Hangar49
We talk about different airstrips to visit, the ups and downs of flying in the Pacific Northwest, and all the fun events you can find here! We also like to discuss aviation music, movies, books, and websites. Basically we are just a bunch of fun loving pilots that have a passion for aviation just like you!

Welcome to the Hangar 49 Christmas special episode!  It’s a special, and busy, time of year.  Santa’s workshop, and the H49 studios have a lot going on.  Just like Santa’s place, the H49 elves are busy. So, when one elf doesn’t show up for work, it makes it tough.  Somehow, with only two of us, we managed to get the show on the roof…er…runway.

 

Special Christmas Movie Feature: The Shepherd (2023)

Special Christmas Video Feature: The Star Wars Holiday Special 

Special Christmas Musical Feature: Royal Guardsmen/Snoopy’s Christmas

Special Christmas Destination /Places to Fly To:  The North Pole

Special Christmas Gift Ideas for your Pilot website:  The Hangar 49 book list

Book: Sky Kings-Flying Adventures with John & Martha

Interview: Dan Boedigheimer-Advanced Aircrew Academy

Song: Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors/Fly

Comedy/Sound:  Two for One-- Sabastian Maniscalo & John Crist

Direct download: H49Ep164.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:41am PST

So, the Reno air races might be moving south…to the Las Vegas Spaceport!  Are space aliens invited to participate? Will there be a new flying saucer class?  Yep, you heard it (and many other things) here first on this new episode of Hangar 49.

Movie:  Birdy (1984)

Book: Lost in Shangri La by Mitchell Zuckoff

Interview: Samantha Thresher-Corporate Angel Network

Website: Aviation Fanatic

Song: Blue Oyster Cult/ME 262

Destination/Places to Fly To: Nimmo Bay Resort, Nimmo Islet, BC

Comedy/Sound:  James Gregory-Drunk Pilots and More

 

 

Direct download: H49Ep163.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:37pm PST

Hangar 49 is on the cutting edge of aviation.  And we have a new aviation breakthrough: You can now “Teach Yourself How to Fly!”  Listen to this show for all the details.

Movie: Interceptor

Book:  : Teach yourself How to Fly by Nigel Tangye 

Interview:  Ric Elias/Three things I learned while my plane crashed

Website: Sat View-Tracking Satellites

Song:  - Jimmy Buffet/Treetop Flyer 

Destination/Places to Fly To:  The Hangar Flight Museum-Calgary, Alberta

Comedy/Sound: Barry Brewer-Airport security is out of control

Direct download: H49Ep162.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:14pm PST

We were originally going to release this show in July, but we got caught in a time warp.  So, here we are on July 41st.  Hey, it could have been a star date, but we are still stuck in the dimension….maybe.  Tune in for the usual aviation news, aviation movie, aviation song, and aviation comedy.

Movie:  A Yank in the RAF (1941)

Book: Truckin’ the Skies-Alaska Aviation Stories by Gary Tupper

Interview:  How Do Airplanes Actually Fly-Raymond Atkins

Website: Aviation Museums List

Song:  Queensryche/Jet City Woman

Destination/Places to Fly To: Black Rock City AirportBurning Man

Comedy/Sound:  James Gregory—You Don’t Realize How dangerous flying Can Be

Direct download: H49-Ep161.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:06am PST

We understand the high cost of everything nowadays, that’s why we have cut our cost and service down to the bare minimum allowed by law.  For example, in this show, we only have two hosts instead of our usual three. (OK, Tony just got back from across the pond and still has jet-lag.) But please, listen anyway. We’ll get you there….probably.

 

We understand the high cost of everything nowadays, that’s why we have cut our cost and service down to the bare minimum allowed by law.  For example, in this show, we only have two hosts instead of our usual three. (OK, Tony just got back from across the pond and still has jet-lag.) But please, listen anyway. We’ll get you there….probably.

 

We understand the high cost of everything nowadays, that’s why we have cut our cost and service down to the bare minimum allowed by law.  For example, in this show, we only have two hosts instead of our usual three. (OK, Tony just got back from across the pond and still has jet-lag.) But please, listen anyway. We’ll get you there….probably.

