Podcast Posts
Nov. 19, 2013
Understanding Air France 447’s Author Bill Palmer Talks to Jetwhine
Regular Jetwhine readers might just remember a number of lively debates on this blog about what happened to Air France 447 over the South Atlantic in June 2009. A few of those conversations reached heated proportions too, with opinions … some …
Dec. 18, 2012
A Heads Up on a Great Training Experience
At the risk of garnering the wrath of my buddy Scott Spangler who wondered here last week whether technology was really making us more goon-like than aviator, I present yet another piece of technology. This one functions much like a Swiss Army Knife…
Feb. 5, 2012
Jetwhine Tries to Out-Cranky the Cranky Flier
I’m made quite a career out of whining about the aviation industry, but even I need someone’s shoulder to moan on every so often. As I sit here in a hotel room in Bordeaux trying to get back to the states from France using an American/Ib…
Aug. 4, 2011
GE Aviation: A Little Brand Fun
Although most of my AirVenture 2011 time was spent getting the Wittman Airport social media presence up and running at, I did leave a little time for some of the more offbeat kinds of fun to be had around the show.This year’s award for the Be…
April 3, 2011
Dear Ray
Department of TransportationWashington, DCReally nice to hear from you again and yes, the family are all doing fine, thanks for asking. I forgot to ask you in my last letter how that new government job is working out. DOT Secretary … prett…
July 30, 2010
Oshkosh, the Verb
Sometimes we bloggers simply talk too much trying to express how we feel about something like AirVenture when simply letting the story tell itself works much better. With that clever insight in mind, may I present for your review, a few photos that…
June 23, 2010
Does Parochialism Hinder Aviation’s Future
Last weekend I had the honor of being a guest on Airplane Geeks, thanks to my JetWhine.com co-conspirator Rob Mark, who is one of the quartet of regulars. It was my inaugural podcast (Episode 101), and I greatly enjoyed the wide ranging aviation con…
July 29, 2009
Social Media Gets Serious at AirVenture
Broadcasting from high atop the massive MyTransponder mobile HQ the other night on the grounds at AirVenture 2009, I managed to add my two cents to a pretty nice Episode 58 of the Airplane Geeks podcast that I now co-host with Max Flight and Dan We…
Oct. 6, 2008
Southwest Airlines: In a Category of Its Own
In Jetwhine’s first official podcast add-on to the post below, editor Rob Mark takes a close look at what makes Southwest Airlines so successful.