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Will be starting a video podcast version of this podcast this fall so stay tuned! (need to clean up and rewire the studio before I want to put it on video )

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-Mike

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So the plan I’ve come up with is as follows:

Monday – Geek of the North recording to release on Monday night
Tuesday – No podcasting
Wednesday – Aviation History this week Recording to release on the following Monday
Thursday – No podcasting
Friday – Geek of the North Recording to release on Friday
Saturday – No podcasting
Sunday – MDW recording (unless I make an unscheduled episode) for release Monday

The Unplugged feed and the Ipadio feed will be updated as the mood strikes and What’s up with that might happen once in a while.

I’m really wanting to take my podcasting to the next level and try to grow audience and community. Geek of the North and Aviation History this week are going to be my more “professional” podcasts. Mike Dell’s World will continue to be my Hobby podcast.

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Subjects covered on Today’s podcast:

Is broadcasting on AM/FM dying? Or Dead?
-I talked about some of our local stations and about Clearchannel and other BIG radio groups.

I phone 4G left in a bar? Sounds fishy to me!

I replaced my droid. With another droid. No problem, took 10 minutes and everything was on the new phone as soon as I logged in. Cool (in a scary way!).

Talked about the move of Today in Aviation History to a weekly show over at Flightradio.com

Thanks again for listening and I will try to get back on Schedule with a Thursday morning show.

-Mike

Thanks for your support!

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I have android 2.1 on my droid now and most (if not all) Motorola Droid users should have the upgrade. HTML 5 is NOT on the droid yet for some reason. Not sure why, but it doesn’t yet. The iphones and ipads using the same browser (webkit) do HTML 5. Oh well, I’m sure they will get it sooner or later.

Airlines charge for EVERYTHING!

Check out www.airlinenightmare.com for some very cool inside info about what the airlines and air traffic control are doing. I play some audio samples of Air Traffic Control loosing it on pilots and another example of a pilot that shouldn’t have been given a license to fly.

FAA to let pilots fly on prozac.

Thanks for listening, Catch me later!

-Mike

In 1904… Using a glider imperfectly modeled by Ernest Archdeacon on an outdated Wright design, artillery captain Ferdinand Ferber launched himself into a short hop from a massive dune in Normandy, France.

1911 – The first flying unit of the British Military, the Air Battalion Royal Engineers formed.

1918 – the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service combine to form the Royal Air Force. The Women’s Royal Air Force is formed at the same time.

In 1921… French pilot Adrienne Bollard takes off from Mendoza, Argentina in a Cauldron biplane to become the first woman to fly over the Andes. She completes the historic Andean crossing to the Chilean capital, Santiago in 10 hours.

1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

1953 – BEA and Air France introduce “tourist class” fares

1954 – Last operational flight by an RAF Spitfire, a photo-reconnaissance sortie against bandits in Malaya

1955 – post-World War II bans on powered flight in West Germany are lifted

1972 – BOAC and BEA are merged to create British Airways

In 1976… Lufthansa’s first two Airbus A300Bs enter service. They will fly between Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart and London.

1978 – The Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team officially becomes the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron

1982 – Air France flies the Concorde over to Rio de Janeiro and Caracas, Venezuela for the last time.

1993 – Queen Elizabeth II of England reviews 70 Royal Air Force aircraft on the ground in celebration of the air force’s 75th anniversary. A mass flypast is cancelled due to poor weather.

2063 – Zefram Cochrane (The Great Great Grandson of the World Famous Tech Podcaster Todd Cochrane) makes the first human warp flight with the Phoenix. This attracts the Vulcans and they make first contact with humans.

2161 – The United Federation of Planets is founded by Earth, Tellar, Andoria, and Vulcan

2343 – The Galaxy class Starship development project is officially given the greenlight by Starfleet Command.

That’s what happened today in Aviation and space history on April fools day! See you tomorrow!

1903 – Richard Pearse is reputed to have made a powered flight in a heavier-than-air craft, a monoplane of his own construction, that crash lands on a hedge. This date is computed from circumstantial evidence of eyewitnesses as the flight was not well-documented at the time. The machine made a flight claimed to be around 150 feet (45 m) on his farm at Upper Waitohi, near Timaru in south Canterbury, New Zealand.

In 1912… The world’s first hydroplane competitions, held in Monaco, over the past week, has been a runaway success for Farman biplanes. Belgian Jules Fisher is the overall winner. He is one of only two non-French pilots of the eight starters and flies a Henry Farman machine.

1959 – British Overseas Airways Corporation commences its first scheduled around-the-world service. BOAC was a collaboration between Imperial Airways and British Airway Systems.

In 1975… A specially modified Royal Canadian Air Force de Havilland CC-115 (DMC-5 Buffalo) makes its first flight carrying an inflatable air-cushion landing system beneath the fuselage.

