Plane Talking UK Podcast

Join Carlos, Matt, Pilot Pip, Captain Al, Captain Nick, Captain Jeff, Dr Steph, The Maine Man Micah, Pasadena Brian, Sir Grant of McHerron, the legendary Steve Visscher and Markus Völter for a pre-recorded mass festive chinwag. We also play out some fantastic festive feedback which was sent to us by our wonderful Podcast Universe Listeners. Make sure you're sat down and comfortable - This is a lon...

Join Carlos and Matt on Christmas eve for the last live show of 2016. In this week's episode they discuss tax irregularities for 2 low cost carriers, the rather surprising stats that claim 2016 has been the safest year for aviation on record and great news for festive travellers and strike action is called off. We also announce the winners of our Christmas Competition. Make sure you check us out o...

Join Carlos and Matt for a quick look through the big aviation related stories. In this week's episode we talk foggy conditions for many airports, Amazon making it's first drone delivery here in the UK and 'Which!' release their Satisfaction survey for short and long haul flights. It's the last week for our Christmas Caption Competition and the deadline is Wednesday 21st December at 17:00 UTC. Sen...

Join Carlos, Matt and Jonathan for a trawl through the big aviation stories of the week. In this episode we discuss a disagreement between a low cost carrier flying a new route to Germany, there's a possibiliy restrictions could be lifted on you making phonecalls on your mobile phone during flight and Lufthansa introduce the world to their new luxury private jet. Jonathan and Carlos takes us throu...

Join Carlos and Matt for a slightly shorter than usual show due to technical constraints and issues as they trawl through the big aviation stories focusing on the UK. In today's episode we bring you the lastest on the awful news regarding the plane crash near Medellin Airport, our favourite low cost airline launches it's 'complete package' offering and there's a near miss as two planes are reporte...

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Join Carlos, Matt and (the king of all things Tech) Nev for the usual trawl through the big aviation related news. In this week's show we one carrier decides that the vegas summer is just too damn hot, another drone has a close shave with a passenger jet and a new maintenance facility for Boeing at Gatwick gets the go-ahead. The A400M has had a busy week in the Military section this week. We also...

Join Carlos, Matt and Matt (yeah, very confusing) for this week's show. In today's episode we learn all about a new Canadian low cost carrier, a pilot shortage is reaping havoc for one carrier as it struggles to maintain it's schedule and a UK based firm celebrates a new contract with AirBus. In the military we discover that India has got it's cheque book out and RAF Surveillance aircraft are grou...

Join Carlos and Matt as they take their usual weekly trawl through the big Aviation stories. In today's show we cover another low cost airline 'In-Flight' bust up, the world's shortest international flight and we discover a fantastic fundraising solution for aviation enthusiasts everywhere. In the Military the highlights include some red faces at RAF Lakenheath as sonic boom is heard over Norwich...

Join Carlos, Matt and Grant from PCDU for the regular weekly skim through the big aviation related news stories.   In this episode we discuss some good news for the Boeing 747, a couple of worrying air incidents and we pay our respects to Bob Hoover.   We have the usual informative segment from Pip about the Oxygen systems and we have some great feedback from Jenny in Rome and Glen Tower.   Check...

Join the PTUK crew for what we're convinced is our biggest show ever! Carlos, Matt, Captain Al, Pilot Pip and the Aviation Podcasting Legend that is Captain Jeff for a show our producer isn't going to forget for many years! In this episode we discuss some excellent reporting from the Nottingham Post which literally has Carlos in stitches, long awaited refunds for lost baggage becomes a reality and...

Join Matt in the Spare Room Studio, Carlos in Oman and Eoin from Malaga for a rather technically challenging episode. In this week's show we have some good news for Monarch, there was a royal surprise for some lucky BA Passengers, EasyJet are declared the best low cost carrier in Europe and one operator now allows you to pay for your flight in monthly installments. Matt is lucky enough to meet up...

Join Carlos and Matt as they take their weekly trawl through the big aviation stories. In this episode we discuss problems with one airline as ALL their crews call in sick, we have a passenger jet grounded after it clipped another during take off and one passenger is left with a hefty bill due to an ATC strike. The legendary Pilot Pip also joins us with a great safety briefing. Eyes to the sky's e...

