Episode 332 - This Isn't The B2 You're Looking For

Aug 23, 2020

Join Carlos, Matt and the King of all things Aviation Captain Jeff for this week's show.

In this week's show we discover there's talk of Quanta's International services being grounded until July 2021, Wizz Air decides to take on EasyJet at Gatwick Airport and a man is arrested after driving under a taxiing aircraft.

In the military, the Royal Air Force receives a high-end full motion simulator simulator for its P-8 Poseidon fleet (built in the US and transported to the UK by a Russian-made airplane) and we see even more flights of the legendary (and not so retired) F-117 Nighthawk in support of an exercise in Nevada

The Microsoft Flight Sim is finally released and Producer John has been having a go and Matt talks to Captain Al and Dan Holley about Turbulence in this week's Plane Truth.

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

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QANTAS SEES INTERNATIONAL SERVICE GROUNDED UNTIL JULY 2021 AND EMIRATES SAYS IT WILL SERVE 100% BY JULY 2021
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-08-20/qantas-sees-international-service-grounded-until-july-2021

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/20/emirates-says-it-will-serve-100percent-of-its-destinations-by-summer-2021.html

RYANAIR CUTS CAPACITY FOR SEPTEMBER
https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/ryanair-cuts-20-of-sept-oct-capacity-as-restrictions-hit-demand/139792.article

MAN ARRESTED IN PORTLAND AFTER DRIVING UNDER A TAXIING AIRCRAFT
https://simpleflying.com/man-arrested-in-portland-after-driving-under-a-taxiing-aircraft/

WIZZ AIR TAKES ON EASYJET AT GATWICK AIRPORT
https://apple.news/Au83LxIEGQ1GKjjx58o-1zg

BOEING 737 MAX ORDER FROM ENTER AIR
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-enter-air-orders/boeing-scores-years-first-737-max-order-with-polish-airline-enter-air-idUSKCN25F28A

https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=130724

MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR TURNS BUCKINGHAM PALACE INTO BLOCK OF FLATS
https://www.kotaku.co.uk/2020/08/19/microsoft-flight-simulator-turns-buckingham-palace-into-block-of-flats

LONDON CITY AIRPORT £500 MILLION MAKEOVER ON HOLD
https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/london-city-airports-500million-makeover-22546198

 

MILITARY

 

FIRST SIMULATOR ARRIVAL BOOSTS RAF POSEIDON OPERATIONS
https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/first-simulator-arrival-boosts-raf-poseidon-operations/139820.article

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY ISRAELI COMBAT AIRCRAFT HAVE LANDED IN GERMANY TO TAKE PART IN BLUE WINGS 2020 EXERCISE
https://theaviationist.com/2020/08/17/for-the-first-time-in-history-israeli-combat-aircraft-have-landed-in-germany-to-take-part-in-blue-wings-2020-exercise/

F-117 NIGHTHAWKS NOW APPEAR TO BE FLYING AS ADVERSARIES IN RED FLAG AERIAL WAR GAMES
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35748/f-117-nighthawks-now-appear-to-be-flying-as-adversaries-in-red-flag-aerial-war-games

RUSSIA'S 'HUNTER' IS UNLIKE ANYTHING IN AMERICA'S ARSENAL
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a33548209/russia-hunter-combat-drone/