So...we are all gathered in the Hangar 49 studio for the recording of this show.  The recording is going well.  Then, we get ready to introduce the interview and...poof....Jim disappears.  He's gone.  Just like Elvis.  He's probably driving a cab in Vegas and moonlighting as an Elvis impersonator.  Anyway...Tony and I handle the rest of the show with a great interview with Bruce Williams, a classic movie, a hidden gem of a song, and a good book to relax by the fire on a chilly winter evening.  It's all here in this episode of Hangar 49.  Enjoy!

Book:  Bound for the Backcountry-A History of Idaho's Remote Airstrips by Richard Holm
Song:  The Flying Song - Colin Hay
Movie:  Men With Wings  Part One and Part Two
Interview:  Bruce Williams-Stall/Spin/Upset Training at BruceAir
Destination:  Washington Aviation Association Trade Show

Oh...and if you're in Vegas and you see a familiar face with huge glasses, a karate gi, and bushy sideburns...tell Jim hello for us.

We are back from vacation (or "Holiday" as Tony, all Canadians, and proper British society would say) with another "really big shew."  Tony suggested "Volare" by Dean Martin as our song for this show.  "Volare" in Italian is "fly."  Of course.  Why not.  Plus, our residnet music expert Tony also suggested we listen to David Bopwies version.  We have them both.

Plus, we have a special guest star.  Bruce Williams is the expert on Microsoft Flight Simulator and we learn how to use the program as a training aid (and why not...Bruce wrote the book!).

Tony also has his personal story about the story behind our movie.

All that and more on this episode of Hangar 49!

Song:  Volare - Dean Martin
Bonus Song:  Volare - David Bowie
Movie:  Dam Busters
Book- Microsoft® Flight Simulator as a Training Aid by Bruce Williams  
Bonus Book:  Scenario-Based Training with X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator: Using PC-Based Flight Simulations Based on FAA-Industry Training Standards  by Bruce Williams
Website- Bruce Air

Join us as those three wacky pilots get serious (sort of) and gather around the tree for some holiday flying banter.  This episode is
filled with holiday cheer, great movies, music, and even some poetry (hey....we got culture) as we call a "wrap" to 2012.

Christmas Story: The Shepherd by Alan Maitland of the CBC
Christmas Song: Snoopy's Christmas by The Royal Guardsman
Bonus Christmas Song:  Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
Christmas Movie:  The Flight Before Christmas
Christmas Book: 11 Days in December-Christmas at the Bulge 1944 by Stanley Weintraub
Christmas Gift:  2013 Calendar

We'll see you all in 2013.  Look for our next episode in mid-January (Yep.  We're giving the production staff more time off.)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Jim, Al & Tony

We made a theme show this time.  It's all about the RAF.  Yep, the movie, song, book, and sound are all about the Royal Air Force.  Plus, we take another nostalgic trip with Al back to Palm Springs for another interview at the AOPA Summit.

Movie: Dark Blue World
Book:  RAF Fighter Command Pilot The Western Front  1939 - 1942
Song: Horrible Histories RAF Song
Aircraft Sound: Spitfire v Messerschmitt
Interview topic: The Aviators

Don't forget to join us at the Arlington Fly-In in July 2013.  We'll be there!

Thanks for stopping by.

Jim, Al & Tony.

It's another episode of Hanagar 49.  Join us as Jim and Tony try to educate Al on music newer than 1979, we preview a new movie, Tony has a great book, plus, Al interviews a couple of great Flying Wild Alaska pilots.  Oh...Jim says a bad word and Mickey stops by.

Book:  West With The Night by Beryl Markham

Movie: Flight

Song:  The Aeroplane Flies High - The Smashing Pumpkins

Aircraft Sound - and super cool video: Dehavilland  Mosquito

Thanks for listening and tell your friends.

After some tough duty, on assignment for Hangar 49 in Palm Springs, Al returns with a great Pirep and a cool interview with probably the most famous couple in general aviation.  Plus...Jim tries to sing.  All this and more in the latest episode of Hangar 49.

Destination:  Palm Springs, California
Destination Attraction:  Palm Springs Air Museum
Interview:  John and Martha King/King Schools
Movie: Final Countdown
Website:  Spitfirebooks.com
Book:  The Hawker Hurricane - Francis D Mason  (see above site)
Song:  The Immelman Turn - Al Stewart
Sound:  Hawker Hurricane

Plus:  It's breast cancer awareness month
And a blog by Jim's friend Erin, a cancer patient

We are back in the saddle again.  After several months of R&R, the Hangar 49 crew is back on the internet.  Did you miss us?  Follow those wacky pilots as they battle technical difficulties to bring you the very latest in aero-babble.

