Monthly Archives: December 2013

Dec
23
2013

An Odd Finding

by walterh

So I just happened to do a Google search for “retired flight numbers” and one of the first things that came up was American Airlines Flight 1, which operates daily between JFK and LAX.  Historically, airlines will retire flight numbers after a crash.  But in this case, even though there was a crash of an […]

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Dec
20
2013

Heed the warning!

by walterh

So this morning’s podcast somehow reminded me of the time an A380 wing clipped a CRJ 700 by the tail, flipping the entire plane almost a full 90 degrees.  Remember when they tell you not to take off your seatbelt until the captain turns off the light at the end of each flight?  I’m hoping […]

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Dec
20
2013

The O’Hare Runway Incursion of December 20th, 1972

by walterh

Today’s podcast is on a catastrophe that’s relatively unknown in the realm of airline crashes and catastrophes, but the effects as a result of the investigation into the crash is something that we can see, and live with to this day.  As a matter of fact, you basically pay honor or tribute to all those […]

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Dec
14
2013

The Great Chinese Famine of 1958-1961

by walterh

Today’s podcast is something that is such a vast subject, that my 16 minutes barely scratches the surface.  There’s still so much to learn about what happened, and all of the events that led up to the Great Chinese Famine of 1958-1961, aka “The Great Leap Forward”. As usual, you can download the podcast from […]

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