The Hangardeck Podcast

Welcome back to the Hangar Deck Podcast.  In this Eisode, we discuss Cold War Aviation with regards to the Air Force TAnker, the KC-97.  Our special Guest in studio is an Air Force Veteran from 1962, Mr. Ron Taylor.  Of course, Raging Rick feels comfortable with another Air Force Veteran in Studio.  We discuss inflight refueling and share stories from both sides of the Boom. This diverse discussion captures the historic KC-97 and Rons experience with the Air Force's famous 11th Aerial Refueling Squadron.  Plenty of detailed airplane discussions from the past and present.  Tanks for listening and we are excited to keep ringing all thing Aviation to the Show.  - Pitchlock Pete.

Welcome back to the Hangar Deck Podcast.  In this episode, Raging Rick explains the details and events leading up to his callsign being issued to him (CHUMP).  Rick flew F-4 Phantoms and the F-16 Falcon in the US Air Force.  This story is both interesting, informative and yet funny.  Rick goes into detail of air to air combat scenarios with 1 vs. 1 2 vs. 1 and ultimately 2 vs. 2 fighter scenarios.  We continue to have great chemistry in the studio and if you are interested in coming into the show let us know.  Keep the comments coming and we look forward to our next Espisode when we talk with Mr. Ron Taylor, a former US Air Force In-Flight Refueling Boom Operator with the 11th ARS during the Cold War (1962-1965).  He directly supported B-52 SAC missions and it's exciting to hear aviation stories from this time.  

Aircraft Pick of the Week. In this episode, Raging Rick and the team discuss the US Navy MZ-3A Airship and it's roots back to the Airship Hindenberg.  Also, it's comparison to tethered and un-tethered blimps.  It's a short episode and we hope you enjoy our twist on this segment of the Show -Aircraft Pick of the Week-.  We have new guests lined up and are excited to bring more energized topics to our audience.  Feel free to leave us comments and if you are interested in the show don't hesitate to drop us a line and provide a topic you want to talk to the team about.  Thanks for listening and stay tuned for more exciting Hangar Deck Podcast Episodes.  - Pitchlock Pete

In this Episode, The Hangar Deck Podcast Crew discusses ADS-B Technology.  It's an overall discussion on what ADS-B is and what impact it will have on Commercial and General Aviation.  Pete's Avionics background engages both former Commercial Airline Pilots Raging Rick and Fast Eddie in this Next Generation Air Transportation topic.  References to FAA mandates and current testing are also discussed.  Thenk for your continued support and listening to our Podcast.  Drop us a line and become the next guest on the Hangar Deck Podcast.

In this Episode, we discuss innovative Avionic Technologies from the maintainer point of iew.  Ou Guest, Chapper Mike is an expert in the industry and has supported the Commercial, Corprate and Military industries regarding engineering, maintaining, operating and training state of the art Avionics systems.  We call him Chopper Mike but he has a diverse background with fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. Notably, Chopper Mike was first on scene to support Hurricane Katrina Operations as a Technical and Engineer Expert for Rotary wing aircraft.  His Expert Knowledge assited many government agencies with Reliability and Maintainability concerns with the Sikorsky line of government products.  It's a great discussion.

In this Hangar Deck Podcast Episode, we discuss the current status of UAV technology and look closer at the levels of autonomy associated with UAVs.  Our Guest, Dyhedral Doug owns his own company developing autonomous UAVs for multiple markets.  Fast Eddie and Radical Rick are also back in studio to blend their aviation experience into the show. Aircraft Pick of the week is back and interesting as ever.  Thanks for listening.