In 1979… The British government announces development and production costs for the Concorde supersonic airliner since November 29, 1962, when agreement was reached with France to design and built the aircraft. Through December 31,
1978, the French government spent a total of £920 million whereas the British spent £898 million. The total cost of £1.818 billion would increase by a further £163 million, before government funding ceased.

2002 – Swiss International Air Lines begins operations, taking over many routes from bankrupt Swissair.

1918 – Alan Jerrard VC, British ace (7 victories) is shot down by Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg and taken captive

In 1928… A resident of Zehden, Germany, Samuel Schwartz, asks German airline Deutsche Luft Hansa (DLH) for rent for the airspace above his house, citing law that says his rights extend to the “space above and the ground beneath” his property.

Also In 1928… The Federal Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)-ratified world speed record is pushed through 300 mph for the first time. Flying a specially adapted Macchi M-52bis seaplane, Italian Maj. Mario de Bernardi achieves a speed of 512.69 km/h (318.64 mph). This is an increase of 20.81 mph over his previous record.

In 1929… Imperial Airways inaugurates a weekly passenger service from England to India, part of which would have to be taken by rail. For £130 single fare, the trip ends in Karachi seven days after leaving England.

In 1939… Piloted by Hans Dieterle, the Heinkel He 100 seizes the absolute world air speed record. He records an average speed of 463.92 mph, adding 70 mph to the previous record. Hermann Wurster held the old record of 379 mph.

1974 – The first Airbus to fly revenue passengers, the A300B2 enters service with Air France.

And that’s what happened today, in aviation history, we will see you later!

In 1858… Two men – Brown and Dean – make the first balloon flight in Australia in a hydrogen balloon named the Australasian.

In 1920… Located about 10 miles due south of the City of London, England, Waddon Airport at Croydon is used for the first time as London’s airport. Until this date, Hownslow has been considered the capital’s main airport.

In 1951… Flight Safety Inc. begins operations at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport, New York with just one secretary and rented late night hours on a Link trainer simulator.

1981 – British Airways makes its last Vickers VC10 flight. The Vickers VC10 is a long-range British airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, and first flown in 1962. The airliner was designed to operate on long distance routes with a high subsonic speed and also be capable of hot and high operations from African airports. The aircraft is often compared to the somewhat larger Ilyushin IL-62 with which it shares a similar rear-engined layout, the two types being the only airliner designs with such a configuration. That is, 4 engines in (2 on each side) of the tail sort of like a learjet or DC-9 but doubled.

15 VC10s remain in service as aerial refuelling and transport aircraft with the RAF as of 31 December 2009.

That’s what happened today, March 29th in Aviation History. We will see you Tomorrow!

In 1908… Leon Delagrange makes the first passenger flight, taking Farman aboard his Voisin biplane at Issy-les-Moulieaux.

In 1910… The first flight of Henri Fabre’s Hydroavion, the first powered seaplane in the world, takes place at La Mède harbor, Martigues, France. The hydroplane flies for about 1,600 ft. at the maximum height of 7 ft

1935 – Robert Goddard launches the world’s first successful liquid-fuelled rocket.

In 1936… National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) commences operational use of the newly constructed 8-ft.-high speed tunnel (8-Foot HST) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley, Virginia. Built as a companion to the full scale tunnel capable of simulated speeds of up to 118 mph, the new facility can test models and components to 577 mph (Mach 0.75).

1948 – B-29 Superfortresses undergo aerial refueling tests, demonstrating the viability of this technique to extend the range of strategic bombers.

1980 – The 1,000th production Learjet is delivered

1981 – Air France pilot Michel Breton flies the airline’s last Sud Aviation Caravelle service, from Amsterdam to Paris.
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That’s what happened today, March 28h in Aviation History. We will see you Tomorrow!

In 1907… Romanian Trajan Vuia begins tests of his airplane, newly fitted with steering surfaces. He makes a short flight of 33 feet in Paris, France.

In 1927… Young American airmail pilot Charles A. Lindbergh registers his entry in the Raymond Orteig challenge for the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo. The challenge and a $25,000 prize, has been issued in 1920, but no one has so far been successful in making the flight.

1931 – the crash of a TWA Fokker F.10 at Bazaar, Kansas prompts the first grounding of an aircraft type. The grounding was ordered by the US Department of Commerce.

In 1946… An air agreement is signed by France and the US giving Air France the right to serve the cities of Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.

1953 – the Royal Netherlands Air Force becomes a separate command.

1968 – Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut, first human in space dies in aircraft training accident.

1970 – The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight.

1977 – A collision between a KLM and a PanAm Boeing 747s at Tenerife, Canary Islands, kills 583.

1984… British Airways inaugurates a Concorde service from London to Miami twice weekly. The service operates through Washington-Dulles, necessitating a 50-minute stopover. The overall trip lasts 6 hours 35 minutes, a saving approximately 2.5 hours over the direct flight by subsonic airliners. The round-trip fare is quoted a £2,509.

1994 – The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany.

