About this episode
In this week's show everyone's favourite low cost airline is threatened with an Italian flight ban, a Captain dismissed a go-around call before a hard landing incident and a new service between Teeside and Heathrow opens up. In the military the SpaceX capsule returns safely to earth and castaways are found by an Air Force tanker aircrew in the Pacific Ocean. Find out all about the new project Grant & Steve have lined up, Captain Al talks to Matt about Airplane mode in the latest Plane Truth and we announce the winner of our Aviation in my life competition with a £150 pound voucher for the Plane Reclaimers shop going to one lucky listener. 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 Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL AN AIR INDIA EXPRESS PLANE WITH 191 PEOPLE ON BOARD HAS CRASHED AT AN AIRPORT IN THE SOUTHERN STATE OF KERALA https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53699857 TEESIDE GETS LINK TO LHR WITH EASTERN AIRLINES https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/eastern-secures-lhr-slots/ ITALY THREATENS RYANAIR WITH FLIGHT BAN OVER COVID-19 SAFETY RULES https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/05/italy-threatens-ryanair-with-flight-ban-over-covid-19-safety-rules VIRGIN ATLANTIC CHAPTER 15 PROCEEDINGS https://www.wearefinn.com/topics/posts/virgin-atlantic-files-for-us-bankruptcy-protection/? BIZ AVIATION UPDATE https://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/marketplace/bizav-approaching-heyday-wheels-chief-says https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/textron-introduces-king-air-360/ https://www.signatureflight.com/about/newsroom/details/2020/08/03/signature-flight-support-purchases-tag-aviation-fbo-sa-acquiring-fixed-base-operator-locations-in-geneva-and-sion https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-08-03/signature-expands-european-network-tag-fbo-buy VIDEO IMAGES SHOW MC-21 UNDERGOING WATER-INGESTION TEST RUNS https://www.flightglobal.com/programmes/video-images-show-mc-21-undergoing-water-ingestion-test-runs/139637.article TRIGANA 737F CAPTAIN DISMISSED GO-AROUND CALL BEFORE HARD-LANDING ACCIDENT https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/trigana-737f-captain-dismissed-go-around-call-before-hard-landing-accident/139621.article http://avherald.com/h?article=49deae9a http://avherald.com/h?article=4da87516 WIZZAIR HUNGARY RECEIVES EASA-AOC https://newsabc.net/wizzair-hungary-receives-easa-aoc-austrian-aviation-net/ SUPERSONIC FLIGHT https://news.sky.com/story/amp/virgin-galactic-working-on-2-300mph-supersonic-jet-that-could-reach-sydney-in-five-hours-12042007 https://simpleflying.com/boom-supersonic-overture-rolls-royce/ https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-08-03/russia-moves-forward-supersonic-development https://simpleflying.com/us-air-force-supersonic-passenger-flight/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily&utm_campaign=07082020 MILITARY SPACE X SPLASH DOWN https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-crew-dragon-nasa-astronauts-splashdown-gulf-of-mexico-today-2020-08-02/RAF https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/02/nasa-astronauts-splash-down-spacex-capsule MILDENHALL REMAINS OPEN https://www.airforcemag.com/esper-keeping-mildenhall-open-makes-obvious-strategic-sense/KC135 CREW FINDS MISSING MARINERS https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/2300808/kc-135-crew-finds-missing-mariners-on-pacific-island/