Join Carlos, Nev, Armando, Matt and Mentour Pilot Petter Hörnfeldt for this weeks recording of the PTUK Aviation Podcast.
We had a great chat with the one and only Mentour Pilot and Armando talks to Bob Mills about his time as a Naval Aviator, Airline Captain and President of the Sports Class at the Reno Air Races in the first part of a new interview series.
There was the usual round up of the latest commercial news too.
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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :
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Delta will fly the final MD-88 and MD-90 flights on June 2nd https://aeronewsglobal.com/delta-will-fly-the-final-md-88-and-md-90-flights-on-june-2nd/
EasyJet to cut 4,500 jobs and reduce capacity https://www.ft.com/content/73e0664c-14a6-4b35-b5ff-2fa37a33db65
Major fire at Bombardier's aircraft factory in Belfast https://ukaviation.news/major-fire-at-bombardiers-belfast-site/?fbclid=IwAR2isPDfHIaDZecCCfQKgrCknuFR6YqmXFMVojujLoNX5ImV726imQFWq5w
EMIRATES PRESIDENT TIM CLARK DENIES RUMOURS OF MASS A380 RETIREMENT
https://samchui.com/2020/05/23/emirates-president-tim-clark-denies-rumours-of-mass-a380-retirement/#.XtLljzpKjIV
Boeing restarts 737 Max production https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/boeing-restarts-737-max-production/138571.article
Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs, thousands more planned
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-jobs/boeing-cutting-more-than-12000-u-s-jobs-thousands-more-planned-idUSKBN2332EP?feedName=businessNews&feedType=RSS&MessageRunDetailID=1893545432&PostID=15445088&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rasa_io
SpaceX makes history with successful first human space launch https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/virgin-orbit-provides-more-details-about-what-went-right-with-its-first-launch-demo/
Russian Student Stranded In Frankfurt Airport https://simpleflying.com/russian-student-stranded-in-frankfurt-airport/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily&utm_campaign=22052020