2004 – Nasa’s X-43 pilotless plane breaks world speed record for an atmospheric engine by briefly flying at 7,700 kilometers (4,780 miles) per hour (seven times the speed of sound)

That’s what happened today, March 27th in Aviation History. We will see you Tomorrow!

I talk about the iPad frenzy and the 50 new “pads” coming out before the end of the year.

I talked about publishing and advertising

Does anyone know where we can get news about the Podcast industry?

I played a promo for Plain Dudes Radio and talked about the demise of Snapvine which is shutting down March 31st.

How about a brand New Airport? – KECP = Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Panama City, Florida. The new airport will be open in may. Here is a story about it.

The ARRL.org website is down for “a few hours” of updates.. Been down for 3 days. Whats up with that?

Chat with you next week!

-Mike

1931 – Swissair is formed by the merger of Ad Astra Aero and Balair.

In 1934… Piloted by John Lankester Parker and with three passengers on board, the first landplane derivative of the Short Kent flying boat takes off to the air for the first time. Named Scylla (G-ACJJ), the big biplane is followed by Scyrinx (G-ACJK) for the busy Imperial Airways routes into continental Europe.

In 1938… Arthur Clouston and Victor Ricketts land their D. H. 88 Comet Australian Anniversary at Gravesend in Kent, England to complete a 26,500-mile flight from England to New Zealand and back in a record 10 days 21 hours.

1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3. Explorer 3 was an artificial satellite of the Earth, nearly identical to the first United States artificial satellite Explorer 1 in its design and mission. It was the second successful launch in the Explorer program.

The satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (now Kennedy Space Center) in Florida at 17:31:00 UTC on March 26, 1958, on the Jupiter-C vehicle.
The Jupiter-C has its origins in the United States Army’s Project Orbiter in 1954. The project was canceled in 1955, however, when the decision was made to proceed with Project Vanguard. Following the launch of the Soviet Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, ABMA was directed to proceed with the launching of a satellite using the Jupiter-C, which had already been flight-tested in nose-cone re-entry tests for the Jupiter IRBM (intermediate-range ballistic missile). Working closely together, ABMA and JPL completed the job of modifying the Jupiter-C and building the Explorer I in 84 days.

Explorer 3 burned up in the upper atmosphere on June 27, 1958, after 93 days of operation.
A replica of the spacecraft is currently located in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, Milestones of Flight Gallery.

That’s what happened today, March 26th in Aviation History. We will see you Tomorrow!

In 1917… One of the greatest fighter pilots of WWI, Canada-born Lt. Col. William Avery Bishop, scores his first combat victory over an Albatros single-seat fighter while flying a Nieuport.

1924 – Royal Air Force officers McLaren, Plenderleith, and Andrews set off in an attempted round-the-world flight in a Vickers Vulture II. Their attempt will ultimately fail in Siberia in early August.

In 1926… Willie Messerschmitt, a graduate of Munich Technical High School and already an experienced designer of light aircraft and sailplanes, forms the Messerschmitt company in Germany.

In 1960… The first NASA flight in the X-15 hypersonic research program gets under way when test pilot Joseph A. Walker makes the first of his flights in this aircraft.

1979 – QANTAS retires its last Boeing 707 and becomes the world’s first airline with a fleet of exclusively Boeing 747s. John Travolta owns one of QANTAS’ old 707′s. His aircraft still bears the marks of Qantas, as Travolta acts as an official goodwill ambassador for the airline wherever he flies it.

In 1993… The first woman Concorde pilot makes her first flight as First Officer of the daily supersonic London-New York route. British-born, Barbara Harmer, is one of only 17 co-pilots in the British Airways Concorde fleet.

2006 – A revolutionary scramjet jet engine Hyshot III designed to fly at seven times the speed of sound is successfully tested at Woomera, South Australia.

And that is what happened, today March 25th in aviation history. We will see you tomorrow.

World’s First Manned Commercial
Spaceship Revealed

On a blustery December 7th 2009 history was made in the Mojave Desert as aerospace partners Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites revealed the world’s first commercial passenger space liner.

Those of us fortunate enough to attend were among a heady crowd that included the visionary aerospace engineer and system designer Burt Rutan, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, the entire Scaled Composites team, about 170 future astronauts with confirmed reservations … and of course the Accredited Space Agents who are escorting these pioneering clients into a new era in tourism.

Also in attendance were Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Richardson, respectively of California and New Mexico. The two politicians jovially bantered over whose state should rate higher for its involvement in the future of commercial space travel. California is a well-known aerospace incubator and New Mexico is quickly gaining a space-friendly reputation via its newest public works project, Spaceport America, where Virgin Galactic departures will take flight.

The air was charged with excited anticipation. When the big reveal finally came, the 800-strong crowd erupted into thunderous applause on seeing the spaceship suspended from the mother ship, VMS Eve taxiing toward them.

