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Join the hosts as they take you through all the news from around the world and across the UK.  In this week's show, we have an update on the pilot that crashed the Hawker Hunter at the Shoreham airshow back in 2015, Southwest Airlines says goodbye To Its 'Bags Fly Free' policy and an Air India flight returns to Chicago after a passenger clogs a toilet with clothes and a blanket. Still, saves on loo roll I suppose, albeit a somewhat industrial way of going about things!    In the military, we look at an article that claims that insufficient pilot resource is nonsense as all operations have enough aircrew according to the RAF, and US air force B52 bombers fly close to the Russian border for their latest mission out of RAF Fairford. Take part in our chatroom to help shape the conversation of the show. You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +447446975214 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

On 13th February 1974 G-BBDG took off for the first time. Our panel of Allan Winn, Terry Selman, Gordon Roxburgh and former Chief Concorde Pilot Mike Bannister discuss Delta Golf's remarkable journey from test flights to arriving here at Brooklands and and most importantly, what it was like to fly her. UPDATE - WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT CONCORDE PILOT JOCK LOWE JOINS US FOR THIS PANEL TALK. Allan Winn Allan's role in beinging Delta Golf to Brooklands was to fight the legal, regulatory, technical, financial and commercial battles to get it to Brooklands in the first place, and then get it restored and into service as a genuine revenue-generator forthe Museum. Mike Bannister Mike's proudest association with DG comes from my time at British Airways, the owners of the aircraft. Whilst at BA he was one of a very small group that decided where each Concorde should go after retirement. Mike lobbied heavily for Brooklands and managed to convince the others that the Museum was the right site and that DG was the perfect 'Concorde' to be allocated. Terry Selman Joined BOAC (BA) from school to complete a 5-year apprenticeship, went on to obtain UK CAA maintenance engineers licences before taking up a position as an Overseas Line Station Engineer. In 1975 attended 3-month Concorde training course in Bristol after which posted to RAF Fairford and Brize Norton to provide maintenance support during the Pilot, Flight Engineer training program. After completing the training program, he was posted to Bharain for 2 years to provide line station support for the first Concorde commercial passenger flights. Gordon Roxburgh Gordon Roxburgh, founder of the ConcordeSST website, used the power of the internet to bring together and lead a group of over 100 volunteers, many new to Brooklands Museum and to aircraft engineering for that matter, to help restore G-BBDG. The Team also worked on the restoration of the Concorde Simulator. Many of the team are still volunteers today at Brooklands and other museums around the country.

A special episode of the podcast recorded at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022, at RAF Fairford. As aircraft soar overhead a busy Techno Zone and Inspire Stage, we hear from many of the exhibitors who pitched up for the event, including ejector seat manufacturers Martin Baker, the aerospace division of Rolls Royce, and a glider pilot whose hobby sounds both frightening and incredible in equal measure. We also meet Justine Morton OBE, Director of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust, who gives us a glimpse into the history of RIAT, and tells us about her fascinating career path. Mark and George from the Civil Aviation Authority join the mix, before we chat to Haydn Jakes who was awarded an MBE for his achievements as an aircraft engineering apprentice. In keeping with the rest of the series, we hear from some of the university teams tasked with turning the winning ideas from the ‘If You Were An Engineer' competition into working prototypes. We're joined by Andrew Firth from Edinburgh University, and Tim Woolman from the University of Southampton. And, as always, we share the engineering ideas of children - this time with thanks to the Brownies. If you have an answer to our problem send your thoughts to info@leadersaward.com or comment on Twitter @Leadersaward. This week it comes from George at the Civil Aviation Authority: “How can we reduce the noise footprint, both in the aircraft and outside of the aircraft, especially for the people on the ground?” Your host is Ollie Guillou. Head over to our website www.leadersaward.com/podcasts to access loads of bonus and behind the scenes content. A Primary Engineer Production with the support of the RAFCT.