 

Movie:  Flight to Mars (1951)

Book: Upside Down Dreams by Michele “MACE” Curran

Interview: James Green-Advancing Airline Single-Pilot Concept 

Website: The Aviation History Online Museum

Song:  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers/Learning to Fly

Destination/Places to Fly To:  Castle Air Museum-Atwater CA (Near Merced)

Comedy/Sound:  No Frills Airlines-Nikki Howard

 

 

 

Direct download: H49Ep160.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:10am PST

May the fourth be with you! Yep, this month’s show was produced on Star Wars Day! We couldn’t believe that, in 158 shows, we never reviewed this classic film.  So, here we are.

Movie:  Star Wars (1977)

Book:  Unlocking the Sky by Seth Shulman

Interview:  Jack Hohner/FeelFlight Grip

Website:  Rod Machado’s Aviation Learning Center-YouTube Channel

Song: Theme From Star Wars/London Symphony Orchestra-John Williams

Destination/Places to Fly To: USS Midway Museum-San Diego, CA

Comedy/Sound:  Nate Bargatze

Direct download: H49Ep159.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:05am PST

The world of aviation has great people, and when they get together it creates great vibes.  When the Hangar 49 team gets together, our mission is to create more of those vibes.  In this show, we create some great vibes…and we get to listen to some great music created with vibes.  You gotta to listen to find out….and that’s a fact!  Oh, we also do a lot of fact-checking in the show, including checking our own facts.

Movie:  Airport 1975

Book:  Airport by Arthur Hailey

Interview:  Ravn Air-Diana Miller

Website: Seat Guru

Song:  Flying Home/Lionel Hampton Quintet
and a vocal version by Ella Fitzgerald and the:

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival/University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 

Destination/Places to Fly To: Historic Aircraft Resoration Museum-Maryland Height Missouri

Comedy/Sound:  Bob Newhart-Air Traffic Controller (from the Smothers Brothers Show)

Direct download: H49Ep158.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:07pm PST

So, it’s time for our March show…and just in time…since March is almost over.  Yes, we’re running late-just like most airlines.  In this show, Tony referees while Jim and Al argue about Elvis.  To find out who wins, just listen.

 

Movie: Con Air

Book:   Hornet Flight by Ken Follett

Interview: Trent Moyers from Pangborn/Wenatchee Airport (KEAT

Website: History of Spy Balloons

Song: Higher and Higher/Moody Blues

Destination/Places to Fly To: Pacific Coast Dream Machines

Comedy/Sound:  SNL-Southwest Airlines

Direct download: H49Ep157.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:20pm PST

Sometimes it’s hard to understand what people are saying.  Sometimes it’s a foreign accent, sometimes it’s a fast-talking approach controller in busy Bravo airspace, possibly a mega rock and roll star, or maybe babbling podcast hosts.  Listen to this show and you decide.

Movie:  Dawn Patrol (1938)

Book: Into The Silk by Ian MacKersey

Interview: TED Talk-Ryah Whalen: Three ways to make flying more climate friendly

Website:  Project Blue Book

Song: Flight 505/The Rolling Stones

Destination/Places to Fly To: National Naval Aviation Museum-Pensacola, Florida

Comedy/Sound:  Ismo/Flying Through Time

Direct download: H49Ep156.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:15am PST

All pilots know what keeps an airplane in the air: Magic! OK...money is an important component.  In this show, we take a desperate journey, help you build an airplane for very little money, introduce you to some sorcery, invite you to a museum that you can't visit, see some great aviation photography, and learn what bored pilots do behind that closed cockpit door.

Movie: Desperate Journey (1942)

Book: Advanced paper Airplanes for Kids and Adults by Andrew Thorne

Interview:  Derek Schmidt-Lightspeed Aviation Headsets

Website: International Society of Aviation Photography

Song:  Flying Sorcery/Al Stewart (Suggested by Tony Simpson in Ireland)

Destination/Places to Fly To:  US Air Force Flight Test Museum
Edwards Air Force Base, CA

Comedy/Sound:  Monty Python-Bored Pilots

Direct download: H49Ep155.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:37am PST

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