With the resounding smash of two champagne bottles held by the two governors, she was christened VSS Enterprise.

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In 1904… The Wrights apply for a German patent for their airplane. Two days ago they applied for a French one.

In 1909… The Wright brothers found a school in the USA to train pilots for exhibition flights. The first pupil is a childhood friend, Walter Brookins, 21, from Dayton. Because Dayton’s weather is not good enough, Orville Wright sets up the school at Montgomery, Alabama, where winds are generally light.

1919 – Igor Sikorsky flees Europe for the United States

In 1932… Jim Mollison leaves Lympne, Kent, England at the start of a record-breaking attempt to fly to South Africa in a D. H. 80A Puss Moth (G-ABKG) specially modified as a long-range single seater. His time was 4 days 17 hours 19 minutes.

In 1939… American woman air record-breaker Jacqueline Cochran achieves a woman’s altitude record of 30,052 ft. 5 in. over Palm Spring, California in a Beechcraft Model 17.

In 1971… As a result of votes in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Boeing cancels its supersonic transport. The elaborate, full-size mock-up is eventually sold to a promotion specialist who puts it in a Florida amusement park.

1992 – The United States Department of Transportation announces that it will sign open skies treaties with any states that wish to reciprocate. The first open skies treaty is signed between the U.S. and the Netherlands later in the year.

In 1903… The Wright brothers file a patent request for a powered flying machine based on the second (modified) version of their 1902 glider successfully tested at Kill Devil Hills, NC

In 1908… French industrialist Lazare Weiller signs a contract with the Wrights establishing a Wright airplane company in France, on condition that the brothers make two demonstration flights covering 50 km (31.1 miles) within a hour’s flying time. They will receive FF500, 000 and half the founders’ share

1911 – Louis Breguet carries 11 passengers a distance of 5 km (3.1 miles)

In 1921… Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton sets a new world record when he jumps by parachute from 24,400 feet.

In 1932… Flying a Bleriot 110, French aviators Lucien Bossoutrot and Maurice Rossi take off for a record closed-circuit distance of 6,587.442 miles at Oran, Algeria.

1936 – Imperial Airways begins scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia.

In 1948… Test pilot Gp. Capt. John Cunningham sets a new Federal Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) ratified world altitude record of 18,118 m (59446 ft.) during tests with the third production D. H. 100 Vampire (serial no. TG278).

1994 – Two military aircraft collide over Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, killing 24 people. An F-16D model hit the back of a C-130. The F-16 pilot then tried full afterburner to recover the aircraft which started to fall apart. He then ejected safely but his aircraft hit a C-141 sitting on the ramp and ended up in a field where army paratroopers were getting ready to board the 141. The C-130 meanwhile, came back around and landed. Nobody in either of the flying aircraft or the C-141 died. All the deaths were from the Fighter crash in the field.

NO I DIDN’T PODFADE!

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In 1915… The term naval aviator is adapted for U. S. Navy officer pilots to replace the identification navy air pilot in official terminology. This term is still in use today.

In 1989… The first and only Antonov An-225 built establishes 106 new Federal Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) world records in several classes, most important of which is a speed of 505.2 mph carrying a payload in the 155,000 – 340,000 lb.class around a closed circuit of 1,243 miles. The AN-225 is also the only aircraft up to that point that had a maximum total take-off weight well over 1 million pounds.

It’s an amazing Aircraft. Check out the whole story over at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225

In 1877… Maurice Farman was born in Paris, France., Farman was an aviation pioneer and manufacturer.

In 1908… Henri Farman covers a 6,275 foot circle in 3 minutes 47 seconds in his Voisin-Farman No.1.

1918 – Germany launches Operation Michael, which was the initial attack against the British front west of St Quentin, the German Army Air Service has 1,680 aircraft to the Royal Flying Corps’ 579.

1930 – the Chilean army and navy combine their air arms into a separate, independent command.

In 1933… James L. Kinney makes the first cross-country test of blind flying and landing from College Park, Maryland to Newark, New Jersey.

In 1933… Fairey’s TSR.1 torpedo spotter-reconnaissance airplane makes its first flight at Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England.

1945 – the Ohka dedicated kamikaze weapon is used operationally for the first time but with no success.

1996 – Tupolev and NASA begin joint research into civil supersonic transports using a refurbished Tupolev Tu-144. The TU-144 was the Russian version of the Concorde SST. It was introduced into passenger service on 1 November 1977, almost two years after the Concorde, but was soon withdrawn after just 55 scheduled passenger flights due to potentially severe problems with aircraft safety and was not re-introduced to service.

In 1922… The CV-1 Langley, America’s first aircraft carrier, is commissioned into the U. S. Navy at Norfolk, Virginia under the command of Comdr. Kenneth Whiting.