It's the first ever post-RIAT episode we've got to do on the podcast! After an astonishingly good Air Tattoo we share our thoughts, memories, our feelings, and reminisce on a brilliant airshow. We go through our highlights of the show, what really stood out to us, how it felt to be back on that hallowed tarmac at RAF Fairford. We also talk about chatting to the crews again and why RIAT has that vibe that no other show does. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to https://www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at https://forums.airshows.co.uk

GB2RS NEWS Sunday the 21st of February 2021 The news headlines: BBC reports Lincoln Short Wave Centenary Tonight @ 8 looks at propagation tools Film-maker seeks funding Lincoln Short Wave Club celebrated its 100th birthday on Wednesday the 10th of February. Steve, G6TVP was interviewed on BBC Radio Lincoln’s Breakfast Show that morning and he chatted about the club and amateur radio. Go to rsgb.services/gb2rs/004 to find it. The interview begins at 1:17:49 and will be on the BBC website for a further 18 days. The next RSGB Tonight @ 8 webinar takes place on Monday the 1st of March. RSGB Propagation Studies Committee Chair, Steve Nichols, G0KYA will look at “Using propagation prediction tools”. On the Society’s website, you can find out more about all the Tonight @ 8 webinars as well as links to further information, books and videos on the webinar topics at rsgb.org/webinars. ‘Through The Waves’ is looking to raise funding to film the untold story of Artie Moore. He was a young man from Pontllanfraith who, in 1912, received the distress call from the sinking Titanic. At over 3,000 miles, it was the furthest any radio signal in the world had been received. The filmmakers, directed by Ben Roberts, plan to tell the story in this 10-minute dramatisation. They’ve already signed BAFTA-Award Winning Jack Parry-Jones to play Arthur Moore, and Gareth John Bale to play Artie’s father, William Moore. The funding raised will go towards paying the professional crew and actors on board, and will allow the team to afford the authenticity involved in recreating his early 1900s attic. It’s from there Artie would often receive Morse Code messages from cargo ships off the coast of Newport. Go to indiegogo.com and search for Artie Moore Film, it’s the first entry. The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee has launched a consultation on a new, Direct to Full licence exam. It would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system. The Society is encouraging everyone to take part and give their views. The background to this consultation, as well as links to the proposed syllabus and the survey, are at rsgb.org/direct-to-full. Spaceweather.com this week carried a report that amateur radio operators are hearing the transmissions coming from the spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet. Some were also hoping to detect NASA's Perseverance rover as it touched down earlier this week. Find out more at Spaceweather.com. The first Full Licence course from the Bath-Based Distance Learning team is now closed for applications. Over 250 people have enquired about the training, including a number of amateurs from the USA, and one from France. The team received double the number of applications than the 100 planned spaces. They have expanded the numbers as far as they can but many will have to wait for the next course. The team are looking to rework their plans so they can run a second Full Licence course later in the year. An announcement will be made when that course is ready for any further applications. Please do not make enquiries before that announcement. The next Youngsters On The Air talk will take place on the 25th of February at 1900UTC. In this newest episode the team will present the main topic, ‘Gone Exploring!’ They plan to discuss activities like Islands on the Air, Summits on the Air and World Wide Flora and Fauna in Amateur Radio. It will be followed by a Q&A session with the presenters. They will be streaming live again on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch channels. For YouTube go to youtube.com/hamyota. QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will be held on March the 13th and 14th. You will have a choice of 80 plus speakers to listen to. Your ticket will allow you to visit the event for the following thirty days Just search for QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo for all the details. The January 2021 issue of 425DX News magazine is now available for download, go to 425dxn.org. Now the DX news Mireille, 3A/F4FRL and Patrice, 3A/F5RBB will be active from Monaco between the 24th of February and the 2nd of March. They will operate SSB and digital modes on the 40 to 20m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World and eQSL. Gareth, M0MOL will be active as MM0MOL/P from the main island of Shetland, IOTA reference EU-012, in February and March. He will operate with what he refers to as a typical portable QRP set up and will be QRV mainly in the evenings