About this episode
Join Carlos, Armando, Ben Jones and Matt for this week's programme. In this show we find out more about the various strikes taking place at the moment, our legacy carrier invests heavily in some new mobile equipment and Southend welcome another low cost carrier to their family. In the military there is some fascinating robotic pilot experiments and there's some great footage and the Red Arrows join the Thuderbirds for an aerial parade. We chat to Ben about his Cub and Grant McHerron shares with us his A380 experiences. We welcome your feedback with any suggestions with how we can improve our show so please get in touch with us via social media by searching for PlaneTalkingUK or by email on podcast@planetalkinguk.com. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL 1. https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/cheap-flights/virgin-atlantics-a350-flights-temptingly-18982635 2. https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1168889/ryanair-strike-updates-Ryan-air-flights-severe-damage-pilots-business-flight-brexit-news-n 3. https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/apple/149049-british-airways-just-bought-15-000-iphone-xr-models-for-flights 4. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/plane-flight-evelop-airline-madrid-turbulence-mauritius--11829580 5. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/20/boeing-hiring-hundreds-of-workers-to-maintain-parked-737-max-planes.html 6. https://simpleflying.com/boeing-777x-engine-recall-antonov/ 7. https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-a330-neo-tour/ 8. https://simpleflying.com/wizz-air-london-southend/ 9. https://simpleflying.com/scoot-biz-premium-rebrand/ 10. https://simpleflying.com/delta-boeing-757-retirement/ 11. https://www.flyingmag.com/dale-earnhardt-jr-crash-ntsb-details/ 12. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/field-landing-ural-a321-to-be-cut-up-and-removed-460432/ MILITARY 1. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/video-afrls-robotic-pilot-flies-cessna-for-2-hours-460333/ 2. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/17/rafs-red-arrows-demonstration-team-buzz-new-york-city.html 3. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a28625774/f-35-too-loud/ 4. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a28750929/buy-a-fighter-jet/