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Plane Talking UK's Podcast


Carlos, Nev, Armando and Matt bring you a weekly Podcast that will focus on the Commercial and Military Aviation news relating to us long suffering members of the general public.

Dec 6, 2020

Join Carlos, Matt, Armando and Nev for this week's show.

In this week's show Korean Air are playing with some Lego, we take a look at an airline that doesn't fly passengers or freight and only fly's one way and an Airbus A320 gets a new paint job made of live bees.

In the military the USAF has released the findings of an F-16 crash in South Carolina, the British Army gets some new kit, and Scotland's Loch Ness Monster fails to claim a PBY Catalina as a victim.

Captain Al chats to Matt about Sudden Cabin Depressurisation in the latest instalment of the hugely popular segment 'The Plane Truth'.

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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

We mentioned in the opening that Air New Zealand have released a new Safety Video
https://youtu.be/5SKXruKpqIc

COMMERCIAL

KOREAN AIR USES LEGO BRICKS TO EXPLAIN HOW 777 AIR FILTERS WORK
https://simpleflying.com/korean-air-boeing-777-filters-lego/

RYANAIR BUYS 75 BOEING MAX JETS IN LARGEST ORDER SINCE GROUNDING
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-boeing-737max-ryanair/ryanair-agrees-to-buy-75-737-max-jets-in-boost-for-boeing-idUKKBN28D26L?il=0

BRITISH AIRWAYS SAVES ITS LAST 2 BOEING 747 RETROJETS
https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-landor-boac-saved/amp/

DOGS ARE THE ONLY SERVICE ANIMALS ALLOWED TO FLY ON PASSENGER PLANES, DOT RULES
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/dogs-are-only-service-animals-allowed-fly-dot-rules-n1249734

EASYJET TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE CABIN BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE AND INTRODUCE COSTS
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-12-01/easyjet-to-significantly-reduce-cabin-baggage-allowance-and-introduce-costs

COVID-19: NEW 'BUSINESS TRAVELLER' EXEMPTION FROM QUARANTINE ANNOUNCED
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-new-business-traveller-exemption-from-quarantine-announced-12150191

THIS GLOBAL AIRLINE HAS NO PASSENGERS, NO CARGO AND FLIES JUST ONE WAY
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ferry-flights-jet-test-transport/index.html

BEES-ATTACK AT KOLKATA AIRPORT DELAYS TWO FLIGHTS BY AN HOUR EACH
https://english.jagran.com/india/bees-attack-at-kolkata-airport-delays-two-flights-by-an-hour-each-watch-10020632

MILITARY

TANK MOVERS PULLING THAT AN-124 BACK ONTO THE AIRFIELD
https://youtu.be/K_NI6Cg6sK0

PILOT ERROR AND A SERIES OF EJECTION SEAT MALFUNCTIONS AMONG THE CAUSES OF FATAL F-16CM CRASH AT SHAW AFB
https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/10/pilot-error-and-a-series-of-
ejection-seat-malfunctions-among-the-causes-of-fatal-f-16cm-crash-at-shaw-afb/

BRITISH ARMY MODERNIZES WITH FIRST APACHE AH-64E HELICOPTER DELIVERIES
https://www.aviationtoday.com/2020/12/01/british-army-modernizes-first-apache-ah-64e-helicopter-deliveries/