AvTalk - Aviation Podcast
An aviation podcast by aviation geeks for anyone who looks up when they hear an airplane fly overhead. Listen in as Ian Petchenik and Jason Rabinowitz bring you aviation news, views, and special guests every Friday. If you're a new avgeek or just can't get enough aviation in your life, get your avgeek fix with us.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 309
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
AvTalk Episode 116: WTO look there’s China
On this episode of AvTalk, the US and EU close the book on their aviation subsidies fight and turn their attention to China. CFM debuts its new RISE engine platform. And Airbus and Cathay Pacific are…
00:33:23 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
AvTalk Episode 115: Is Boom all noise?
On this episode of AvTalk, we welcome aerospace journalists John Walton and Jon Ostrower to discuss United Airlines’ order for Boom’s Supersonic Overture jet, and the likelihood of the aircraft ever …
00:46:12 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
AvTalk Episode 114: Shootin’ the Breeze
On this episode of AvTalk, we try to fit in as many Breeze Airways puns as we can as Jason fills us in on the airline’s inaugural flight. We also take stock of the situation in Belarus and see where …
00:33:26 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
AvTalk Episode 113: Ryanair flight 4978 forced to land in Belarus
On this episode of AvTalk, we discuss the forcible diversion of a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to Minsk, Belarus and the ensuing international response.
On 23 May, Ryanair flight 4978 was fo…
On 23 May, Ryanair flight 4978 was fo…
00:40:05 |
Fri 28 May 2021
AvTalk Episode 112: They walked away from a mid-air collision
On this episode of AvTalk, a Metroliner and SR22 collide over Denver and everyone walks away safely. A Boutique Air flight loses a door. And Boeing fixes the latest issue with the 737 MAX.
Metroliner…
Metroliner…
00:40:09 |
Fri 21 May 2021
AvTalk Episode 111: NTSB Investigator Sean Payne, Part 2
On this episode of AvTalk, we continue our conversation with NTSB investigator Sean Payne to discuss the NTSB’s most wanted list and their call for crash protected recorders to be installed in all pa…
01:07:58 |
Fri 07 May 2021
AvTalk Episode 110: NTSB Investigator Sean Payne, Part 1
On this episode of AvTalk, we welcome Sean Payne, an investigator with the US National Transportation Safety Board, for the first in a two-part interview. In part one this week, Payne walks us throug…
01:07:31 |
Fri 23 Apr 2021
AvTalk Episode 109: Meet Frugal the Squirrel
On this episode of AvTalk, the densest version of the 737 MAX is certified, a ketchup packet shortage brings us back to a previous espiode, and we talk with Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren about an important b…
01:04:33 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
AvTalk Episode 108: Ian does his best to pronounce Fagradalsfjall
On this episode, we check on Iceland’s erupting volcano, dig through the Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 final report, and Gabe sits down with Amapola Flyg’s CEO to learn more about the sma…
01:09:54 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
AvTalk Episode 107: Strong words from Sir Tim Clark
On this episode of AvTalk, we mark two years since the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and the beginning of a years long effort to fix the 737 MAX and return it to service. We also discuss Sir…
01:08:01 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
AvTalk Episode 106: How to run an airport in Antarctica
On this very special episode of AvTalk, we’re joined by Sven Lidström of the Norwegian Polar Institute to learn about Troll Research Station in Antarctica and the station’s blue ice runway.
Troll Re…
Troll Re…
00:35:04 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
AvTalk Episode 105: It’s raining engine parts
On this episode of AvTalk, we discuss what we know so far about the engine failure aboard United Airlines flight UA328 and what investigators and regulators are doing now to ensure that the Pratt & W…
00:49:45 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
AvTalk Episode 104: Air Greenland CEO Jacob Nitter
On this episode of AvTalk, Air Greenland CEO Jacob Nitter joins Gabriel Leigh for a discussion on how the airline has managed through the pandemic and how they’re planning to emerge on the other side…
01:06:39 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
AvTalk Episode 103: Ian’s plan to save Norwegian with GameStop cash
On this episode of AvTalk, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority clear the 737 MAX for flight. And Ian hatches a plan to save Norwegian Air by gett…
00:44:02 |
Fri 29 Jan 2021
AvTalk Episode 102: The crash of Sriwijaya Air flight 182
On this episode of AvTalk, we review what we know so far about the crash of Sriwijaya Air flight 182. We also look at the state of aviation industry as we begin 2021. And our first 737 MAX update of …
00:58:17 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
AvTalk Episode 101: Our favorite conversations from 2020
Happy New Year! This week we’re looking back at a couple of our favorite AvTalk conversations from 2020. We’ll be back on 15 January with our first new episode of the year.
Completing the Trifecta
Jo…
Completing the Trifecta
Jo…
00:50:39 |
Fri 01 Jan 2021
AvTalk Episode 100: Good riddance 2020
On our 100th episode of AvTalk, we’re joined by John Walton to learn about the complexity of transporting the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine and why there’s a run on dry ice. Plus, we look back at 2…
01:12:17 |
Fri 18 Dec 2020
AvTalk Episode 99: Solving the mystery of the whale song
On this episode of AvTalk, whale songs, a Vulcan howl, Chewbaca’s greeting—whatever you want to call it, Graham Webb from Pratt and Whitney joins us to explain the Geared Turbo Fan’s distinctive nois…
00:41:46 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
AvTalk Episode 98: The MAX is back
On this episode, The Air Current’s Jon Ostrower joins us to discuss the FAA’s approval of the changes to the 737 MAX and the withdrawal of its grounding order, clearing the way for the aircraft to be…
01:07:11 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
AvTalk Episode 97: The Piston-powered Episode
On this episode of AvTalk, the impossible has happened—Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport is open! We welcome Matthew Colbert, founder of Empire Aviation Services to learn more about how small airports are…
01:10:09 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
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