after work. Now the Special Event news GB4VAX continues its public health message on FT8 only with members of Welland Valley ARS. See QRZ.com for details. Coventry is The City of Culture in 2021. GB1COC is being operated until the 13th of March on behalf of Coventry ARS by Brian, G8GMU. He will be mainly on the 80m band using SSB, 2m FM and digital speech modes. See QRZ.com. Hull & District ARS is continuing to celebrate 100 years of amateur radio clubs in the Hull area with its year-long special event station, GB1OOH. Details are on QRZ.com. Now the contest news Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. This weekend is the ARRL International DX Contest. It runs for 48 hours until 2359UTC today, the 21st. It’s CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands. The exchange is signal report and transmitter power, with US stations sending their State and Canadians their Province. On Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1930UTC to 2230UTC, using all modes on the 2.3 to 10GHz bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday the UK EI Contest Club runs from 2000 to 2100UTC on the 80m band. Using CW only, the exchange is your 6-character locator. On Thursday the 80m Club Championship runs from 2000UTC to 2130UTC. Using CW only, the exchange is a signal report and serial number. Next weekend the CQ 160m DX contest runs from 2200UTC on Friday to 2200UTC on the 28th. Using SSB only, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. American stations also exchange their State and Canadians their Province. Next weekend the REF Contest runs from 0600UTC on the 27th to 1800UTC on the 28th. Using SSB only on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. French stations also exchange their Department number or overseas prefix. Next Sunday, the 28th, the First 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA & G4BAO on Friday the 19th of February. Well, we’ve had another week with zero sunspots, but we did have a geomagnetic disturbance. This was caused by the frozen-in Bz magnetic field of the high-speed solar wind stream going very negative. This means it can couple more easily with the Earth’s magnetic field allowing plasma to flood in. At its peak, the stream’s speed was more than 450 kilometres per second and this pushed the Kp index to four on Tuesday the 16th. Otherwise, the highlight of the week was probably the CQWW RTTY contest last weekend. Chris, G0DWV reports that conditions were not brilliant, but he did manage more than 1300 QSOs from his well-equipped station. Highlights included Wesley, N7US in Arizona on 80m at midnight and Peter, VK4ZP in Queensland, Australia on 20 metres at 1230hrs. Winter Sporadic-E seems to be in decline now. We’ve only spotted Spain on 10 metres twice this week. So until the main 2021 Sporadic-E season starts again, in late April or early May, it looks like it will be F2 layer DX only on the upper HF bands. Next week NOAA predicts the solar flux index will be in the range 71-76, so nothing to get too excited about. A recurrent, coronal hole high-speed stream with negative polarity is forecast for the 20th or 21st of February. This is from a large solar coronal hole on the Sun’s equator. As the solar wind is predicted to have a south-facing Bz component we may expect the Kp index to react strongly. NOAA predicts the Kp index could rise to at least four, although on the coronal hole’s last rotation the Kp peaked at five on the 25th of January. Look out for any potential pre-auroral opening on the higher HF bands as the solar wind speed increases. Otherwise, expect the maximum usable frequency to decrease as a geomagnetic storm commences. At the time of writing the data feed from the Chilton ionosonde is not available on Propquest.co.uk, but just click to select data from the RAF Fairford or Dourbes Digisonde, refresh and all will be well. And now the VHF and up propagation news. This is probably a good week to increase your satellite square count as the weather charts suggest that the unsettled pattern will continue. There’s just the slightest hint of a developing high over southern Britain at the end of next week. Rain will produce the opportunity for GHz Bands rain scatter at times, and there will be some heavier showers in the mix. It's possible there may be some hail and thunder in the heavier ones, which gives better quality for the scatter users. The Tropo prospects aren’t great, but at least there is a possibility at the end of next week into the near continent from southern areas. As we said earlier, we are now in the dormant period for Sporadic-E, so unless it's a rare digital mode QSO, things will probably remain quiet until we are into April for CW and SSB contacts. Moon declination reaches a maximum on Monday, so we have long moon visibility windows with high peak Moon elevation. Apogee was last week, so path losses continue to fall. There are no major meteor showers until mid-March, so pre-dawn continues to be the best time for random meteor scatter contacts. And that’s all from the propagation team this week.

