in aviation
A young Air Cadet receives a hard lesson on the dangers of flying and how a stall happens. Title image under Creative Commons license - Photographer Barry Lewis.
Capt Nick interviews Elyse Anderson an Australian flying instructor on how she got started in aviation.
A Phantom crew make a small, little, indeed tiny mistake whilst carrying live missiles on an exercise... unfortunately the results are fairly dramatic!
The life of Sir Frank Whittle and his development of the turbojet engine. The Gloster E28-39. Images through Creative Commons - Crown Copyright.
