Closed Traffic Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Johnny and Mike shoot the breeze on this wonderful Thursday evening discussing real world aviation, flight simulation (Fenix Simulations, PMDG, and many more). We even threw in a discussion around computer hardware, particularly graphics cards and the impact the chip shortage has played in the difficulty of obtaining even a simple 3060, at least at a decent price. Tune in, there w...

Send us Fan Mail Johnny and Mike take “Closed Traffic” live on Twitch and what better way to debut than with a current airliner pilot, flight instructor, and just avid aviation enthusiast Robert. Robert is a current airliner pilot on the Airbus fleet based here in the United States with a wealth of experience, we’ll let you guys tune in to discover just how many flight hours and experience he actu...

Send us Fan Mail Closed Traffic had the pleasure of welcoming Evan and Jon to the show, check out the great conversation as well as video over on our Twitch channel and your favorite podcast outlets to follow in the coming days. Flight Sim Expo is gearing up to be an epic event my friends, head on over to www.flightsimexpo.com To register now and participate on-site or virtually this year. Spread...

Send us Fan Mail Interesting title for an aviation podcast huh. Mike and Johnny welcomes back Fabian from Extreme Flight Simulations (EFS) to talk about a multitude of topics related to pursuing a path towards real-world flying. It’s a topic that Johnny and I try to touch on as much as possible so Fabian’s message was timely. It’s important for the community to know that there are many opportuniti...

Send us Fan Mail We are back my friends after a few weeks of life and “adulting” to bring you yet another podcast. No guests lined up for this session but the dynamic duo talks up, celebrates, provides objective opinions, and whatever else it is you want to call it, the latest and greatest happenings across the aviation and flight sim community. Listen in to hear us provide our perspective from th...

Send us Fan Mail My friends welcome to yet another podcast and what better way to kick off the weekend than chatting it up with some fellow pilots and avid aviation enthusiasts! Johnny and Mike welcome Mike G and Fabian from Extreme Flight Simulation. EFS is a Chicago based company featuring a state of the art 737 flight simulator that allows the public to try their hand at flying anywhere in the...

Send us Fan Mail What a blast! Mike and Johnny had the pleasure of welcoming Blu Games to the Closed Traffic Podcast on this fine Friday evening. Blu was a natural, so the conversation just flowed so well, in fact, we didn’t get to many of the “official” questions that we really wanted to ask him but that’s what makes these conversations great, it was still rich with content! We talked about his l...

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Johnny return with our good friend and the one and only GrenIriBajan AKA Jon. Jon was gracious enough to join us from across the pond well into the midnight hour to shoot the breeze. It was awesome hearing about his exciting commercial pilot journey, and his plans to return to the industry here soon. What’s an aviation podcast without some flight sim talk as well, tune in...

Send us Fan Mail Johnny and Mike return with another guest series but this time with the 2 for 1 special. We had the pleasure of chatting it up with Spur Gaming and Amerity Plays to understand where their passion for gaming started, how they manage to find the time with 3 kids and work, and a few other real life lessons that we all need to keep in mind as content creators and viewers alike. Tune i...

Send us Fan Mail With no guest lined up for this session, the duo returned with the intention to shoot the breeze for a quick conversation that ended running almost two hours long! So much discussed in this session and many takeaways for the community. At end of the day, chase your dreams friends, don’t settle for mediocrity, and never give up!“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk th...

Send us Fan Mail Wow! this is one for the ages my friends. Johnny and Mike sits down with the one and only XP72 for an exciting conversation around aviation, content creation, flight simming, and so much more. Tune in now to listen back to the insightful conversation and a teaser of what's to come for XP and the flight sim community as a whole! XP72's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/use...

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Johnny sits down with the one and only Captain Shaquille Oatmeal! Lots of insightful conversations regarding how Shaq became interested in aviation, his connection with the Tuskegee Airmen, how aviation allowed him to meet his wife, his involvement in the community SimWings project, and so much more.  Check out Shaq’s channel and discord here: https://youtube.com/c/CptS...

Send us Fan Mail We had an amazing conversation with our special guest, Chief SimPilot as we discuss flightsim community growth and what inspired him to take part in this amazing hobby! Leave us a message: https://anchor.fm/closedtraffic/message Simwings Support: https://www.simwingssupport.org/ Chief SimPilot's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcEv-tTCUwt-jOukAm4HAzg Website: www.cl...

Send us Fan Mail The Closed Traffic podcast welcome’s its first official guest, the flight sim community’s very own and well renowned Vertical Sim! You can find his products at: https://verticalsims.com/ Website: www.closedtrafficpodcast.com Facebook: @Closedtrafficpodcast Follow us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/closedtraffic

Send us Fan Mail This episode we discuss the latest Navigraph Survey results from 2020, we'll a little deeper into the numbers and what it means for the industry. Also, Mike gives his take on his new Honeycomb yoke. Johnny's latest foray back into P3D??? We also discuss industry demographics and it's effect on VATSIM. We want your feedback! Leave us a voicemail here and we'll d...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as myself and Michael (Micslmn) discuss the Toliss A321 NEO  as well as content creation, Aerosoft's CRJ and much more! Micslmn's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd_QTpAzBkhnFozu0G_YCDA Toliss NEO Addon: https://store.x-plane.org/A321-NEO-ADD-ON-to-the-ToLiss-Airbus-A321_p_1351.html Website: www.closedtrafficpodcast.com Facebook: @Closedtrafficp...

Send us Fan Mail Brief introduction and ramblings at 12am great start for Episode 1! Also dive a little in to the background of Microsoft Flight Simulator and where we are at today. Website: www.closedtrafficpodcast.com Facebook: @Closedtrafficpodcast Follow us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/closedtraffic