About this episode
Join Carlos, Matt and the King of all things Aviation Captain Jeff for this week's show. In this week's show we discover there's talk of Quanta's International services being grounded until July 2021, Wizz Air decides to take on EasyJet at Gatwick Airport and a man is arrested after driving under a taxiing aircraft. In the military, the Royal Air Force receives a high-end full motion simulator simulator for its P-8 Poseidon fleet (built in the US and transported to the UK by a Russian-made airplane) and we see even more flights of the legendary (and not so retired) F-117 Nighthawk in support of an exercise in Nevada The Microsoft Flight Sim is finally released and Producer John has been having a go and Matt talks to Captain Al and Dan Holley about Turbulence in this week's Plane Truth. Why not get involved? Our chatroom is where are wonderful community all interact and shape the conversation on the show each week. We wouldn't have such fun on the show without them. Check out our website redesign that Matt and the team have worked on over the past few weeks. https://www.planetalkinguk.com Let us know what you think! Hope to see you all on Friday! Search social media for 'PlaneTalkingUK' Whatsapp Number - +44 757 22 491 66 Email - podcast@planetalkinguk.com Website - www.planetalkinguk.com Cap'n Al Twitter - @airbus_al Dan Holley Twitter - @danholley_ Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL QANTAS SEES INTERNATIONAL SERVICE GROUNDED UNTIL JULY 2021 AND EMIRATES SAYS IT WILL SERVE 100% BY JULY 2021 https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-08-20/qantas-sees-international-service-grounded-until-july-2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/20/emirates-says-it-will-serve-100percent-of-its-destinations-by-summer-2021.html RYANAIR CUTS CAPACITY FOR SEPTEMBER https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/ryanair-cuts-20-of-sept-oct-capacity-as-restrictions-hit-demand/139792.article MAN ARRESTED IN PORTLAND AFTER DRIVING UNDER A TAXIING AIRCRAFT https://simpleflying.com/man-arrested-in-portland-after-driving-under-a-taxiing-aircraft/ WIZZ AIR TAKES ON EASYJET AT GATWICK AIRPORT https://apple.news/Au83LxIEGQ1GKjjx58o-1zg BOEING 737 MAX ORDER FROM ENTER AIR https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-enter-air-orders/boeing-scores-years-first-737-max-order-with-polish-airline-enter-air-idUSKCN25F28A https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=130724 MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR TURNS BUCKINGHAM PALACE INTO BLOCK OF FLATS https://www.kotaku.co.uk/2020/08/19/microsoft-flight-simulator-turns-buckingham-palace-into-block-of-flats LONDON CITY AIRPORT £500 MILLION MAKEOVER ON HOLD https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/london-city-airports-500million-makeover-22546198 MILITARY FIRST SIMULATOR ARRIVAL BOOSTS RAF POSEIDON OPERATIONS https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/first-simulator-arrival-boosts-raf-poseidon-operations/139820.article FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY ISRAELI COMBAT AIRCRAFT HAVE LANDED IN GERMANY TO TAKE PART IN BLUE WINGS 2020 EXERCISE https://theaviationist.com/2020/08/17/for-the-first-time-in-history-israeli-combat-aircraft-have-landed-in-germany-to-take-part-in-blue-wings-2020-exercise/ F-117 NIGHTHAWKS NOW APPEAR TO BE FLYING AS ADVERSARIES IN RED FLAG AERIAL WAR GAMES https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35748/f-117-nighthawks-now-appear-to-be-flying-as-adversaries-in-red-flag-aerial-war-games RUSSIA'S 'HUNTER' IS UNLIKE ANYTHING IN AMERICA'S ARSENAL https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a33548209/russia-hunter-combat-drone/