In 1932… The airship Graf Zeppelin begins a series of flights between Germany and Brazil. Several round-trips are planned per year, embarkation being at Friedrichshafen bound for Recife and later to Rio de Janeiro. (F&F)

In 1937… An attempted round-the-world flight by leading US woman aviator Amelia Earhart ends dramatically when the starboard tire of her Lockheed Electra airliner bursts during take-off from Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of damage, the expedition is temporary abandoned.

1964 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.

1979 Space Shuttle Columbia flies on the Shuttle carrier 747 aircraft to Kennedy Space Center. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA uses to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short range 747-100SR.

And that’s what happened today, march 20th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

In 1909… The International Aero and Motor-Boat Exhibition opens in London. Among the exhibits is a Wright airplane for sale for $7,000.

In 1912… The first of the U. S. Signal Corps Scout series capable of meeting a specification issued February 8, 1912, the S. C. No.8 is delivered to Augusta, Georgia by Curtiss pilot Charles F. Walsh. It finally passes all tests at College Park, Maryland in May with Lincoln Beachey at the controls

1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.

In 1969… The first scheduled jet air service inside the Arctic Circle begins as Nordair inaugurates a weekly return service between Montreal, Canada and Resolution Bay, Cornwallis Island, Canada.

1989 Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight. The V-22 is the first operational tilt rotor aircraft. It can take off and fly like a helicopter and then transition into “airplane mode” in less then 12 seconds. Then it flies like a conventional airplane until its time to land where it either tilts the engines 45 degrees up and lands like an airplane or tilts 90 degrees and lands like a helicopter.

And that’s what happened today, march 19th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

In 1906… Trajan Vuia, a Rumanian, first tests a monoplane in France. Although it only hops and does not fly, Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) decides that its monoplane design is superior to his biplane.

In 1938… Only seven months after its first flight, the prototype Heinkel He 115 V1 begins a series of flights breaking eight seaplane speed records by carrying loads between 1,100 lb. and 4,400 lb. over distances of 1,000 km (621 miles) and 2,000 km (1,242 miles) at an average speed of 204 mph. The He 115 is the Luftwaffe’s most successful seaplane.

In 1952… Two USAF F-84 Thunderjets land in Neubiberg, Germany after the longest sustained jet flight; they flew 2,800 miles from the USA in 4 hours 48 minutes, without refueling.

1965 – Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.

1995 STS-67 (Endeavour lands after 16 days

And that’s what happened today, march 18th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

Way back in 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.

Ok, this isn’t Aviation history. I know that… But, without some of Megellan’s navigation techniques, early aviation would have been lost. And, on top of that, we wouldn’t have a GPS unit named after him.

Now on to REAL Aviation history.

In 1911… U.S. Navy Lt. John Rodgers reports to the Wright Co. at Dayton, Ohio for flying instructions. On March 9, the Wrights had offered to train one Navy pilot if that service bought a Wright flying machine at a cost $5,000. The conditional offer was later replaced by one that provided unconditional free training for one would-be Navy pilot.

In 1921… The first U. S. Marine airman to serve in the Pacific arrives on Guam with responsibility for supporting U. S. land and sea forces in the region. There, 10 pilots and 90 enlisted men operate seaplanes on reconnaissance duty as Flight L, Fourth Squadron, for 10 years.

In 1935… German authorities make the color-coding at vital aircraft parts obligatory; red for fire circuit-breakers, green for temperature regulators, yellow for throttles and brown for hydraulic circuits.

In 1936… Smoking in an airplane’s toilet is as serious an offense as smoking at school. An Imperial Airways passenger, caught red-handed while lighting up against airline regulations in a Handley Page HP.42 en route from Paris to London, is fined £10 in Craydon court, England.

1937 – Amelia Earhart takes off on the first leg of her attempted around the world flight. This leg was from Oakland, California to Honolulu was made in 16 hours, an east/west record.

1994 An Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan, 32 are killed

And that’s what happened today, march 17th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

In 1905… S. H. Maloney, a professional balloon-parachute jumper, makes a first successful glide to earth in a tandem-wing glider built by John J. Montgomery (1858-1911), a professor at Santa Clara College in California.

In 1907… Built for Leon Delagrange and pilot Charles Voisin, the Voisin-Delagrange biplane makes its first flight from Bagatelle, France, achieving a height of 13ft. and a distance of 260ft.

In 1911… The first certificate of airworthiness awarded to an airplane in Britain is signed by Mervyn O’Gorman, superintendent of the Balloon Factory at Farnborough, covering the Farman III Type Militaire purchased by the British Army during the second half of 1910.

1916 – US military aircraft fly their first mission over foreign soil when Curtiss JN3s of the 1st Aero Squadron carry out reconnaissance over Mexico.

In 1960… KLM opens its first intercontinental jet service, by Douglas DC-8 from Amsterdam to New York.

1962 – A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with 107 missing.

1966 – Gemini 8 launched. It was the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.

In 1983… A Boeing 767 lands at Boeing Field in Washington, after a nonstop flight of 5,499 miles from Lisbon, Portugal to set a distance record for a twin-jet airliner in commercial service.