Join Carlos, Matt, Armando and Brian Coleman for this week's show. In this week's show we learn the last ever A380 has been assembled, the A321 flying from the US to the UK is unveiled and a time when most airlines are retiring their passenger 747's, one airline is refurbishing theirs. In the military a vintage WWII B-25 Mitchell makes a forced landing in California and we learn that the U-2 will be a regular tenant at the famous RAF Fairford. Captain Nick is in conversation with Ian Palmer as he talks candidly in part three about his battle with alcohol and we go slightly off-topic as Captain Al and Matt talk to Weather forecaster Dan Holley about his unusual hobby of storm chasing. Search social media for 'PlaneTalkingUK' Whatsapp Number - +44 757 22 491 66 Email - podcast@planetalkinguk.com Website - www.planetalkinguk.com Search Twitter for : Captain Al - @airbus_al Dan Holley - @danholley_ Brian mentioned during the show that he is producing quirky fabric face coverings and that he's donating all the proceeds to a Pasadena Women's Shelter (he's already donated over $300). If you'd like to order some take yourself to https://www.tabfabric.com and make sure you enter the code of LOVEPTUK at checkout for a special discount! Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL The last A380 to be built is complete https://simpleflying.com/final-airbus-a380-assembled/ Airline in Italy came up with a clever coronavirus strategy to make flying safer https://apple.news/AFCuhWDllTRq7W_bZ1qOnOw New JetBlue A321 unveiled that will be the first to fly from the US to the UK for the Airline https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/jetblue-streamers-tail-london-airbus-a321lr/ GA Pilots able to land at one of Australia's busiest airports https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/23/the-little-planes-that-could-sydney-airport-opens-up-to-hobby-pilots-during-pandemic Airline workers have lower rates of COVID-19 than the general population — and airline CEOs say it's proof that flying is safe https://www.businessinsider.com/airline-workers-covid-rates-is-flying-safe-2020-9?fbclid=IwAR3PJH3u14SIPFxuZOjq3isXlPEYEEj5YVP4Rir_yzJBc5tHmWooMRHogrw Another (Green) Electric aircraft coming soon https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-09-23/heart-unveils-electric-propulsion-system-es-19-airliner Iran Air Refurbishes One Of Its Boeing 747s https://simpleflying.com/iran-air-refurbished-boeing-747/amp/ We need to be re-born on a plane FREE flights Egypt AIr https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/baby-born-on-flight-to-london-gets-lifetime-ticket-from-airline/ Qantas selling off B747 drinks cart's inc Booze https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-boeing-747-bar-drinks-cart MILITARY Three wounded in B-25 “Old Glory” crash in California https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2020/09/20/three-wounded-in-b-25-old-glory-crash-in-california/ U-2's are moving to Fairford! https://dragonladytoday.com/2020/09/24/arctic-dragons-make-fairford-their-home/?fbclid=IwAR36mn77J4N8IgtH1FyULjPpMb401u766011e2PIlDr64OOEjC48sCG7C0I A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35S Flanker fighter jet reportedly gunned down a Su-30 Flanker during a recent close-air-combat training mishap. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36684/russian-flanker-fighter-reportedly-downs-another-with-its-cannon-by-accident Major military exercises taking place off Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-54264399

Join Carlos, Matt and Micah for this week's show. In today's episode there's talk of mass lay-offs at Gatwick as passenger numbers plummet, law suits and unexpected quarantines make for a difficult week at EasyJet and someone is trying to make carbon free aviation fuel using Ammonia. In the military plane spotters at Fairford are warned by the police and there's sad news coming out of Duxford involving the Flying Legends. Matt talks to Cpt Al about Tyre punctures in this week's Plane Truth and James Dean shares with us their Aviation in their Life. Check out our website redesign that Matt and the team have worked on over the past few weeks - https://www.planetalkinguk.com - Let us know what you think! Search social media for 'PlaneTalkingUK' Whatsapp Number - +44 757 22 491 66 Email - podcast@planetalkinguk.com Website - www.planetalkinguk.com Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL Gatwick Airport to axe 600 jobs as passengers down 80 percent https://www.itv.com/news/2020-08-26/gatwick-airport-to-axe-600-jobs-as-passengers-down-80 Ryanair passenger removed from Stansted flight after receiving text saying he had coronavirus https://apple.news/ACVi1lpT1RL2D8Qg8LIBGFg EasyJet Sued After Passenger Was Moved On Flight To London https://simpleflying.com/easyjet-sued-passenger-moved/amp/ Delta Pilots Angry Their Jobs Are Being Outsourced https://onemileatatime.com/delta-pilots-jobs-outsourced/?fbclid=IwAR3TYShquwwfflIne3ToDLvpF81iOXet6ngZ2PsQuyZVO30uaUnUmkOQTu8 United Airlines to cut 2,850 pilot jobs without more U.S. government aid https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/united-airlines-to-cut-2850-pilot-jobs-without-more-us-government-aid.html The Australian Cricket Team's all-business class https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/the-australian-cricket-team-s-all-business-class-perth-to-uk-flight