Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should
5/29/202631 min
We’re in Stockholm for a our semi-annual Flightradar24 crew meetup this week. Ian is joined by Gabe Leigh to discuss what’s it like behind the scenes capturing the stories of aviation professionals around the world.
We review the recent incident where NTSB cockpit voice recorder data from UPS flight 2976 was used to recreate simulated audio. The NTSB removed the public docket system in order to prevent further such efforts. The preliminary investigation into the China Eastern A350 jet bridge collision in Shanghai finds a total brake failure on the aircraft. Qantas says its Project Sunrise A350...
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First 90 secondsIan Petchenik· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to episode 372 of AvTalk. I am Ian Petchenik, here as sometimes with Gabe Lee right here for, what, it's my once a year appearance. Your y- bi-yearly, semi-yearly appearance.
Gabe Leigh· Guest0:23
Yeah, I guess I manage twice a year.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:25
Yeah. Although you're gonna be on the podcast coming up again real soon.
Gabe Leigh· Guest0:29
Oh, yeah.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:29
In a couple weeks It's gonna be a busy summer. That's- For me ... it's gonna be [laughs] for you and, yeah, for all of us. A very quick reappearance. However, it'll be a very slow event.
Gabe Leigh· Guest0:39
Right, very slow flight.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:40
Don't wanna give too much away.
Gabe Leigh· Guest0:41
No.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:42
We'll be bouncing around. While we're going to be doing that in the US, ILA Berlin is taking place that same week, and it's shaping up to be a pretty great airshow and a fantastic place to see, let's see, this year 750 exhibitors from 37 countries between the 10th and 14th of June in Berlin. So they've got, Lufthansa Group is gonna have their A320neo in the special 100th anniversary livery. The A350 is supposed to be part of the flying display. You'll be able to go inside an A380. And they're going to have the Airbus ACER high-speed demonstrator, so that'll be pretty cool. And let's see. What else? Ooh, the Leonardo AW249