2006 – The New Kitakyushu Airport opens in Japan

And that’s what happened today, march 16th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

In 1938… De Havilland D. H. 88 Comet racer G-ACSS begins a record-breaking flight from England to New Zealand and back for what some regard as the most notable success of the Comet’s achievement: a return flight time of 10 days 21 hours 22 minutes.

In 1957… A U.S. Navy ZPG-2 nonrigid airship sets a new unrefueled endurance record when it lands, having remained aloft for 264 hours (11 days) 12 minutes, beating the record set by the Graf Zeppelin in 1929.

In 1985… Pan Am puts the Airbus A300B airliner into service, on its route from Miami, Florida to Mexico City.

2009 – Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m.

Discovery’s STS-119 flight carried the space station’s fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station’s truss, or backbone. The arrays provide the electricity to fully power science experiments and support the station’s expanded crew of six. The 13-day mission featured three spacewalks to help install the S6 truss segment to the starboard, or right, side of the station and deploy its solar arrays.

The flight also replaced a failed unit for a system that converts urine to potable water.

And that’s what happened today, march 15th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

In 1908… Henri Farman makes the first flight in his modified Voisin-Farman I-bis, the biplane built by Voisin brothers.

In 1927… The Aviation Corp. of America (AVCO), headed by Juan Trippe, forms Pan American Airways to qualify for a contract for airmail deliveries from the post office and establishes the route between Key West, Florida and Havana, Cuba as the first of several routes it would acquire.

In 1936… Imperial Airways opens a weekly service to Hong Kong.

In 1960… Within a year of completion of a major expansion program, Chicago’s O’Hare International airport has become the busiest terminal in the US, handling 10.2 million passengers in 1959, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) reports. In the same year it handled 431,600 take-offs and landings.

Today, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia is the busiest in the US.

1995 – Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle. This was his last space mission, Thagard was a crew member for the Russian Mir 18 mission. Twenty eight experiments were conducted in the course of the 115 day flight. Liftoff was from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan on March 14, 1995. The mission culminated in a landing at the Kennedy Space Center in the Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 7, 1995.

And that’s what happened today, march 14th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

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1910… The first airplane flight in Switzerland is made by German Capt. P. Englehardt who takes off in a Wright Flyer from a frozen lake in St. Moritz.

1915 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit

In 1928… The first Canadian woman to obtain a pilot’s license, Miss Eileen M. Vollick, passes her flight test in Hamilton, Ontario on Curtiss aircraft.

In 1945… U. S. interest in flight is so popular that courses in aviation are being taught at this point in 14,000 of America’s 25,686 high schools.

In 1951… The Australian airline Qantas begins a survey flight from Rose Bay, Sydney to Valparaiso, Chile with a Catalina.

1969 – Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

Apollo 9 was the first manned flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) along with the Lunar Module (LM). Its three-person crew, consisting of Mission Commander Jim McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart tested several aspects critical to landing on the moon, including the LM engines, backpack life support systems, navigation systems, and docking maneuvers. The mission was the second manned launch of a Saturn V rocket, and was the third manned mission of the Apollo Program.
After launching on March 3, 1969, the crew spent ten days in low Earth orbit. They performed the first manned flight of a LM, the first docking and extraction of a LM, a two man spacewalk, and the second docking of two manned spacecraft. The mission proved the LM worthy of manned spaceflight. Further tests on the Apollo 10 mission would prepare the LM for its ultimate goal, landing on the Moon.

And that’s what happened today, march 13th in Aviation History, See you tomorrow

Due to some conflicting issues, the Geek of the North podcast will be recorded in a rare Friday night recording session. Stay tuned to the twitter feed (@geekofthenorth and @mgdell) and you will get a link to a live video of the show as I record it.

Right now it’s time for my nap. I’m guessing around 9pm Eastern Time so stay tuned!

-Mike

In 1908… The first flight of the first airplane built by the U.S. Aerial Experiment Association takes place when Thomas Baldwin flies the Red Wing (Aerodrome No.1). The flight of the biplane ends in a crash landing.

In 1915… A Burgess H biplane (No. 28) sets a world endurance record for a pilot and two passengers by remaining in the air for 7 hours 5 minutes. This particular airplane has been modified by Grover C. Loening at the army training school in San Diego.

In 1932… New landing aids are installed in Newark, New Jersey, at the busiest airport in the world, to supplement the night landing facilities already in existence there. In 1930 alone there were some 28,000 landings and the airport handled 20,000 passengers.

And that’s what happened today, March 12 th in Aviation History. See you tomorrow.

1910… Lieutenant J. W. Dunne’s D5 tailless biplane is tested at Eastchurch, Kent, England. It has a 60-hp Green engine and was built by Short Brothers.

1957… The prototype Boeing 707 jet lands after a press demonstration flight from Seattle, Washington to Baltimore, Maryland during which it covers 2,350 miles in a record time of 3 hours 48 minutes.