Reaction Engines testing ammonia as carbon-free aviation fuel https://newatlas.com/aircraft/reaction-engines-ammonia-carbon-free-aviation-fuel/ The Potentially Revolutionary Celera 500L Aircraft Officially Breaks Cover https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36016/the-potentially-revolutionary-celera-500l-officially-breaks-cover Find out how Cargolux Airlines protect its Boeing 747-8 from Coronavirus https://www.airlive.net/find-out-how-cargolux-airlines-protect-its-boeing-747-8-from-coronavirus/ Delayed EasyJet passengers face unforeseen quarantine https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-53923509 MILITARY IWM Duxford and The Fighter Collection Announce Relocation of Flying Legends Air Show http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/iwm-duxford-and-the-fighter-collection-announce-relocation-of-flying-legends-air-show.html DARPA’s AI Defeats Air Force Pilot 5-0 In Head-To-Head Competition https://inhomelandsecurity.com/darpas-ai-defeats-air-force-pilot-5-0-in-head-to-head-competition/ B-52 plane spotters heading to RAF Fairford warned by police https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/b-52-plane-spotters-heading-4453427.amp

Welcome to this special 10 percent true broadcast commemorating the 34th anniversary of the so-called raid on Libya – a retaliatory, but limited strike, on key targets in Libya designed to show then-leader of Libya, Col Gadaffi, that President Reagan would not put up with state sponsored terrorism.The raid was a multi service affair that involved air and sea elements provided by the US Air Force and US Navy.This short episode focuses on the experiences of on of the Air Force pilots who took part in the raid, and it not intended to be a documentary of any description. Rather, it is intended provide an extremely rare first-hand retelling of the raid, spoken by someone who was there.This is rare – it may even be the first time that the story has been broadcast using the voice of one of the Air Force participants – because all of the Air Force participants decided to remain anonymous after the event. They may have told friends and family, but they have never gone public.The man I interviewed was the pilot of F-111F call sign Puffy 12. He told me that I could reveal his identity if I wished. However, I have chosen not to. The act of going public must be his to take, not mine.The Air Force portion of the raid, which launched from four RAF Stations in the UK on 14 April 1986, was called Operation El Dorado Canyon. The first bombs were dropped at 0200 hours Libyan time on 15 April, and the mission became, at that time, the longest combat mission in history.El Dorado Canyon involved F-111F precision bombers from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath; EF-111A Raven tactical jamming aircraft from 20th FTW at RAF Upper Heyford; and KC-10 and KC-135 refuellers, which launched from RAF Fairford and RAF Mildenhall.The F-111Fs were to fly against three target sets, while US Navy strike fighters protected against SAMs and MiGs. Militarily, the mission was a success – the Libyans lost many MiGs and major threat radars – even if the F-111s enjoyed only mixed success.However, one F-111 failed to return – the two-man crew of KARMA 52 drowned when their aircraft impacted the water in the Gulf of Sidra. The pilot, Major Fernando Ribas, was repatriated in 1989, but the body of the Weapons Systems Officer, Capt Paul Lorence, was never found.Fernando was my neighbour and something of a boyhood hero. Many times, he had taken me on base to see the 1-11s and he was always kind and patient. One day, I hope to write the definitive book about the raid to properly honor Fernando and Paul’s sacrifice. Until then, rare and all-too-short glimpses into the raid like that kindly given by Puffy 12 will have to do…I started the interview by asking about his Air Force career prior to the raid…Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/10percenttrue)

GB2RS NEWS Sunday the 9th of February 2020   The news headlines: Build a radio at Bletchley Park Voting for RSGB AGM opens in around 4 weeks GB3GV ATV repeater back to full power   The RSGB invites young people, and an accompanying adult if the child is under 16 years, to join them at the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park for a fun and hands-on workshop where they can learn more about radio and electronics on the 14th of March. The workshop offers a short introduction to wireless communications, radio propagation and electronic construction, before moving on to the construction of a medium wave radio receiver provided free of charge for each registered student by the Radio Communications Foundation. Attendees will also be able to visit Bletchley Park, including the National Radio Centre. Places are limited to eight young persons, tickets cost £7 and accompanying adults if child is under 16 £8. The ticket includes access to Bletchley Park for the purposes of this workshop on the specified date only. Bookings are available via the Bletchley Park website at www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ under the what’s on tab. