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 235: 1200 pilots short
On this week’s AvTalk, the pilots of the Ural Airlines A320 that ran out of fuel and landed in a field didn’t know the gear was down. VivaAerobus becomes the first airline to add new routes after Mex…
00:39:05 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
AvTalk 234: Route proving with the A321XLR
On this episode of AvTalk, our Chris Lomas becomes the first non-Airbus employee to fly the A321XLR as he joins the route proving campaign. Plus, one company sold aircraft parts based on forged docum…
00:50:10 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
AvTalk Episode 233: Ural in a field (again)
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we recap all the fun we had at Dorkfest and Spot LAX, including our meeting with one incredible young avgeek. Plus, another Ural Airlines flight ends up in a field, …
00:49:27 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
AvTalk Episode 232: Duplicate waypoints led to NATS outage
On this episode of AvTalk, we learn that the cause of the NATS outage at the end of August was two identically named waypoints 4,000 miles apart. Plus, we discover Discover Airlines, learn a thing or…
00:46:00 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
AvTalk Episode 231: Investigation, what investigation?
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a NATS computer failure snarls traffic in the UK, Russia says there won’t be an investigation into the crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane, and some 737 MAX are affec…
00:39:40 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
AvTalk Episode 230: Prigozhin’s plane plummets
On this episode of AvTalk, what we know so far about the crash of an Embraer Legacy 600 in Russia that is said to have been carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin and top Wagner Group officials. And we sit down …
01:06:41 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
AvTalk Episode 229: Just kidding about vacation, this is a new episode
We were wrong. Last week, Ian promised a clip show. But then news happened! So we have a new show for you this week. Ian and Jason discuss the new Air India logo, livery, and cabin interiors; the NTS…
00:29:16 |
Fri 18 Aug 2023
AvTalk Episode 228: Jumpseat cameraman
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Niger’s airspace closure creates confusion and delay; the NTSB investigation into a close call in Boston reveals video evidence of just how close of a call it was; a…
00:37:49 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
AvTalk Episode 227: TCAS for the win!
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, TCAS comes to the rescue, averting a mid-air collision off the coast of Florida between an Allegiant Air A320 and Gulfstream. NASA is flying low over major US cities…
00:31:18 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
AvTalk 226: Contaminated powder and a single piece of chicken
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, very expensive news for Pratt and Whitney and more headaches for A320neo operators. Go First gets the green light to relaunch if they can meet specific conditions. A…
00:32:27 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
AvTalk Episode 225: The escaping escape slide
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a United 767’s escape slide escapes the aircraft just before landing in Chicago, Northern Pacific is off to a shaky start, and some airline worker unions are quite p…
00:34:34 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
AvTalk Episode 224: An unruly passenger
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren returns as resident Avgeek-in-Chief to talk about his behind the scenes look at how airline safety cards are designed. And a United passenger h…
00:55:36 |
Fri 14 Jul 2023
AvTalk Episode 223: That’s a bad look Scott
On this week’s episode, we give United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby some friendly advice, JetBlue tries to make nice with the DOJ by not appealing the ruling invalidating the Northeast Alliance, and Ian …
00:44:03 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
AvTalk Episode 222: They warned us it would be bad
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, the first major operational meltdown of the summer hits the US, a Delta 717 lands without its nose gear, and we chat with Zac Brown, founder of European Pride in Avi…
00:46:50 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
AvTalk Episode 221: The largest single order in commercial aircraft history
On this week’s AvTalk, we break down all the news from the 2023 Paris Air Show, from IndiGo’s record breaking order to the new propulsion technologies just over the horizon.
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00:48:23 |
Fri 23 Jun 2023
AvTalk Episode 220: Nonstop to Beef Island
On this episode of AvTalk, Air India’s diversion to Russia ends up being about as easy as it gets. The FAA has a new acting administrator and the FAA reauthorization bill currently working its ways t…
00:45:23 |
Fri 16 Jun 2023
AvTalk Episode 219: Air India is in for a long wait
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, an Air India 777 diverts to Russia and we walk through the challenges of getting an aircraft repaired in a country under US sanctions. Boeing is dealing with a fresh…
00:50:20 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
AvTalk Episode 218: Asiana’s open door policy
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a passenger opens an exit door just before landing in Daegu, a new entrant for the most unrealistic airline business model emerges, and Boeing tries to kick start th…
00:39:35 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
AvTalk Episode 217: The NEA is DOA
On this episode of AvTalk founder and editor of The Airline Observer, Brian Sumers, joins us to discuss the ruling by a US judge dissolving American Airlines and JetBlue’s Northeast Alliance and what…
00:51:19 |
Fri 26 May 2023
AvTalk Episode 216: Former NTSB Chair Robert Sumwalt
On this episode of AvTalk, former NTSB Chair and member of the FAA’s recently formed Independent Safety Review Team, Robert Sumwalt joins the program to discuss the state of aviation safety in the Un…
00:51:15 |
Fri 19 May 2023
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