1998… The first two of four Boeing E-767 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircrafts are officially handed over to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.

2001 – Jim Voss and Susan Helms made a spacewalk from Discovery’s airlock. A PAD device used to attach equipment to the RMS arm floated free and Voss retrieved a spare one from Unity, putting the walk behind schedule. The astronauts installed the Lab Cradle Assembly and the Rigid Umbilical on Destiny and disconnected the umbilicals connecting the PMA-3 docking port to Unity. The astronauts then spent two-and-a-half hours back in the depressurized airlock in case their help was needed during the move of PMA-3.

2008 – Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off with to deliver of the Canadian Dextre robotic manipulator (fitted to the end of the Canadarm-2 robotic arm already installed on the station) and the Japanese Kibo ELM-PS Experiment Logistics Module – Pressurized. It also brought astronaut Reisman to the station, replacing Eyharts on the long-duration crew. On 13 March the shuttle docked with the PMA-2 port of the International Space Station. Mission accomplished, Endeavour undocked on March 25, completed the customary ISS flyaround. Endeavor deorbited the next day, and landed at Kennedy Space Center.

And that’s what happened today, March 11th in Aviation History. See you tomorrow.

In 1905… The French lawyer and aspiring aeronaut Ernest Archdeacon sends a letter to the Wright brothers in Dayton, Ohio challenging them to prove the validity of their claims. This marks the beginning of a bitter contest between the Wrights and European aeronauts.

In 1910… The first flight at night is made by Frenchman Emile Aubrun in Argentina on a Bleriot airplane. Aubrun makes two flights in the dark, each about 20 km from Buenos Aires and back again.

In 1925… One of the most outstanding flying boats of its day and a stunning demonstration of the skills of aircraft designer R. J. Michell, the Supermarine Southampton, makes its first flight with Henri Biard at the controls. It remains in service for 12 years, longer than any other flying boat before Sunderland.

1945 – The Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people..

In 1948… NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) test pilot Herbert Henry Hoover becomes the first civilian to exceed the speed of sound when he flies the No. 2 Bell XS-1 to a speed of 703 mph (Mach 1.065).

In 1956… The first aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph is an English Fairey Delta 2. Piloted by Lt. Cdr. Peter Twiss, it reaches a speed of 1,132 mph (1,822 km/h).

1977 – Astronomers discover rings around the outer planet Uranus.

2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars.

And that’s what happened today March 10th in Aviation history , See you tomorrow!

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Stay tuned for more podcasts!

-Mike

In 1974… Charles de Gaulle Airport France is officially opened. The new international airport is located 15.5 miles (25 km) from the center of Paris.

And that is what happened TODAY March 8th , in Aviation History. See you Tomorrow!

In 1956… Dan Perkins, engineer at Britain’s Royal Aircraft Establishment, makes his first flight in an inflatable airplane in Bedfordshire, England. It takes 25 minutes to inflate it, using a large domestic vacuum cleaner.
In 1961… The # 2 North America X-15 becomes the fist manned aircraft to exceed Mach 4 when pilot Capt. Robert M. White reaches a speed of 2,905 mph which, at the altitude of 77,450 ft., is Mach 4.43.
The North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft was part of the X-series of experimental aircraft that were made for the USAF, NASA, and the USN. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design.
It currently holds the official world record for the fastest speed ever reached by a manned aircraft.
During the X-15 program, 13 of the flights (by eight pilots) met the USAF spaceflight criteria by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles or 264,000 ft, thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The USAF pilots qualified for USAF astronaut wings, while the civilian pilots were later awarded NASA astronaut wings.
Of all the X-15 missions, two flights (by the same pilot) qualified as space flights per the international definition of a spaceflight by exceeding a 100 kilometer or 328,084 ft altitude.
The 3 x-15′s and the 2 B-52 “motherships” flew a total of 199 test flights. The 200th flight was scheduled for 21 November 1968 but was canceled due to several weather and technical delays. The last B-52 mother ship was operational at the flight test center until 2004. It retired as the oldest aircraft in the USAF Inventory at 52 years of service.

And that is what happened TODAY in Aviation History. See you Tomorrow!