Sound:  Avro Lancaster

Song:  Arlo Guthrie – Coming Into Los Angeles (1969 Woodstock version)

Movie:  FLYING THE SECRET SKY: The Story of the RAF Ferry Command

Book:  Flying on Instinct: Canada's Bush Pilot Pioneers (Amazing Stories) by L.D. Cross

Bonus Song:  Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry

Our special tribute to a flying legend:  Charlie Stoudt Adventures

Welcome to our third episode that recorded live at the Arlington Fly-In.  OK, we know that was July, but it's the summer rerun season on TV, why not on your favorite podcast.  Yes, we were actually sitting next to an active taxiway while we recorded this show.  If this were television, you would see the drool marks on Jim's shirt every time an airplane went by.

Enjoy.

Movie: Red Tails

Song:  Mary Chapin Carpenter-Why Walk When You Can Fly.

Books: Military Low Level Flying Aircraft and the Pilots Who Fly Them by Michael Leek
           101 Things to Do With Your Private Pilot License by LeRoy Cook

Yep!  Here we are again.  Your three wayward pilots are broadcasting live (and recorded for your enjoyment) sitting just inches away from the Arlington Fly-In Flight line.  Listen in amazement as throaty-engined World War II radial engines spray propwash and mess up their finely-combed hairstyles.  We recorded this episode on July 13, 2012.  OK, we're a little late in posting this.  Hey...the production staff was on another vacation.

Song:  Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

Book:  For God, Country, and the Thrill of It: Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II by Anne Noggle

Movie:  Always (1989)

Thanks for listening.  Tells your friends.

In this episode we explore Tony's past as a key player in the British music scene of the 1960's.  Oh...and we talk a little bit about aviation.

Here are the links we talked about in the show:

Song: Jigsaw - Sky High (1975)

Bonus Song:  The Beatles - Flying
 
Movie:  Wing and a Prayer (1944)
 
Book: Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche

Concrete, WA Fly-In

Manchester Beat  (Yes...Tony was really there!)

See you next time!  Jim, Tony, and Al

Nope!  The three busy pilot/hosts couldn't concentrate on a theme for this programme, so there isn't a clever, double-meaning title.  We could have called it "Call in for pizza" but we didn't agree on a flavor.  It could have been "the episode we didn't record because we weren't there," but Tony didn't like the movie either.  Maybe "Fly Away," but that would just highlight the song.

What we should have done was make a really big deal out of the fact that this is the 49th episode of Hangar 49, but we were so busy blabbing, we forgot.  So....just listen and enjoy.  The links to the stuff we talked about are below.

Song:  Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz  (Theme from Ice Pilots NWT)

Book:  99 Ways to Make a Flight Attendant Fly--Off the Handle!: A Guide for the Novice or Oblivious Air Traveler by Joann Deveny

Movie:  Capricorn One

Sound:  B-36 takeoff

By the way, everything we say about the production staff is just made up.  Really, they are the hardest working, most talented, and just fun to be around people you would ever want to meet.  In fact, they have reaped rewards beyond belief from their talents that they work from a villa in the south of France and just step inside on a break from tanning to do this show.

Welcome to our 48th episode.  This time we discuss the Great Northwest Air Race and the entry of our very own "Rocket" in the event, plus the usual lineup of movies, music, and mumblings.  Enjoy.

Movie: Rocket to the Moon

Song:  Rocket to the Moon-Moon Mullican (1953)

Sound:  Winston Churchill

Website:  Canadian Aviator Magazine

Book:  No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Lives of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War by
Ian Mackersey 

News Item:  Priest Lake/Cavanaugh Bay (66S) Snow Landing

Destination:  Amelia's Landing Hotel, Port Aransas, TX

In this episode, Tony reveals the secret alien landing zone so we can all be there when they land.  Then, come with us down memory lane when we review the entire series of "Airport" movies.  These are the films that started it all.

Song: Rose Garden-Next Plane to London

Movie: Airport

Sound: Nothing like a Merlin

Book - A Hundred Feet Over Hell: Flying With the Men of the 220th Recon Airplane Company Over I Corps and the DMZ, Vietnam 1968-1969 by Jim Hooper

Destination: White Rock/Hazelmore Field Intergalactic Airport

Fun Toy: Icon Aircraft

Cool website: www.skymasterjet.com

This is a very special episode of Hangar 49.  Yep...it's our 2nd birthday.  Jim, Al, and Tony have been entertaining pilots since February 2010.  Join us as we celebrate.  We even saved a piece of birthday cake for you.

