Episode 373 - Plane Skiing UK Podcast
Plane Talking UK's Podcast
English - June 27, 2021 08:42 - 1 hour - 109 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsAviation Leisure News Daily News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Join Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme.
In this week's show we go camping inside an airbus which has its very own tent, a Ryanair flight decides to save on weight & leaves some passengers behind & Southwest unveil a very special livery.
In the military the US decide to get rid of some C130's in a downsizing mission, USAF F35's take off from the world's finest aircraft carrier & the USAF Signs a Contract For Ultra-Short Takeoff Aircraft.
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 :
COMMERCIAL
AIRBUS DESIGNS INFLIGHT COVID QUARANTINE TENT
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airbus-paxcase-inflight-quarantine-concept/index.html
BRITISH AIRWAYS MIGHT ABANDON GATWICK, FOR HEATHROW, IF 80% SLOT USE RULES ARE REINSTATED
https://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2021/06/british-airways-might-abandon-gatwick-for-heathrow-if-80-slot-use-rules-are-reinstated/
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/british-airways-leaving-gatwick/
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/185/made
RYANAIR 737 TAKES OFF FROM TOULOUSE LEAVING AROUND 50 PASSENGERS BEHIND
https://www.airlive.net/incident-ryanair-boeing-737-takes-off-from-toulouse-leaving-around-fifty-passengers-behind/
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/06/19/comment-ryanair-a-pu-oublier-une-cinquantaine-de-passagers-a-laeroport-de-toulouse-blagnac-9617293.php?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&Echobox=1624118207-1#xtor=%5B%5BTT-PRINCIPAL%5D%5D
AIRBUS A320 NEO CREWS TOLD TO STAY ALERT FOR ABNORMAL TAKE-OFF AIRSPEEDS
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/a320neo-crews-told-to-stay-alert-for-abnormal-take-off-airspeeds/144277.article
LOGANAIR RECIEVES £4 MILLION FROM TRANSPORT SCOTLAND
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/islands/3254779/loganair-receives-4million-from-transport-scotland-to-keep-lifeline-services-in-the-air-during-pandemic/
MALTA'S AIRHUB AIRLINES ADDS FIRST A340-300
https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/104858-maltas-airhub-airlines-adds-first-a340-300
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DEBUTS SPECIAL LIVERY
https://simpleflying.com/southwest-fifty-years-celebration/
AMERICAN AIRLINES CANCELS HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS DUE TO LABOR SHORTAGES
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/20/business/american-airlines-flights-canceled-labor-shortages/index.html
EMBRAER ‘HOPEFUL’ OF TURBOPROP LAUNCH IN 2022: COMMERCIAL AVIATION CHIEF
https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/embraer-hopeful-of-turboprop-launch-in-2022-commercial-aviation-chief/144292.article
LUFTHANSA REPLACES ITS SHORTEST ROUTE WITH A BUS SERVICE
https://www.airliners.de/lufthansa-umstrittene-innerbayerische-route/60989
MILITARY
AIR FORCE PLANS TO CUT 45 PLANES FROM ITS WORKHORSE C-130 FLEET, UPGRADE OTHERS
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/23/air-force-plans-cut-45-planes-its-workhorse-c-130-fleet-upgrade-others.html
US WARPLANES FLY FIRST COMBAT MISSIONS OFF FOREIGN AIRCRAFT CARRIER SINCE WORLD WAR II
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/22/middleeast/us-fighter-jets-uk-aircraft-carrier-intl-hnk-ml-scli/index.html
USAF SIGNS CONTRACT WITH ELECTRA FOR ULTRA-SHORT TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT
https://interestingengineering.com/usaf-signs-contract-with-electra-for-ultra-short-takeoff-aircraft
AIRVENTURE 2021 TO DISPLAY MODERN MILITARY AIRPOWER
https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/06-24-2021-airventure-2021-to-display-modern-military-airpower?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF93r8TXp14_5SeBR-ff2a-eA5GJLgV25gxRyTBjjTnqTNqY8Yn1QQG8CBYC5jK8GIRMSAAjJM29U0nogcQo0MokaSALHaKUTfGL_QBOKYP_9oP
A BATTLE OF BRITAIN HERO'S NEPHEW TOOK TO THE SKIES IN A HURRICANE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS UNCLE WHO WAS SHOT DOWN AND KILLED
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/ww2-pilots-nephew-takes-to-skies-in-memory-of-hero-uncle-249536/