Join Carlos, Matt, Jennifer and Jonathan for this weeks show. In today's episode we discuss a Tablet causing a flight to be diverted, is there any point to the airlines offering duty free 'in-flight' these days and a drone is blamed for the closure of an airport in Dubai. Jonathan selects our Military stories this week and we chat to Jennifer about her great blog and love of aviation. Micah shares...

Join Carlos, Matt, Dr Steph and Micah for a very busy episode. In this week's show we discuss further problems involving mobile (cell) phone batteries, officially the world's shorted commercial flight and one flight is diverted as the cabin fills with smoke. Pilot Pip brings us a great segment involving gliding and the results of our 'Best Airliner' listener poll is released. We also broadcast dir...

Join Carlos, Matt and Nevil for this week's trawl through the aviation news highlights. In this episode we discover that cockpit selfies were outlawed in 1937, low cost transatlantic flights to the states look set to become a reality and one low cost airline has some very bad news for one of our hosts. We also play out our interview with the Bird Dog pilot at Seething Air Show Day.

Join Carlos, a very confused Matt, Pilot Pip and a very full chat room for this week's episode of the show. In today's episode we cover the sad news of the Red Bull Pilot helicopter crash, a rather expensive Piper biz jet enters service and a bad week for Samsung continues as their latest handset is banned from several commercial flights. Pip joins us from the South of France and we play out the f...

Join Carlos and Matt for a very special outside broadcast and a lovely afternoon at the Seething Air Show. In this week's episode we pay our respects to the designer of the iconic 747, there's an update on the engine issue at ANA and there's an emergency landing in Ireland due to turbulence. Pilot Pip talks the Air Cadets and we have a chat with a few pilots from the Air Show.

Join Carlos in the Kitchen Studio and Matt via an atrocious digital connection from Clacton-on-Sea as they take their weekly trawl through the week's big Aviation related stories. In this episode we discuss the worrying news that one carrier has grounded their fleet of Dreamliners, a low-cost carrier is offering free flights to see the Northern Lights (but as you might imagine, there is a catch) a...

Join Carlos, Matt, Captain Al and the legend that is Nev for a very special run through the week's big aviation news stories. In this episode we discuss the possible take-over of one low cost airline, an unexpected baby-on-board air miles package and unlucky flight numbers. The MaineMan offers us an alternative to the standard flight safety briefing and we play out some more birthday messages for...

Join Carlos and Matt as they take their weekly trawl through the aviation related stories that caught their eye. In this episode we discuss further advances in in-flight WiFi, near miss drone activity in Cornwall and one SERIOUSLY low flying aircraft. We played out our penultimate interview from RIAT 2016, our resident plane safety expert discusses information overload as he talks us through an AT...

Join Carlos and Matt for a very busy weekend of Aviation related fun and games. We have all the usual news stories plus we talk 'fear of flying' with our special guest who flew into our local airfield in Beccles from Manchester. We also had a great opportunity to interview Sam Chui - You must watch his youtube videos - His first class experiences have to be seen to be believed.

Join Carlos and Matt for their trawl through this week's big aviation stories. In today's show they congratulate Jet2 for being the only UK Airline to make the top ten of the world's highest rated airlines, low cost airlines begin staff recruitment drives and they discuss the birth of jet engine travel. If you want to know more about the show why not take yourself to http://www.planetalkinguk.com...

Carlos and Matt talk all things Aviation as they return to the Kitchen Studio. They're joined by Special Guest and regular roving reporter for the Plane Crazy Down Under Crew - Kathy Mexted. In this week's episode they cover the latest on missing flight MH370, one low cost airline brands a complaints survey as nonsense and Turkey commission some new Chinook Helicopters. We chat to Kathy about her...

Join Carlos, Matt, Pasadena Brian, The MaineMan Micah and the legendary Captain Al for a brief episode LIVE from the Farnborough Airshow Media Centre. Wow, what an incredibly memorable weekend it truly was!!