Plane Safety Podcast - Safety from the flightdeck

Hi all Thanks for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip. In diary episode I talk about some of the events from my last 7 day trip including missed approaches at Paris, Chambery airport, getting soaking wet in Amsterdam and much much more. If you would like to donate to my marathon appeal then please visit my Marathon page......only a few weeks to go !!  Pip's London Marathon appeal Q...

Thanks for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip. In this episode we're joined by Captain Al in a discussion on low visibility operations. The YouTube video of the Rhode Island incident we discuss can be found here; Rhode Island If you would like to donate to my marathon fund then please click here;  Marathon appeal Enjoy and fly safe. Pip

Welcome to episode 24 of the Plane Safety Podcast - Safety from the Flightdeck. The focus in this episode is aviation fuel planning. We take a look at what constitutes minimum required fuel, how we can apply fuel planning rules and what happens if our airplane runs out of fuel ! I'll also be telling you about my latest trips and some of my latest flying adventures. Fuel planning. The EASA fuel pol...

Thanks for downloading and listening to the Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip. In this diary episode I talk about my last simulator recurrent, holding for poor weather, my latest meeting as fleet safety rep and more. Please check out my London Marathon 2016 appeal. If you would like to donate please click right here The Squawkbox hotline is feedback@planesafetypodcast.com You can find more infor...

Thanks for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip.   This episode is a little different. We take a look at some news stories from around the world and also listen to some of the 'behind the scenes' goings on in our recent trip to Miami, Florida.  Please check out my London Marathon 2016 appeal. If you would like to donate please click right here   The Squawkbox hotline is feedback@pla...

Thanks for downloading Plane Safety Podcast - Safety from the Flight with Pilot Pip. In this episode I'm joined by Captain Al of 'Royal Jet', an A320/321 skipper. We talk at length about the evacuations and Just Culture following the firing of an Allegiant Air captain, we also discuss appropriate use of autopilot, Heathrow's third runway and much much more.  Of course, as usual we have some feedba...

Thanks for downloading Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip. This is a podcast all about aviation and being a pilot. In this episode we're taking a look at 'Just Culture' as well as well as the usual flying related idle chit chat and gossip. Don't forget, if you'd like to donate to my London Marathon 2016 appeal then please click this link. You can send your thoughts and questions to the squawkbox...

Thanks for downloading and listening to the Plane Safety Podcast with Pilot Pip. In this episode we're looking at aeroplane upset and recovery in Topic of the week. Plenty of great squawks in Squawkbox and some info on Pip's 2016 London Marathon appeal. A huge thank you to all of those who have already donated. If YOU would like to donate please either go to the website  where you'll find more inf...

Hi all. Thanks for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast. Here's another tour diary recorded at Paris CDG. This time we have some technical niggles with the aeroplane, rubbish hotels, crazy Italians, marathon running and more. Enjoy. Please consider donating to my London Marathon charity run by visiting my donations page here .....I'll be very grateful. Thank you. Fly safe, Pip  

Hi everyone I’m very excited to have secured a charity runners entry in the 2016 London Marathon. This will be a huge challenge for me to train, prepare and then run the 26.2 miles (42km) through London on 24th April 2016. I am running on behalf of the Huntingdons Disease Association and am aiming to raise at least £2000 (approx $3000).  Every single penny, pound, cent, dollar, yen, shilling, euro...

My latest diary recorded in historic Edinburgh. I talk a little about what I've been up to, silly cockpit games, stress relief, losing things in hotel and more. Enjoy, Pip

Hello listener Thank you for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast - Safety from the Flightdeck with Pilot Pip. I hope you enjoy this latest episode. Today we're taking a look at Density Altitude in Topic of the Week. There's lots of good squawks in Squawkbox as well as other aviation related banter. Squawkbox : Ryan Lloyd has a question on Flap Over-ride/EGPWS Mirko Novakovic says hi from an ATO E...

