About this episode
Join Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme. In this week's show United show off a shiny new interior, a Ryanair passenger decides to try a different kind of seat on the plane and feels flushed, & one airline is selling tickets with fried chicken. In the Military, State Department's New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal and the Canberra Returns to the Sky. If you want to see what we got up to last month check out these highlights: https://youtu.be/KXASgGW2Wy8 George Lee Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZcH6hbU-FNNcOGErTMUFrYIQmX5NYI7 Don't forget you can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 757 22 491 66 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL Updated details on the transair Flight 810 ditching that was breaking last Friday https://www.airlinerwatch.com/2021/07/how-boeing-737-pilots-survived-hawaii.html United touts new interior as upgrade for passengers https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-unveils-new-interior https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-united-airlines-boeing-737-max-8-new-signature-interior-2021-7?r=US&IR=T Evacuation of a Ryanair plane at Brussels Airport after a passenger boarded without documents and locked himself in the toilet https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanair/evacuation-of-a-ryanair-plane-at-brussels-airport-after-a-passenger-boarded-without-documents-and-locked-himself-in-the-toilet/ Rolls-Royce teams up with Jaguar Land Rover for electric plane world record bid https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/business/rolls-royce-teams-up-jaguar-5621217 FAA proposes $119K in additional fines as unruly behavior on flights skyrockets https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/faa-proposes-119k-fines-passengers-unruly-behavior-continues Gulf Air Flight GF215 Experiences Incident at Kuwait International Airport https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/07/07/gulf-air-flight-gf215-experiences-incident-at-kuwait-international-airport/ https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/straying-passengers-cause-chaos-after-gulf-air-a321-evacuation-in-kuwait/144460.article CAE, Volocopter Collaborate on eVTOL Pilot Training https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-07-08/cae-volocopter-collaborate-evtol-pilot-training Emirates simplifies arrivals and departures in Dubai with launch of Airport Ease and Airport Ease + https://ihaviationandtravel.com/2021/07/08/emirates-simplifies-arrivals-and-departures-in-dubai-with-launch-of-airport-ease-and-airport-ease/t FAA Releases Policy on Training in Experimental, Primary, and Limited Category Aircraft https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/news/07-08-2021-faa-releases-policy-on-training-in-experimental-primary-and-limited-category-aircraft?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF-JyKA6DksLlBzg5Zwoye3afttz9X70FQpdLCjaNZtyzLD6rJtyT-AiHmbKRPnfdiJR5VG973ZVpOM9pGKbaDontDK9a7oXBMB1kdhDBAQjMvL Pilatus Refines PC-24 with New Cabin, Avionics Features https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-07-07/pilatus-refines-pc-24-new-cabin-avionics-features Humanitarian Aircraft, Missions Highlighted at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/07-08-2021-humanitarian-aircraft-missions-highlighted-at-eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2021?mkt_tok=OTEwLVNFVS0wNzMAAAF-JyKA5xlb_XLkN8EksIzmiAXMVCJt9p1F6u1L3k9WziCqZcN9kcWY4ZbruZolSGoKi9lyaQ8LxqOQaZxeqaGVJS2glPnLd0NAakyigdI-OWNc Zimbabwean LCC Fastjet Starts Ticket Sales In Chicken Restaurants https://simpleflying.com/fastjet-chicken-restuarant-flight-tickets/ MILITARY State Department's New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41404/state-departments-new-black-hawks-in-afghanistan-could-prove-especially-important-after-withdrawal Philippine military plane crashes, 45 dead, 49 rescued https://apnews.com/article/philippines-plane-crashes-ebfe276f195550702e9dc664facba50a Canberra Returns to the Sky https://www.facebook.com/temoraaviationmuseum/posts/4661721753857443 National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month http://warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum-news/national-museum-usaf-to-open-an-aircraft-one-day-each-month-2.html