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Climb Inside the Aluminum Tube and enjoy a fast-paced podcast telling the stories of accidents, incidents and mere mishaps from aviation history. All presented in a way that everyone can understand and enjoy. I rewrite events in aviation history so you'll be hanging on to the edge of your seat, laug…

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    37. Captain Hypoxia - The History of Wheel Well Stowaways

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 79:40


    This is the not so complex history of airplane wheel well stowaways. We look into not only the history of this insane phenomenon, but all the reasons that make it an insanely deadly choice.

    35. Cursed, Haunted, Possessed - Part 2 - Southern Airways 932

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 75:04


    West Virginia is apparently quite haunted! From a Shawnee curse, disaster after disaster, to the birth of the Mothman legend, and now...a new creature lurks. Could a whole football team become the next victims of the curse?

    34. Cursed, Haunted, Possessed - Part 1 - Piedmont 230

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 72:14


    31. Poster Boy in Tenerife - KLM 4805 & Pan Am 1736

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 121:57


    A Pan Am 747 and a KLM 747 find themselves at a tiny island, where neither was supposed to be. As the circumstances become increasingly difficult, the crews have a tough time figuring out where they are, where they are supposed to be...or what they are supposed to be doing.

    29. Derby or Burst - Mile-High History (with Sara St. Clair)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 68:10


    28. Aviation's Heaviest Lifter - Igor Sikorsky

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 84:44


    25. Old John Feather Merchant - B25 Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 53:53


    24. Lots of Ice - Colgan 3407

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 79:53


    24. Lots of Ice - Colgan 3407

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 79:53


    21. JFK Jr., QAnon, Clintons, & The Kennedy Curse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 62:05


    The historic death of John Kennedy Jr. spawned a number of conspiracies; some more believable than others.

    21. JFK Jr., QAnon, Clintons, & The Kennedy Curse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 62:05


    The historic death of John Kennedy Jr. spawned a number of conspiracies; some more believable than others.

    20. Tic-Tacs and Spinning Tops - JAL 1628

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 72:11


    20. Tic-Tacs and Spinning Tops - JAL 1628

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 72:11


    19. Queen Bess - The Life of the First Black Female Pilot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 71:35


    19. Queen Bess - The Life of the First Black Female Pilot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 71:35


    18. Siren's Call - ALM 980

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 66:37


    17. Sky King - Horizon Air Q400 (with Cindy Wallach)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 63:24


    A bakery connoisseur does something quite unexpected earning him a title you will never forget.

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    17. Sky King - Horizon Air Q400

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 63:24


    A bakery connoisseur does something quite unexpected earning him a title you will never forget.

    16. Where's My Flying Car - Past, Present and Future (with David Lata)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 71:50


    Explore the cultural significance of the flying car; its past, present and future.

    16. Where's My Flying Car - Past, Present and Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 71:50


    15. Two in the Hell Hole - Eastern 401 (with Erin O'Connor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 51:48


    A seemingly simple problem creates such a distraction it leads a flight crew down into a dark hole.

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    15. Two in the Hell Hole - Eastern 401

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 51:48


    A seemingly simple problem creates such a distraction it leads a flight crew down into a dark hole.

    14. Update - At 30 West - Air Transat 236

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 6:11


    This is an update to Episode 13 about Air Transat 236.

    14. At 30 West - Update - Air Transat 236

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 6:11


    13. At 30 West - Air Transat 236 (with Mary Hall)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020


    Some unusual engine indications in the middle of the ocean lead down an unexpected path.

    12. The Prized Pig - Filair (with Erin O'Connor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020


    The Democratic Republic of Congo is the country that just keeps giving us crazy aviation stories!

    12. The Prized Pig - Filair (with Erin O'Connor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020


    The Democratic Republic of Congo is the country that just keeps giving us crazy aviation stories!

    11. Up or Down, Left or Right - Part 2 - DHL 611 & BAL 2937 (with Kent Sarff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020


    A traffic conflict leaves a crew not knowing which way to look followed by a twist no one could see coming.

    11. Up or Down, Left or Right - Part 2 - DHL 611 & BAL 2937 (with Kent Sarff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020


    A traffic conflict leaves a crew not knowing which way to look followed by a twist no one could see coming.

    Up or Down, Left or Right - Part 2 - DHL 611 & BAL 2937 (with Kent Sarff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020


    A traffic conflict leaves a crew not knowing which way to look, followed by a twist no one could ever see coming.

    10. Coffee, Tea or Me - How Flight Attendants Reflect and Shape Us (with David Lata)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020


    A history of flight attendants, what they do for us, and how they both reflect and shape us and our culture.

    10. Coffee, Tea or Me - How Flight Attendants Reflect and Shape Us (with David Lata)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020


    A history of flight attendants, what they do for us, and how they both reflect and shape us and our culture.

    Coffee, Tea or Me - How Flight Attendants Reflect and Shape Us (with David Lata)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020


    A history of flight attendants, what they do for us, and how they both reflect and shape us and our culture.

    09. Up or Down, Left or Right - Part 1 - JAL 907 & JAL 958 (with Kent Sarff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020


    A traffic conflict leaves a crew not knowing which way to point the nose.

    09. Up or Down, Left or Right - Part 1 - JAL 907 & JAL 958 (with Kent Sarff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020


    A traffic conflict leaves a crew not knowing which way to point the nose.

    Up or Down, Left or Right - Part 1 - JAL 907 & JAL 958 (with Kent Sarff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020


    A traffic conflict leaves a crew not knowing which way to point the nose.

    08. Custom Air Obsession - Atlas 3591 (with Mary Hall)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020


    Confirmation bias leads to a very unexpected situation and startle response keeps it going.

    08. Custom Air Obsession - Atlas 3591 (with Mary Hall)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020


    Confirmation bias leads to a very unexpected situation and startle response keeps it going.

    Custom Air Obsession - Giant 3591 (with Mary Hall)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020


    Confirmation bias leads to a very unexpected situation and startle response keeps it going.

    07. The First Officer's Pen - EgyptAir 990 (with Dia Griffiths)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020


    A senior first-officer bullies his way into an early and unusual crew change

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