Hello Thanks for downloading the Plane Safety Podcast. This is a very special episode, recorded live from the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford, UK on 18/19 July 2015.  I teamed up with Carlos and Matt from the Plane Talking UK Podcast  to record interviews with some of the pilots and aircrew from many of the aircraft on display at the airshow. If you'd like to see some of the...

Another audio diary from my latest tour, recorded from the island of Ibiza. In this installment I talk about wet runways in Ireland, Chinese people singing, drunk taxi hijackers and much more.......  Enjoy 

Thanks for downloading Plane Safety Podcast - Safety from the Flightdeck with Pilot Pip. In this episode we're taking a look at SEP equipment in Topic of the week, we have plenty of great squawks and listener feedback in Squawkbox and of course the usual aviation safety related chat and news.    Squawkbox Tony Ingari in Somalia has a question regarding cockpit practices.  James Plumridge has a Pip...

Hi all Here's another audio diary from a recent tour. This time I'm on recurrent sim training and I chat a little about some of the issues I face and give a run down of exactly what's involved. Enjoy. 

I recently purchased a handheld audio recorder for recording interviews on the go. I took it with me on a recent tour to try it out and recorded a short audio diary of some of the things I've been up to on my travels.  Enjoy.

Hey everybody. In this episode I'm talking with my pal and fellow pilot Capt Al, an A321 skipper with a UK airline. We tak about all sorts of things including some of the aeroplanes he has flown, flight deck experience & Just Culture in airlines and other aviation safety matters. As usual we have a little look at some recent news stories, both personal and aviation related !! No Squawkbox in this...

Welcome to episode 14 of the Plane Safety Podcast – Safety from the flight deck. This is a short er episode looking at just a handful of news stories from the past  few weeks in aviation….so no Topic of the week or squawkbox and all that jazz.   Aerotoxic syndrome story on the bbc news website Double runway incursion at Okinawa airport in Japan, including video  NTSB Safety Leaflet ‘See and be see...

Hi everyone. Thanks for downloading episode 13 of the Plane Safety Podcast - Safety from the Flightdeck. A podacst about aviation, flight safety and being a pilot. In this episode we're taking a look at fatigue ; what it is, what causes it and how it effects pilots and airline operations.    There's also a good number of squawks in squawkbox ; Capt Jeff has some thoughts regarding the Kegworth Air...

I had a little bit of storage left over so I thought Id use it and make a quick round up of some of the latest news stories. Unfortunately I had to compress the file down to quite a low bit rate to make it fit, so the sound quality may not be great Sorry. Anyway, there is a catch up with the latest for the search of MH370. FAA cuts the Indians some slack. Turkish A320 in hard landing incident. htt...

In this episode of Plane Safety Podcast we look at the Kegworth Air Disaster of 1989.  We have some great Squawks in Squawkbox and the usual scattering of chat, poor comedy and musical tomfoolery.   Intro & outro music by the legendary Geoff Whitehorn.   The AAIB full accident report following the Kegworth crash can be found at https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/4-1990-boeing-737-400-g-obme-8-january...

Join me, Pilot Pip, for this special Bonus Easter episode as I talk about some of the great aircraft at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK.  No Squawks, no topic of the week, no news, just awesome aircraft from one of Europes biggest aviation musuem.  

In this episode of Plane Safety Podcast we discuss briefly the tragic Germanwings A320 crash last week, in Topic of the Week we're taking a look at braking action and of course your thoughts and questions in Squawkbox. Intro and Outro music by Geoff Whitehorn. Thanks to weird guy on Royal Air Morroc flight for keeping me entertained. Squawks from  : Ryan in Australia, Capt Alun Evans in an A321, D...

In this episode we talk about engine failures, I chat to a friend about his time as an F-18 pilot in the Spanish Air Force and of course listener squawks. I've discovered these great new podcasts : The Maiden Flight Podcast www. maidenflightpodcast .com Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase www. bettyinthesky .net Xtended Podcast aviation- xtended .co.uk   Pablo has written and published a book on the...