Episode 496 - Scrapped Dreamliners and Jailed Captains!

It's the 500th Simulator Special!  Well here we are! We finally made it. All the crew have been fully type-rated and signed off, paperwork has been checked, we've done our walk-around. Weight and balance checks are complete, all the waypoints are in the FMC, performance calcs verified, the ground run-ups have been done. We're pushing back and getting ourselves ready to line up on runway FIVE ZERO ZERO! Finally, here we are ready for take-off, on our great PTUK milestone.    It feels like this has been quite a while coming, and it's a big milestone for us to reach. Our podcast began way back on the 6th of November 2013 and since then the team has changed and grown, and we've been lucky enough become part of a wonderful aviation podcasting community, with friends all across the globe. We've done some amazing things, with highlights such as Wings over Pittsburgh in 2017, the Dubai Airshow in 2019 and not forgetting our 400th get-together at Brooklands. We've met some real aviation celebrities, and taken part in some wonderful events.    Our amazing support from you, our fabulous listeners, has allowed us to grown and continue, so it is with great pleasure that I present to you the PTUK team, and welcome you all onboard tonight for our terrific episode 500!  You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

Join Carlos, Armando and Andy a very special chat with the amazing A320 pilot Raja learning all about her career so far. We also take you back to Dublin for our latest installment from the Drone Show - This week Carlos finds out all about Women and Drones. Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66  Email [email protected]  or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

Join our hosts for a look at the aviation news and a good dose of conversation on this week's show. In this week's show we've got more news about BOOM, blended wing airliners, Wizz Air are taking a wizz (kind of), and EasyJet have gone hydrogen-powered (sort of!)   We'll be taking a commercial break with another retro airline ad, and we've got a meaty Caption This for everyone to get stuck into.    In the military news we have a brilliant story about an RAF veteran that's been reunited with his first plane. Shape the conversation of the show by joining the LIVE chatroom. Thanks to everyone in the community who comes out and participates. We wouldn't be able to do it without you!  You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

**Reuploaded due to corrupt file** Join our hosts for a look at the aviation news and a good dose of conversation on this week's show. In this week's show we've got a scrapped Dreamliner, a jailed Captain, we look at women in aviation, and hear about a big BOOM in the Mojave desert.           Meanwhile, we have a Tale of the Unexpected, and we've got another interview from our trip to the Drone summit in Dublin. And friend of the show Rory On Air is back to talk about flying with the Scottish Air Ambulance. You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

**Reupload due to corrupt file** Join our hosts for a look at the aviation news and a good dose of conversation on this week's show. Could the search for MH370 be start up again, one Airbus gets shot at again , and Nev takes a look at probably the most luxurious airliner in the world. In the military Boeing might be making a few quid & the German Navy shoots at something it really shouldn't have Shape the conversation of the show by joining the LIVE chatroom. Thanks to everyone in the community who comes out and participates. We wouldn't be able to do it without you!  You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

Join our hosts for a look at the aviation news and a good dose of conversation on this week's show. In this week's show we're playing Boeing Bingo, there's a retiring DC-8, we have a great story about the return of flying boats, and we've had a busy week for mishaps, so we have a round-up of those.     Over in the world of the grey stuff we've got news about the Old Buckenham air show, autonomous F-16s (wow!), and some Swiss Tigers! Shape the conversation of the show by joining the LIVE chatroom. Thanks to everyone in the community who comes out and participates. We wouldn't be able to do it without you!  You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

Join Carlos, Nev, Nik, Andy and Matt for this week's Aviation Rollercoaster. In this week's show we have a packed commercial segment, with a bullet on a plane, a dodgy toilet, some fantastic april fools, and Joe Biden drops a clanger!          In the military news, there's a B1 back from the boneyard, a high-speed test aircraft, Greek F-16s, and Armando tells us about Go/No-Go pills.           Nev has got a fantastic interview for us all about conquering a fear of flying, and we have another interview to bring you from the drone summit in Dublin. You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

Join our hosts for a look at the aviation news and a good dose of conversation on this week's show. Shape the conversation of the show by joining the LIVE chatroom. Thanks to everyone in the community who comes out and participates. We wouldn't be able to do it without you!  You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email [email protected] or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. In this week's show we have our weekly round-up of the latest mishaps with our favourite North American plane-maker, an airline getting in hot water over an unqualified pilot, the Beluga goes transatlantic, and a discussion about whether you'd fly on a Max.     In the military news we have news on the SR-71 replacement, F-35 delays, and a crashed drone in Poland.     Our "Caption This" picture has been getting a lot of interest this week, and we hear more from Nev at the Drone Summit in Dublin.

Catch up with the hosts after a wonderful weekend at the Irish Drone Summit.  Could the search for MH370 be start up again, one Airbus gets shot at again , and Nev takes a look at probably the most luxurious airliner in the world. In the military Boeing might be making a few quid & the German Navy shoots at something it really shouldn't have.

Join our hosts for a look at the aviation news and a good dose of conversation on this week's show. In this week's show one American airline is really spoiling its connecting passengers, a low cost carrier is moaning about the lack of MAX's and could flying be as easy as a joystick & two screens?    In the military its UAV time & could the RAF be seeking out a Hawk trainer replacement!?