Movie:  Top Gun (I can’t believe we’ve missed this one)
Song:  Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone (Ditto)
Bonus Song:  The Beatles – Happy Birthday 
Book:  Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks  by  Dave "Bio" Baranek 
Destination:  Miramar Air Show, Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, Oct 12-14, 2012  
Web Site:  Miramar Air Show (Of course!!)
Sound:  Three Flight F-14 Carrier Launch 

Enjoy the show (and your cake...go ahead...you can eat it!)

After an unexcused absence, Jim decides to show up for the show....only to leave early for "another engagement."  Stay with us while Tony and Al once again carry their own weight., plus Jimmy's, to keep this programme on the air..er...internet.  Why do we keep paying this guy?

Song:  Wooden Planes - Art Garfunkel

Destination: Pacific Northwest Aviation Conference

Movie:  The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

Book:  The Rogue Aviator: In the Back Alleys of Aviation, 2nd Edition by Ace Abbott

Website:  Incredible Adventures

Sound:  Curtis Jenny

The next episode will be our second anniversary spectacular.  Hopefully, we will remember to celebrate.  (Or..even remember that it's our second anniversary.  We are getting older.)

Jim was too busy hob-nobbing with corporate executives to join us on this episode...Big Mistake.  Listen to Tony and Al run Jimmy through the wringer.  Will he ever come back?

Movie: Red Tails

Song: Ozzie Osborne-Flying High Again

Book:  Tales of An Old Bold Pilot Who Lived To Tell His Story Of Flying The North by Jack McCallum

Destination:  Northwest Aviation Conference

Website:  The Airplanes of James Bond

Sound:  Several to choose from.  Just listen to the show.

Watch for our fabulous Second Anniversary show.  Coming soon!

This time we hop into the WayBack machine to the carefree 1940's with music, movies, and malt shoppes....until that day....

Movie:  Tora, Tora, Tora
Sound:  Japanese Zero
Song:  Remember Pearl Harbor - Dick Robertson and His Orchestra
Book:  The Attack of Pearl Harbor:  Strategy, Combat, Myths, and Deceptions - Alan Zimm
Destination:  Hawaii
Website:  A Pilot's Guide to Flying in Hawaii

Those Three Looney Pilots, Jim, Al, and Tony are back with flying news, movies, books, destinations, and more.  Even a cartoon!

Movie:  Above And Beyond – 1952  ( A story about Paul Tibbets,
Pilot of the Enola Gay)

Destination – Wendover, Utah/West Wendover, Nevada (A cool
museum at the Wendover Airport – Where they trained the Enola Gay crew)
Wendover Museum  Wendover Airport  Wendover Accommodations and Flights

Bonus Movie – Looney Tunes:  Go Fly A Kit – 1957 

Book: Flying Carpet-The Soul of An Airplane

Song - Take Me To The Pilot - Elton John

Website - Skychick Adventures

Sound - Japanese Zero

Tie Down Your Plane!  This video shows you why!

Welcome back.  Is this episode our three wayward aviators ask the question:  "What's the runway number for the North Pole airport?"

Song: The Fifth Dimension - Up, Up, and Away

Movie: A Gathering of Eagles

Bonus Song #1-
The US Air force Song

Bonus Song #2:
Brit and Canadian Airforce March
 
Book – Diary of an Unknown Aviator-War in the Air World War I
 
Sound – Lancaster Bomber bombing raid
 
Website – Target Aviation Photography

Destination - Tofino, BC

Return of the Red Baronc

Those three zany pilots are back with incredible tales of their flying experiences, plus a glimpse into the world of air traffic control and the usual songs, books and movies.  Enjoy!

Movie:  Legend of Pancho Barnes
 
Book:  Captain Roy Brown: The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen

Sound:  Curtiss Jenny

Song:  Come Josephine In My Flying Machine

Bonus Song:  Snoopy vs the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen

Welcome to our latest episode of Hangar 49.  In this show we talk about Boeing, lost airliners, and the Reno air races.  We feature a special song from Mary Chapin Carpenter, and a great airplane picture book.

A year ago, Jim and Al visited the Smokejumper Museum in Missoula, Montana.  We discovered a cool movie titled, "Red Skies of Montana."  After a year long search, we found the flick, and it's our movie of the week.

One thing is missing from this show.............Jim.  Listen carefully as Al and Tony discuss the pros and cons of this concept.

Enjoy the show and keep those cards and letters coming!