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for the RSGB Board Director and Regional Representative roles as part of the forthcoming elections. The nomination period has now ended. Voting will begin on the 11th of March and will end on the 23rd of April. All the information on candidates and how to vote will appear in the April edition of RadCom. GB3GV, the Leicestershire Repeater Group 23cm ATV repeater, has now been restored to full ERP following a site visit on the 1st of February. Further info from www.leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk. Venues and dates for the 2020 series of Train the Trainers courses can be found on the RSGB website at www.rsgb.org/train-the-trainers. In order to ensure that courses are run as cost-effectively as possible between twenty and twenty-five candidates are needed for each course. To reserve a place on any of the courses please email trainthetrainers@rsgb.org.uk with your name and telephone number. The first course to run will be held in Telford on the 21st of March; it currently has eight places available. Following Telford will be Cardiff on the 18th of April. This course currently still has space so please book as soon as possible. Details of other courses available are on the website. The RSGB’s Examinations and Syllabus Review Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Greg Fenton, M0ODZ to the group. Greg has had a life-long interest in amateur radio and in more recent years he also became involved with Makerspace in Newcastle. After gaining his Full licence he started to take part in amateur radio teaching, including to his youngest daughter who is now also a licensed radio amateur. Like Tony, G7ETW who also joined the group recently, Greg has already brought fresh enthusiasm and ideas to the group and the RSGB looks forward to his continued participation. Due to essential maintenance, the Radio Room at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will be closed to visitors on Tuesday the 11th of February. Whilst the NRC itself will remain open to visitors, it means that the station GB3RS will be ‘off-air’ and hence will be unavailable for any visiting radio amateurs to operate. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. The work should be completed by mid-afternoon and hence GB3RS may be on-air later in the day but, by closing for the day, we are allowing for any over-run needed to complete the work. Provisional results for the last IARU R1 VHF Contest are available on IARU Region 1 website www.iaru-r1.org. Congratulations to GM4ZUK/P who was the highest placed UK station in the single operation 145MHz section and G8P who were the highest placed team in the multi operatior 145MHz section. G3XDY was the highest placed UK station in the 6 hour 145MHz section   And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week Today, the 9th of February the Harwell Radio and Electronics Rally will be held at Didcot Leisure Centre, Mereland Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8AY, that’s about 3 miles from the A34 Milton Interchange. Doors open 10am to 3pm and admittance is £3 with under 12s free. Talk in will be on 145.550MHz, using G3PIA and there is free car parking. Local and national traders as well as Special Interest Groups and an RSGB Bookstand will be in attendance. Home-made refreshments are available all day. Details from rally@g3pia.net or 01235 816379. Next Saturday, the 15th the Ballymena ARC Rally will be held in Ahoghill Community Centre, 80 Cullybackey Road, Ahoghill BT42 1LA. Doors open at 10.30am and admission is £3. There is free parking on site. There will be traders, a Bring & Buy and a prize draw will operate. Light refreshments will be available. Tables are free but must be pre-booked by email to HKernohan@aol.com. More details from Hugh, GI0JEV on 0282 587 1481. Next Sunday, the 16th, the RadioActive Rally will be held at Nantwich Civic Hall, Cheshire, CW5 5DG. There is free car parking and doors open at 10.30am. There will be a Bring & Buy, as well as traders and an RSGB book stall. A single raffle ticket is included with the entrance programme; additional tickets available. Catering is provided on site. Contact Stuart Jackson on 0788 073 2534. Also, next Sunday, the 16th, the Lomond Radio Club Bring & Buy event takes place at John Connolly Centre, Main Street, Renton G82 4LY. Doors open at 10am. There will be a Bring & Buy, traders and refreshments will be available. Contact Bill at mm0elf@blueyonder.co.uk. Please send details of your rally and event plans as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk – we give you valuable publicity online, in RadCom and on GB2RS, all for free.   And now the DX news from 425 DX News and other sources Andre, PP6ZZ will be active as PY0FF from Fernando de Noronha, SA-003, until the 18th of February. He plans to operate all modes, including FT8 and FT4, in his spare time. QSL via Logbook of The World, or via W9VA. RI1ANC, the club station at Vostok Station in Antarctica, is active. Look for activity on the HF bands, mainly FT8 with some CW and SSB. QSL via RN1ON. Ed, K1EP will be active as VP2MEP from Montserrat, NA-103, between the 11th and 17th of February. He will operate CW, SSB and some FT8. QSL via Logbook of The World or direct to K1EP. Rob, G4WXJ will be active as ZC4RH from the UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus until the 13th of February. He expects to operate SSB, CW and FT8 on the 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10m bands. QSL via his home call, direct or via the bureau. He does not use Logbook of The World or Club Log. Dave, VE3VSM will be active as VE3VSM/HR9 from Roatan Island, NA-057, between the 11th and 23rd of February. He will be operating on the 20 and 15m bands using CW in his spare time and during some contests. QSL via Logbook of The World, or direct.   