The Fearless Flyer

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, Join us for part 5, the last of a discussion about aircraft collisions, Grant and Al discuss an accident in Los Angeles whereby a passenger jet collided with a commuter turbo-prop waiting to takeoff. We then finish with a discussion on the state of Ait Traffic Control in the eastern United States.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Ema...

Send a text Al chats to Mark E about his aviation career in part 2 of 2 of his conversation with Mark. Join Al as he delves into Mark's fascinating career. As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Instagram: FearlessFlyPod A request for help from Apple podcast users: Our podcast do...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, Join us for part 4 with Grant and Al as we discuss the TCAS system in more depth and learn about its low-level limitations, we then finish with a discussion on the collision in Washington between a commuter jet and a helicopter in early 2025.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFly...

Send a text Al chats to Mark E about his aviation career in part 1 of 2 of his conversation with Mark. Join Al as he delves into Mark's fascinating career. As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Instagram: FearlessFlyPod A request for help from Apple podcast users: Our podcast do...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, Join us for part 3 with Grant and Al as we discuss a new form of technology that was being implemented in order to bring a reduction in mid-air collisions. In this episode we focus on a mid-air collision, the result which was subsequently caught on camera and really made people start to question why this was happening and what was being done about it. As per usua...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to, "There I was... with Al." In this episode, Part 2, I continue our discussion with Sean and, we start off with talking about his ejection out of a fast-moving jet then continue with his aviation career and his flying experiences throughout it.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Tw...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, Join us for part 2 with Grant and Al as we discuss some early mid-air collisions when the airline industry was rapidly expanding and what the industry was doing about it in order to bring a reduction in them. In this episode we focus on some mid-air collisions that occurred in the early days of piston flying going into the jet era. As per usual, you can contact u...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to, "There I was... with Al." In this episode, Part 1, I chat with Sean about his career, leading up to where he had to eject from a fighter jet.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Instagram: FearlessFlyPod A request for help from...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, We now start a mini-series of four episodes dealing with mid-air collisions. And to help us understand where, why and what can be done about it, we have Al joining us for the next four episodes. Not only is Al a current B777 Captain and CRM instructor, previous to being a pilot he was an Air Traffic Controller. Al also runs series 4, "There I was with AL&quo...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to, "There I was... with Al." In this episode, Part 2, I continue our discussion with Mark about his aviation career involving helicopters and fixed in flying, his flying experiences and what he has experienced throughout his career.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @Fearl...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, Stefan joins us again as a guest host to discuss the Boeing 747 which he flew for many years. Using his knowledge, we delve into the loss of a Boeing 747 forward cargo door climbing out of Hawaii.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Instagram: Fe...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to, "There I was... with Al." In this episode, part 1, I talk to Mark about his aviation career involving helicopters, his initial flying experiences and what he has experienced throughout his career, this will be part one of a two-part episode with Mark and the second part will be about his fixed wing career.  So join me, Allan, in the middle of e...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, welcome back to part 2 of the DC10 cargo door fiasco. Stefan also joins us to continue with second part as we try to understand why it was allowed to happen.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Instagram: FearlessFlyPod A request for help from Ap...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to my new series on the Fearless Flyer Podcast, "There I was... with Al." In this episode, part 2 of talking to Shorty about his aviation career, his brushes with the poison, tree branches and what he has experienced throughout his career, the lessons he had learnt and finally asking Shorty, "what makes a good pilot?" So join me, Allan, i...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, we welcome Stefan onto this episode to discuss what happens when a new aircraft design is pushed too fast by an aircraft manufacturer.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Instagram: FearlessFlyPod A request for help from Apple podcast users: Our...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to, "There I was... with Al." In this episode I talk to Shorty about his aviation career, initial flying experiences and what he has experienced throughout his career, this will be part one of a two-part episode talking to Shorty.  So join me, Allan, in the middle of every month for a new journey into the fascinating careers of everyday individuals...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, we welcome Charlie onto this episode to discuss what was going to be done about all those non-precision approaches that were the cause of many accidents that categorised as controlled flight into terrain.  As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Insta...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to my new series on the Fearless Flyer Podcast, "There I was... with Al." In this episode I talk to Hennie about his aviation career, initial flying experiences and what he has experienced throughout their career, the lessons he had learnt and finally asking Hennie, "what makes a good pilot?" So join me, Allan, in the middle of every mont...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, we finish our discussion with Adrian about the GPWS with how the Enhanced GPWS saved a flight from disaster. As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at: Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod Facebook: The Fearless Flyer Instagram: FearlessFlyPod A request for help from Apple podcast users: Our podcast does not register i...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to Al's new series on the Fearless Flyer Podcast, "There I was... with Al." Grant will be interviewing Al about his aviation career, his flying experiences and what he has experienced throughout his career, the lessons he has learnt and finally asking Al, "what makes a good pilot."  Then episode 3 onwards, join Allan, in the middle o...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, we continue our discussion with Adrian about the disastrous effects of when flight crew lose their situational awareness, this time the aircraft had GPWS installed but it was still using the basic GPWS, new technology that was available had not yet been mandated into the industry to save this particular flight. This accident led the industry to implementing Don&a...

Send a text Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to my new series on the Fearless Flyer Podcast, "There I was... with Al." I will be interviewing pilots about their aviation careers, their initial flying experiences and what they have experienced throughout their career, the lessons they have learnt and finally asking them what makes a good pilot. So join me, Allan, in the middle of every month f...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, we continue our discussion with Adrian about the disastrous effects of when flight crew lose their situational awareness, this time the aircraft had GPWS installed but it was still using basic GPWS, new technology that was available had not yet been mandated into the industry to save this particular flight. Let's listen to what happened as Don and his team t...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, we continue our discussion with Adrian about the disastrous effects of when flight crew lose their situational awareness, the good news however was that the regulators had sat up and mandated that new technology be applied to reduce this ongoing issue. And a brilliant avionics engineer Don Bateman and his team would ultimately come to the rescue.  As per usual, y...

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, We have a new host joining the Fearless Flyer, bringing his own series to the podcast, "Series 4, There I was.... with Al." Al is a Boeing 777 Captain and also a Crew Resource Management (CRM) instructor. In his series he will be chatting to experienced pilot's about their careers, interesting events that had occurred and what was learnt from them...