APG 679 – Froot Loop Airlines

APG 679 – Froot Loop Airlines

Author: Capt Jeff October 13, 2025 Duration: 2:09:27

Join Captain Jeff, Captain Nick, Producer Liz, Alpha Juliet. Enjoy!

APG 679 SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS AND PICS

00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:17 NEWS
00:04:33 Two Planes Collide on LaGuardia Airport Taxiway
00:18:26 US NAS is a Mess with Government Shut down
00:30:14 GETTING TO KNOW US
00:48:28 Plane Tale – Fast Jets on the Front Line
01:10:16 FEEDBACK
01:10:26 Sam Bolog – Aaron Rheins on Instagram: “Cockpit Doors Are Changing Soon”
01:12:46 Mahzuz – Balloon Feedback for Captain Nick
01:16:51 George Hollis – B-717 Video
01:26:08 Tanya Weiman – Meetup with Capt. Ian Palmer
01:37:04 Joe – Long Time Listener Update
01:45:25 Kevin Lerman – Air Canada Strike
01:52:37 Markus Volter – Ejection Seat Introduction
02:02:32 WRAP UP

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APG 581 – Number of the Beast [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:31:40
[00:02:55] NEWS [00:03:12] Greek fires: Two Pilots Die after Firefighting Plane Crashes [00:09:56] Plane Tale: The Life Saving Bombers [00:11:03] Two Firefighters and Pilot Killed in Mid-Air Collision While Tackling Blaz…
APG 580 – What’s a Few More Wrinkles? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:51:39
[00:03:56] NEWS [00:04:12] United B763 at Houston on Jul 29th 2023, Hard Landing [00:08:41] Jetblue E190 at Boston on Feb 27th 2023, Collision on Runway Averted by Late Go Around [00:19:02] American Airlines Airbus A321n…
APG 579 – In the Unlikely Event of… [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:58:21
[00:02:52] NEWS [00:03:09] Door Ripped Off AA 787 [00:05:07] Emergency Slide From United Airlines Boeing 767 Lands in Back Yard of Chicago Home [00:07:59] OSH – AT-6D Texan Crash [00:17:41] OSH – Helicopter/Gyrocopter Mi…
APG 578 – Who Pinched the Pappies? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:46:57
[00:03:10] NEWS [00:03:27] 6 Killed in Southern California Plane Crash [00:14:47] Air Canada Boeing 777-300 Narrowly Escapes Disaster After Truck Parked Under Plane is Engulfed in Flames [00:19:41] LATAM A321 at Floriano…
APG 577 – My Great English Vacation! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:53:28
[00:06:56] GETTING TO KNOW US [01:22:58] COFFEE FUND [01:24:52] FEEDBACK [01:29:48] Tarik – RAF Hendon Meetup VIDEO Don’t see the video? Click this to watch it on YouTube! ABOUT RADIO ROGER “Radio Roger” Stern has been a…
APG 576 – Going to the Gulag [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:50:49
[00:04:33] NEWS [00:04:50] Delta B717 Lands with Nose Gear Retracted [00:28:59] Accident at San Antonio Airport Results in Death of Airline Contractor [00:34:23] Cathay B773 at Hong Kong on Jun 24th 2023, Rejected Takeof…
APG 575 – Little Captain Mad [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:07:07
[00:03:28] NEWS [00:03:45] FINAL REPORT: West Atlantic AT72 at East Midlands on Oct 25th 2022, Runway Excursion on Landing [00:13:42] FINAL REPORT – Accident: Trans/Rhoades B732 at Honolulu [00:38:59] Angry Pilot Complai…
APG 574 – At BoBus, We Take Cockpit Security Seriously! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:29:58
[00:02:59] NEWS [00:03:15] House Committee Votes to Raise Pilot Retirement Age [00:19:38] US bound Air India 777 Diverts to Russia [00:27:54] 4 Indigenous Children Lost in jungle for 40 Days After Plane Crash are Found A…
APG 573 – The Day the Drones Turned! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:18:57
[00:03:24] NEWS [00:03:41] A Cessna 560 Citation V Crashed near Staunton, Virginia [00:17:31] FINAL REPORT Ethiopian B772 at Shanghai Burned Down on Apron [00:23:55] More Problems at SFO [00:38:16] Jetstar Fines Passenge…
APG 572 – Open Enginectomy Surgery [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:02:45
[00:03:00] NEWS [00:03:17] 2 Planes Aborted Landings in San Francisco When a Southwest Jet Taxied Across Their Runways [00:17:44] Asiana A321 at Daegu on May 26th 2023, Emergency Exit Opened in Flight [00:34:18] COMAC C9…