Now the special event news Heiko, DK3DM and others are active as DL2020R until the end of the year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the German reunification process. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or direct only to M0SDV. DL250BEETH is another special callsign commemorating Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th anniversary. It will be used by the Kerpen local branch of DARC until the end of the year. QSL via DJ6SI. Please send special event details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk as early as possible to get your event publicised here on GB2RS, in RadCom, and online.   Now the contest news The CQ WW WPX Party ends its 48-hour run at 2359UTC today, the 9th. It’s RTTY only on the 3.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number. The PACC Contest ends its 24-hour run at 1200UTC today, the 9th. Using CW and SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report serial number with PA stations also sending their Province. On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. The 432MHz UK Activity Contest follows at 2000 to 2230UTC using all modes. The exchange is the same for both, signal report serial number and locator. On Wednesday the 80m Club Championships holds a datamodes leg from 2000 to 2130UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Thursday the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend the ARRL International DX Contest runs from 0000UTC on the 15th to 2359UTC on the 16th. Using CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and transmit power, with US stations also sending their State and Canadians their Province.   Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Friday the 7th of February. After sunspot group 2757 rotated out of view the Sun remained spotless with a solar flux index around 70. We had periods of geomagnetic disruption thanks to the effects of coronal holes, the worst seeing the Kp index hit four on Thursday morning. These storms resulted in visible aurora being reported at higher latitudes. Monday saw the first of the RSGB’s 80m Club Championship events with an SSB contest. Participants complained about the poor propagation, with continental stations being stronger than locals. This was reflected in the ionosonde data at propquest.co.uk, that showed the f0F2 critical frequency, as measured at RAF Fairford, as 2.875MHz at the start of the contest and only 3.175MHz at the end. Meanwhile, Chilton recorded 3.7MHz at the start of the contest and 3.5MHz at the end. So, you can see that short-range propagation on 80m was marginal and favoured different parts of the country. Next week, there is the possibility that strong jet streams may provide some low-band Sporadic-E enhancement for evening nets when the foF2 has deserted us. Thursday saw an HF enhancement, possibly linked to the raised Kp index, with maximum usable frequencies creeping above 21MHz and 15m FT8 openings into the Canary Islands, the Azores, Greece and European Russia. There were also 15m FT8 openings to South America later in the afternoon. CDXC members have also reported contacts last week with TI9A, Cocos Island, off Costa Rica, and HU1DL in El Salvador. Excitement is also building for the VP8PJ South Orkney DXpedition that should start later this month. Next week, NOAA predicts the solar flux index will remain around 70 with more settled geomagnetic conditions after the effects of the current high-speed solar wind diminish.   And now the VHF and up propagation news.   After a brief period of Tropo in the second half of last week, we are now about to enter a period of very unsettled weather with deep lows passing by the far north of Britain. This means that Tropo will not be a feature this coming week and time may be better spent making sure the antenna ropes are secure and towers lowered if the forecast looks severe. At present, the strongest winds are likely in northern and western areas, but with such a strong Atlantic jet stream there is a huge amount of energy available to spin up very deep lows in less than 24 hours. The message therefore is to keep up to date with the latest forecasts, because the track of such lows can change markedly over a few hours. There is one propagation silver lining to this type of weather, which is possible microwave rain scatter as squally fronts or showers pass by. One of the models does build a high over the continent at the end of next week with a possibility of some Tropo into France, but only from the southeastern corner of the country. Moon declination goes negative on Wednesday, but with perigee on Monday, it's still a good week for EME. Path losses are at their lowest and 144 MHz sky noise is low all week. There are no major meteor showers this week, and we are now well into the Winter minimum for random meteors. The best time for random meteor scatter QSOs is always around dawn when the Earth is rotating towards the main meteor flux. And that’s all from the propagation team this week.  