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Book of the Week:  Military Low-Flying Aircraft: The Men Who Fly and the Skill of the Photographers That Capture Them by Michael Leek

Song of the Week:  Why Walk When You Can Fly - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Movie of the Week:  Red Skies of Montana  (Yay!  We found a clip on YouTube.  Enjoy!)

Destination of the Week:  Grand Coulee Dam/Electric City, Washington

Sound of the Week:  Reno Air Races 2011 - Galloping Ghost

Welcome to our last "live" show from the Arlington, Washington Fly-In.  This episode was recorded "live" (yes...we were all there) from the flight line at the 3rd largest Fly-In in America.  Sure...it was over a month ago, but it's worth wating for!

Movie of the week:  Airplane!

Song of the Week:  Fly Away by Michael Jackson 

Books of the Week: 

Flight Aptitude Test For Dummies

The Space Shuttle-Celebrating 30 Years of america's Space Plane by Piers Bizony 


Our special Guests: 

Ed Grumman and Tommy Lamb, Tuskeegee Airmen
Dave Peterson, Arlington Fly-In PA Announcer.
Dave Carey, University of Washington Meteorologist.

And of course...the Usual suspects:  Jim Leighty, Tony Roberts, and Al Gilson.

Co-starring: Philip Randolph, special guest interviewer.

And the production team: 
Casey Stewart - Gopher
Dale Comer - Engineer
Erik Utter - Executive Producer

This is the second episode of Hangar 49 that was recorded live at the Arlington, WA Fly-in.  We did this show on Friday, July 8, 2011 on the flight line.

Why is it titled, "Technical Difficulties?"  Well, about 50 minutes into our one hour broadcast masterpiece, the power went out for about 30 seconds. EVerything came back on...except the device that was saving the show audio.  We don't know what we said, so we don't know what you'll miss. Just enjoy the show.

Our special guests: 

Art Unruh:  B-17 waist gunner in World War Two.  Completed 50 missions.
Nicholas Rider :  Author of America's True Hero's-Volumes 1 and 2  (  http://www.nicholasrider.com )

Movie of the Week:  Pushing Tin

Song of the Week;  Watching Airplanes - Gary Allan

Book of the week:  Scenario-Based Training with X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator: Using PC-Based Flight Simulations based on FAA and Industry Training Standards by Bruce Williams  (Not yet released but you can pre-order at Amazon.  C'mon Bruce, hurry up.  Finish the book!)

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Starring:  Jim, Al, and Tony.

Philip Randolph-Guest Host
Dale Comer-Engineer
Casey Stewart-Gopher

Eric Utter-Live Show Producer (Where are the lost 11 minutes, Eric?)

Oh...and by the way.  Listen carefully to the first couple of minutes.  Jim is having audio problems...and doesn't realize his playback is about 30 seconds delayed in his earphones. 

WE ARE PODCASTING LIVE !  (Sort of)

History was made on Thursday, July 7, 2011.  For the first time ever, the three hosts of Hangar 49 met faCE to face.  oh, sure.  We've been podcasting

for over a year, but we've never been at the same place at the same time.  In fact, Jim had never met Tony.  Please join us for this fun-filled hour of

aviation frivolity in this, first of three espisodes that were recorded at the Arlington Fly-In held in northwest Washington State.  We gathered on the

flight line as the aircraft passed by just a few short feet away.  of course, in true northwest fashion...it was raining.

This show was produced live on Thursday, July 7, 2011 and broadcast live (and re-run several times) over the Arlington Fly-In Radio Station and Live  ATC.Net on the internet.

Starring (of course): Jim Leighty, Tony Roberts, and Al Gilson. 
Special guest host: Phillip Randolph
Engineer:  Dale Comer
Producer: Erik Utter
Production Assistant and gopher: Casey Stewart
Arlington PA Announcer: Mark Peterson
Meteorologist: Dave Carey-University of Washington

Special Guests:

Karl Bergey-Designer of the Piper Cherokee Aircraft series
Jason Parr-Skagit Aero Museum

Movie of the Week - The Blue Max (1966)
Song of the Week - Treetop Flyer - Stephen Stills
Book of the Week - Epic Flights - Vaughn Hardestry

Where the heck is Tony?  (Probably in some Las Vegas casino raising cash to keep this show on the internet.)  Anyway, we were born to fly and this show is living proof!

Our song this week is:

Sara Evans - Born to Fly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xvhutWc67k

Our movie is:

The Aviator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hIJFBPyfqU

And...Jimmy loves Mickey Mouse.  Check out "Mousetalgia."

http://mousetalgia.com/

Here is episode 135 - Victory Through Air Power

Make sure you visit us live, and in person at the Arlington Fly-In!

