The Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller

Dick and Mac are content with their lives: they enjoy making burgers by day and stargazing by night. Ray Kroc is a workaholic chasing success at any cost. When the brothers' relaxed approach to business collides with Kroc's ruthless ambition it will birth one of the world's best- ...  Show more

Tim is running the London Marathon on the 26th of April. To give him a week off to finish training, we're playing this running-themed classic from the archives. If you would like to donate to Teenage Cancer Trust, Tim's fundraising page is at tinyurl.com/HarfordMarathon - any sup ...  Show more

The passenger aircraft crashed into the Alps, killing everyone on board, after the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit and sabotaged the flight.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Do you know that up until July 2011 an ambitious hacker with a good software program could deduce your social security number based on your date and place of birth? In this classic episode, the boys examine some of the lesser-known details of the Social Security system in the U.S ...  Show more

Live and recorded ATC transmissions from LiveATC.net. In the news, the FAA Acting Administrator is stepping down, Airbus and Air France are cleared in the Air France Flight 447 accident, the FAA has some advice for terrain avoidance and warning systems, and ADs for Boeing 747-8s ...  Show more

Japan Airlines Flight 123 suffers a rapid decompression while cruising and loses control. With over 500 people on board an uncontrollable Boeing 747, what happened to this flight to make it the deadliest single aircraft incident? Follow us @BlackBoxDownPod https://twitter.com/bla ...  Show more