Gen. Vincenzo Camporini, Italian Air Force Ret., former chief of the Italian Air Force and the Italian Defense Staff, and current vice president of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, dicusses his takeaways from the 2018 NATO Summit, the future of the military alliance and much more in a wide-ranging, July 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Chuck Gummow, vice president of business development at Textron Aviation Defense, and Bill Harris, vice president of the company’s Scorpion program, share Scorpion and AT-6 Wolverine multi-mission aircraft program updates, discuss what makes the AT-6 a strong contender in the US Air Force’s OA-X light attack aircraft competition and much more during a wide-ranging, July 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS. Bell, a Textron company, sponsors our Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper, RAF Ret., former director-general of NATO's International Military Staff and current vice president of Charitable Trust Enterprises, says NATO's invocation of the Article 5 commitment shouldn't depend on a threatened nation's defense-spending level and discusses how Baltic air defenses can be improved on both a local and alliance level to deter Russia, what went right and wrong at the 2018 NATO Summit in Brussels, and much more in a wide-ranging, July 14, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Greg Ulmer, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, says he expects a Lot 11 agreement with the US government within about 30 days, and discusses the company’s June 6 delivery of the first four F-35 Lightning II fighters to the UK, program updates, modernization, sustainment, software stability, the Autonomic Logistics Information System (or ALIS), aircraft availability, and turnaround rates, projected unit pricing, potential new markets for the jet — including Finland and Canada — and much more during a wide-ranging, July 14, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Philip Dunne, Tory MP, the UK’s former defense-procurement minister and the author of the “Growing the Contribution of Defence to UK Prosperity” report, discusses the publication’s findings on how the arms industry contributes to the British economy, what the country’s defense-industrial strategy needs to look like, why the US-UK defense relationship matters, NATO and much more during a wide-ranging, July 13, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews podcast, sponsored by L3 Technologies, Katherine Bennett, senior vice president of Airbus UK, discusses the challenge of carrying out Brexit while safeguarding international trade, the potential impact of “a hard Brexit” on the company’s business, its A220 jet deal with Bombardier, UK defense-spending projections, European market opportunities, defense-industrial strategy and more in a wide-ranging, July 13, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom. Our RIAT 2018 coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

The F-35 was on full display during the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.

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 photos from the airshow then please go to the Plane Safety Podcast facebook page. Don't forget to follow me on twitter @psafetypodcast or if you're feeling generous you can leave a review on iTunes This is a time index list of all the interviews on this episode (though there is much more content than just the interviews). 8.35 Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) P1 Kawasaki, Commander Osawa 12.38 USAF P8 Poseidon, Lt Cmd Patrick Mitchell 18.44 RAF A330 Voyager, Flt Lt Jase Ore 27.15 British Airways Airbus 318, Captain Tony Payne 35.05 Chat with listener Matty Fab 41.30 RAF E3 Sentry AWACS, Sqn Ldr Kev Simpson 50.46 USAF CV-22 Osprey, Cpt Tony Belviso 1.04.23 US Army AH-64 Apache. Lt Hall 1.12.22 Royal Navy Sea King, Lt James Wallis 1.23.37 Royal Netherlands Air Force KDC-10, Major Andy Van Elfon 1.33.30 Royal Navy Merlin MKII, Lt Richard Knight 1.44.13 RAF A400M, Sqn Ldr Phil Cavey    Enjoy the podcast. I'll be back soon with another episode of the Plane Safety Podcast. If you like to contact the show then please go to www.planesafetypodcast.com or e-mail feedback@planesafetypodcast.com Fly safe, Pip  

RAF Fairford opened its gates for the 2015 Royal International Air Tattoo.

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Join Carlos & Simon for another Airshow special episode where we have all the usual news and airshow chat plus our coverage of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford and we have some great interviews from some awesome people including our interview with Red 9 Mike Child from the Royal Airforce Red Arrows . Sorry about the delay in brining out this episode