Here we go with another rollicking episode of Hangar 49.  Remember, we've been podcasting for over a year.  We should know what we're doing by now.  In fact, we have the right stuff.  Thanks for listening.  Tell your flying (and non-flying) friends.

Movie:  The Right Stuff (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak1n6qQS3_A

Song:  Sky Pilot-Eric Burden and the Animals (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroU7apzma8

Book:  "Punching Out-High Speed Ejections"
http://www.amazon.com/Punching-Out-High-Speed-Ejections-Survivor/dp/0312383150/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304173700&sr=1-3

Sound:  Merlin Engines in P-51's
http://www.ferociousfrankie.com/video1.html

Hey, it's another episode of Hangar49!!!

Movie of the week: Twelve O'clock High

Book of the week: The Wrong Stuff by Truman Smith

Song of the week: Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot by Sting

Ice Pilots video

We are back for episode 28!  (Pay no attention to the episode number on the file.  Al is so easily confused.  That's why he doesn't have an instrument rating.) 

Yes...once again we forgot to mention our 1st anniversary.  Perhaps it's because we were under the spell of the Phoenix!  Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening.  Jim, Al, and Tony.

Movies of the week:
Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)


Song of the week:
Flight of the Phoenix-Grand Funk Railroad (1972)

Sound - C-130 Fyby

Website - Troy Hartman/Stunt Man

Book
Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet
by Elliott Hester

 

Here we go for another exciting episode.  It's number 28...and our first anniversary.  Yep, we (meaning Jim) started this podcast in February 2010.  But, do you think we remembered to mention it on the show?  Not!

Oh well.  Join Jim and Al as we trip down memory lane (Tony is missing.   Apparently he's still on a secret mission), or the lack of it.  Now...what did we talk about?

Our song of the week:  The Ventures-Flights of Fantasy from 1968.  Check it out on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmga5ttqY6k 

Book of the Week:  The FAA Airplane Flying Handbook:
http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/airplane_handbook/media/faa-h-8083-3a-1of7.pdf

Website of the Week:  Ask Captain Scott:
http://askcaptainscott.com/

Movie of the Week:  The Idiana Jones Films (and the airplanes in them)
http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Aircraft 

Destination of the Week:  Prosser, WA
http://www.airnav.com/airport/S40

Jim, Al, and Tony embark on another flight through the skies...er... time...er...calendars in this latest episode.

Book of the Week:  Not a book, but a calendar for 2011.  It's the Flying Legends 2011 Sixteen-Month Calendar by John Dibbs.

Website of the Week:  The Origami Kids where you can make some cool paper airplanes.

Movie of the Week:  The Great Waldo Pepper from 1975 starring Robert Redford.

Sound of the Week:  F-18 carrier landing.

Song of the week:  Bill Conti-Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the gang at Hangar 49

In this episode Jim, Tony, and Al discuss photo pilot dertificates, aircraft accidents, and the royal family (really).  They also whine about not getting enough flight time and welcome a couple of special guests.  Of course, the episode includes the usual book, movie, song and website.  You'll notice that there isn't a Destination of the Week but please don't bring it up...they'll only whine more about not getting enough flight time.

BOOK OF THE WEEK
Hornet Flight-Ken Follett
"An old-fashioned tale of ordinary people thrown into the drama and danger of war, Hornet Flight is a rippingly good read. The time is 1941, and British bombers attacking Germany are being blown out of the sky in horrific  numbers. How do the Nazis know they're coming? The answer is an infant technology called radar, and the Brits--with help from the Danish Resistance--must figure out how and where the German radar stations operate."
 
SONG OF THE WEEK-Pearl Jam "Given to Fly"
 
SOUND OF THE WEEK-172 Mayday

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK-Aviation Safety Network
 
MOVIE OF THE WEEK-Battle of Britain

 

Jim and Al embark on another aerial adventure...and escape the long arms of the law once again.  (Tony was not involved.)

Destination of the week:  Missoula, Montana

Movie of the weeK:  Amelia

Song of the week:  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-The Beatles

Sound of the week:  FA 18 take off

Episode 22

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Jim, Tony, and Al have been so busy, they didn't have time to produce this show.  Originally recorded on September 22, 2010 and finally released the day before Halloween.  Spooky.

Movie of the Week:  Memphis Belle
Song of the Week:  Angel Flight by Radney Foster
Sound of the Week:  Reno Air Races