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 76: The Coronavirus Response
On this episode of AvTalk, we discuss the Coronavirus response, as authorities and airlines try to stop its spread. Kobe Bryant and his daughter are among those killed in a helicopter crash in Califo…
00:36:32 |
Fri 31 Jan 2020
AvTalk Episode 75: The downing of PS752
On this episode of AvTalk, we begin the year on a somber note to discuss the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 in Tehran and the effects of prohibitions by certain countries on f…
00:55:18 |
Fri 17 Jan 2020
AvTalk Episode 74: Our favorite conversations from 2019
Happy New Year! On this episode of AvTalk we look back at some of our favorite conversations from 2019. We’ll be back with the first new episode of 2020 on 17 January.
Mark Vanhoenacker
We start by r…
Mark Vanhoenacker
We start by r…
01:54:16 |
Fri 03 Jan 2020
AvTalk Episode 73: Boeing halts production of the 737 MAX
On this episode of AvTalk, Boeing halts production of the 737 MAX, Harbour Air’s electric Beaver takes flight, and we run down the list of airlines that didn’t make it through 2019 and a few that cou…
00:51:29 |
Fri 20 Dec 2019
AvTalk Episode 72: United’s Single Aisle Surprise
On this episode of AvTalk, our reaction to United Airlines’ surprise order for 50 Airbus A321XLRs, an escape slide escapes mid-air, and the list of airlines to not survive 2019 grows longer.
Escaping…
Escaping…
00:47:33 |
Fri 06 Dec 2019
AvTalk Episode 71: Firm Orders
On this week’s episode, our resident numbers expert Gavin Werbeloff joins us to make sense of the orders from this year’s Dubai Airshow. We also say goodbye the first A380 to be dismantled and take a…
00:53:08 |
Sat 23 Nov 2019
AvTalk Episode 70: Fat Fingers in Amsterdam
On this episode of AvTalk, we chat with Ian Matthews—a Flight Maintenance Engineer for a US-based cargo airline. Plus, a pilot makes a big mistake in Amsterdam, more pickle fork cracks, and we may se…
01:02:33 |
Fri 08 Nov 2019
AvTalk Episode 69: A special 737 MAX update
Return to service — if? when? On this special episode of AvTalk, we welcome back The Air Current editor-in-chief Jon Ostrower for a discussion on the state of the 737 MAX’s return to service and what…
00:48:26 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
ANNOUNCEMENT: No AvTalk episode this week, special episode next week
We unfortunately won’t have a new episode for you this week, but we will be back with a special episode next week that covers a lot of what has happened in the past few weeks, including an analysis o…
00:00:26 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
AvTalk Episode 68: Cracked Pickle Forks
Cracked pickle forks have been found on dozens of inspected 737NGs, the 737 MAX’s road to return remains a winding one, and we welcome back Andrew Poure who fills us in on the hot new cargo route fro…
00:50:45 |
Fri 11 Oct 2019
AvTalk Episode 67: Operation Matterhorn
On this episode of AvTalk, we review an awful week for European airlines and Operation Matterhorn, the largest peace time repatriation effort in history. And we talk with Qantas 787 fleet manager Cap…
01:00:17 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
AvTalk Episode 66: Our Super Avgeek Week
On this episode of AvTalk, we head to Roswell, New Mexico for the Super80 Send Off. Then we cap off our avgeek week in Los Angeles with Cranky Flier’s Dorkfest and SpotLAX2019. Plus an American Airli…
01:01:09 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
AvTalk Episode 65: NOTAM’d
On this episode of AvTalk, we welcome OpsGroup founder Mark Zee to discuss NOTAMs and why his group is trying to change how they’re written. We also get updates on the Ural Airlines A321 that landed …
00:57:14 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
AvTalk Episode 64: AvTalk summer spectacular
On this episode of AvTalk, our quickest 737 MAX update yet, protesters snarl traffic at Hong Kong Airport, and the internet makes a thing out of nothing, part the infinity.
Editors note: this episode…
Editors note: this episode…
00:39:28 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
AvTalk Episode 63: Sir, you can’t dump that fuel here
On this episode of AvTalk, we talk with Joseph Tar Schmidt, a regional airline pilot for a major US carrier. Plus, more MAX headaches for Boeing and the airlines and a HiFly A340 makes a mess in Orla…
00:54:38 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
AvTalk Episode 62: Drying Cherries with a Helicopter
On this episode of AvTalk, we talk to pilot Maria Langer about what it’s like to dry cherry trees with a helicopter. Also, the 737 MAX will stay grounded even longer and Pakistan reopens its airspace…
00:58:29 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
AvTalk Episode 61: La Compagnie co-founder Jean-Charles Perino
On this episode of AvTalk, we’re joined by Jean Charles Perino, co-founder of La Compagnie, the all-business class transatlantic airline, for a wide-ranging discussion about the airline and where La …
00:59:18 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
AvTalk Episode 60: A Paris Surprise
On this episode of AvTalk, aviation journalist John Walton joins us from the Paris Air Show to discuss Airbus’ launch of the A321XLR and the importance of IAG’s order of 200 737 MAX aircraft. We also…
00:47:30 |
Fri 21 Jun 2019
AvTalk Episode 59: From Regional Jet to Space Jet
On this episode of AvTalk, Mitsubishi sets its eyes on the CRJ program, we learn more about the Air Astana loss of control incident in Portugal, and Jason and Seth Miller check in from the IATA annua…
00:48:39 |
Fri 07 Jun 2019
AvTalk Episode 58: Flying Nostalgia
On this episode of AvTalk, we get an update on the Aeroflot 1492 accident. Southwest makes a deal with their mechanics while American goes to court with theirs. And Chris Sloan from Airways Magazine …
00:48:49 |
Fri 24 May 2019
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