In 1935… U.S secretary of commerce signs a special air traffic regulation that prohibits air flights over parts of Washington, D.C. The first of the No-Fly Zones
In 1965… The first nonstop transcontinental helicopter flight across the United States – flown off the deck of the carrier USS Hornet at San Diego, California to the deck of the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt off Jacksonville, Florida – is completed successfully. A U. S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King flies 2,116 miles.
The SH-3 is a variant of the Sikorsky S-61.
In September 1957, Sikorsky won a United States Navy development contract for an amphibious anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter capable of detecting and attacking submarines.The XHSS-2 Sea King prototype flew on 11 March 1959. Production deliveries of the HSS-2 (later designated SH-3A) began in September 1961, with the initial production aircraft being powered by two 1250hp General Electric T58-GE-8B turboshafts.
Sikorsky was quick to develop a commercial model of the Sea King. The S-61L first flew on 2 November 1961, and was 4 ft 3in (1.27m) longer than the HSS-2 in order to carry a substantial payload of freight or passengers. Initial production S-61Ls were powered by two 1350shp (1005 kW) GE CT58-140 turboshafts, the civil version of the T58. The S-61L features a modified landing gear without float stabilisers.
Other Variants of the SH-3 operated by the US Military are the
CH-3C – Long-range military transport helicopter for the US Air Force.
CH-3E – Long-range military transport helicopter for the US Air Force.
HH-3E Jolly Green Giant – Long-range search and rescue helicopter for the US Air Force, 10 built and converted from CH-3E.
MH-3E – Special Operations version for the US Air Force.
VH-3E – US Air Force VIP transport helicopter.
HH-3F “Pelican” – Long-range search and rescue helicopter for the US Coast Guard,.
In 1986… Japan Air Lines embarks the world’s heaviest man, an 880-lb Austrian flying from Frankfurt, Germany, as a passenger; 16 seats are removed from the cabin to make room for him.
And that is what happened TODAY in Aviation History. See you Tomorrow!

In 1912… Bob Fowler flies from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, Florida. The west to east coast-to-coast journey has taken four months to complete.
In 1923… The great aeronautical pioneer Igor Sikorsky sets up the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corp. in the United States with the financial help of several important leading figures, including Sergey Rachmaninoff. Sikorsky left Russia in 1917 when revolution threatened his work and his life.

1943 – First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom. The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies’ first operational jet. Meteors saw action with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in the Korean War and remained in service with numerous air forces until the 1970s.
Two Meteors, WL419 and WA638, remain in service with the Martin-Baker company as ejection seat testbeds. Who would want to try that?

1958 – The Explorer 2 spacecraft launches and fails to reach Earth orbit.

In 1962… A Convair B-58 (serial no. 59-2458) of the Forty-third Bombardment Wing breaks three records during a round trip between New York and Los Angeles in 4 hours 41 minutes 14.98 seconds. The fastest trans-continental crossing between Los Angeles and New York is accomplished in 2 hours 58.71 seconds at an average speed of 1,214.65 mph. The third record notches the fastest time between New York and Los Angeles.

1976 – The last flight of the second Concorde prototype aircraft to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at the Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton,England.

And that is what happened TODAY in Aviation History. See you Tomorrow!

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In 1909… President William Howard Taft approves Congressional Gold Medals for the Wright brothers.
In 1936… The last great passenger-carrying airship, a veritable behemoth in its day, takes to the air for the first time. The German dirigible LZ 129, the Hindenburg, is powered by four 1,320-hp Daimler-Benz DB 602 diesel engines. The Hindenburg makes its first Atlantic crossing in the record time of 64 hours 53 minutes on May 6.
In 1948… The first American civilian to fly at supersonic speeds is Herbert Henry Hoover in Bell X-1 in Muroc, California.
1994 – Space shuttle Columbia launches into orbit for STS-62 . The primary mission of it’s two week flight was microgravity experiments. The mission also featured a number of biomedical experiments focusing on the effects of long duration spaceflight.

Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt
It’s main mission was to make direct observations of Jupiter, which it passed by on December 3, 1973. It was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 36A on March 3, 1972 (as we talked about yesterday)
Pioneer 10 is heading in the direction of Aldebaran, located in Taurus. By some definitions, Pioneer 10 has become the first artificial object to leave the solar system. It is the first human-built object to have been set upon a trajectory leading out of the solar system. However, it still has not passed the Oort cloud.
Its objectives were to study the interplanetary and planetary magnetic fields, solar wind parameters, cosmic rays, transition region of the heliosphere, neutral hydrogen abundance, distribution, size, mass, flux, and velocity of dust particles, Jovian radio waves, atmosphere of Jupiter and some of its satellites (particularly Io), and to photograph Jupiter and its satellites.
There is no longer communication with the probe; the last contact was in 2003 and a final attempt at contact failed Today in 2006.

And that is what happened TODAY in Aviation History. See you Tomorrow!

In 1960… The longest nonstop flight ever made by a Royal Air Force aircraft is completed when a Vickers Valiant B.Mk.1 piloted by Sqdn. Ldr. J. H. Garstin flies around the British Isles for a total distance of 8,500 miles aided by two inflight refuelings.
1972 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
In 1974… In the world’s worst air disaster, a DC-10-10 of Turkish Airlines loses an aft cargo door after taking off from Paris en route to London, resulting in a complete loss of control. The aircraft crashes, killing 346 passengers and crew. This is the second time a cargo bay door has been lost from aircraft of this type. As a result, a latch modification becomes mandatory.
2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.

And that is what happened TODAY in Aviation History. See you Tomorrow!