738 Air Traffic Control

BAE Systems and Bombardier collaborate on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) for a sixth-generation fighter, production of the AI-piloted X-BAT fighter jet is planned for Puget Sound, nine perish when a Learjet 60 crashes in Florida, images have emerged of China’s electric CE ...  Show more

Pratt & Whitney Canada unveils the PT9 engine; the U.S. Navy takes delivery of its first C-130J for conversion into an E-130J Phoenix II; the Boeing 737-10 MAX finally receives FAA certification; jet fuel prices affect airline profitability and ticket prices; the FAA issues a spe ...  Show more

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to controllers from the UAE and Sweden about guiding aeroplane take-offs and landings and dealing with the extreme stress of the job.Helena Sjöström Falk is the first woman president of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associati ...  Show more

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Episode 244 Show Notes

Topic of the show: A student pilot sounds confused and disoriented on a cross country flight so we discuss ways an instructor and student can better prepare for flights to unfamiliar places.  Cross countr ...