Runway 23

Hoffers and Brady discuss watches, another risky fly-over, the Amazon plane coming off the Miami runway, a terrible ground crew incident in Toronto, Lockerbie tourism, and the infamous crash of Air France Flight 447.Support our new project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23Bremont’s ejection seat watch: https://martin-baker.com/watches/mb-i/The super low South Africa Stadium fly-over: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rew8jqny5oThe 1995 World Cup final Jumbo fly-over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_7QjbNxdqcThe Flappy Bird-style game over the stadium: https://www.flappylink.com/More details about the Amazon plane incident have emerged since we recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Air_Flight_7598Korean 737 hits barrier (warning, tough to see): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuANEriHlUTrolley Problems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problemThe Gimli Glider we previously discussed in episode 2: https://www.runway23.fm/episodes/002Ground crew incident in Montreal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/airport-montreal-accident-9.7319215See Hoffers own picture of the headphone socket on his plane’s fuselage - plus the pitot tubes from the same walk-around: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259Bali Birdstrike picture also via Hoffers - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259The Lockerbie disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103The recommended Lockerbie series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bombing_of_Pan_Am_103Pictures from Hoffers’ visit to Lockerbie: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259Aberfan landslide disaster in Wales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disasterThe 9/11 Memorial in New York City: https://www.911memorial.org/The Air France Flight 447 disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_ZoneHoffers’ own video of St Elmo’s Fire on the windshield: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169240103Pitot Tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tubeAir France crash transcript: https://bea.aero/uploads/tx_elyextendttnews/annexe.01.en.pdfAir France tail in the sea: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8089917.stmLockerbie Cemetery picture: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NINTCHDBPICT000454081547-e1544012205198.jpgThe Flight 447 second interim report (with images of tail in storage): https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/2009/f-cp090601e2.en/pdf/f-cp090601e2.en_03.pdfThe Flight 447 third report (after discovery of wreckage on sea floor): https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/2009/f-cp090601e3.en/pdf/f-cp090601e3.en.pdfHoffers and Brady discuss watches, another risky fly-over, the Amazon plane coming off the Miami runway, a terrible ground crew incident in Toronto, Lockerbie tourism, and the infamous crash of Air France Flight 447.Support our new project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23Bremont’s ejection seat watch: https://martin-baker.com/watches/mb-i/The super low South Africa Stadium fly-over: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rew8jqny5oThe 1995 World Cup final Jumbo fly-over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_7QjbNxdqcThe Flappy Bird-style game over the stadium: https://www.flappylink.com/More details about the Amazon plane incident have emerged since we recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Air_Flight_7598Korean 737 hits barrier (warning, tough to see): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuANEriHlUTrolley Problems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problemThe Gimli Glider we previously discussed in episode 2: https://www.runway23.fm/episodes/002Ground crew incident in Montreal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/airport-montreal-accident-9.7319215See Hoffers own picture of the headphone socket on his plane’s fuselage - plus the pitot tubes from the same walk-around: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259Bali Birdstrike picture also via Hoffers - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259The Lockerbie disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103The recommended Lockerbie series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bombing_of_Pan_Am_103Pictures from Hoffers’ visit to Lockerbie: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259Aberfan landslide disaster in Wales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disasterThe 9/11 Memorial in New York City: https://www.911memorial.org/The Air France Flight 447 disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_ZoneHoffers’ own video of St Elmo’s Fire on the windshield: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169240103Pitot Tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tubeAir France crash transcript: https://bea.aero/uploads/tx_elyextendttnews/annexe.01.en.pdfAir France tail in the sea: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8089917.stmLockerbie Cemetery picture: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NINTCHDBPICT000454081547-e1544012205198.jpgThe Flight 447 second interim report (with images of tail in storage): https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/2009/f-cp090601e2.en/pdf/f-cp090601e2.en_03.pdfThe Flight 447 third report (after discovery of recorders on sea floor): https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/2009/f-cp090601e3.en/pdf/f-cp090601e3.en.pdf

Hoffers and Brady discuss scenery from the cockpit, a Blue Angel beat-up, a flying lesson tragedy, an aircraft under the sea, the Kegworth Disaster, a little bit of Lego, and some ancient artefacts.The little cabin bongs during our podcast denote a link or piece of information here in the notes.Support our new project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23Re-Live Brady’s Aerobatics Flight (Patron Bonus) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/bradys-full-all-163348746Brady’s Ansett Article including Captain Kirk (Patron Bonus) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/165755645Views of Ayers Rock (Uluru) from the air (on Google Earth) - https://shorturl.at/onvYYBlue Angels - https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/Blue Angels Beat-Up - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WlCtxNJtGqgThe Apache Low Pass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qucd_530RlcThe 777 Low Pass (from our last episode) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uNDRJOgmGvMFlight Instructor Tragedy in Argentina - https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/08/americas/argentina-pilot-death-scli-intlPan Am 526A - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_526APan Am 526A discovered underwater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKdoOlImIngMH370 a needle in a haystack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370ETOPS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPSThe Kegworth Disaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegworth_air_disasterBBC breaking news for Kegworth disaster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26HSluxDsuYThe M1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_motorway Lego - Jabba’s Barge - https://amzn.to/4wE6MP3The Australian Baggy Green - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggy_green

Hoffers and Brady discuss checking pilots, water salutes. celebrity passengers (including the Pope), Lego sets, and the famous Gimli Glider incident.Support our new project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23Best Pilot I Ever Saw clip from The Right Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPkIgBqMCYThe Right Stuff (book) - https://amzn.to/4w67wf5 The Right Stuff (movie) - https://amzn.to/4uW5wVWEpisode 1 including our discussion of water salutes - https://www.runway23.fm/episodes/001Water Cannon mishap - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gs62siHe0XAThe Pope in the jumpseat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWREXpXY8XYThe Pope’s plane won’t fly - https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/12/europe/pope-leo-plane-grounded-spain-rome-intlHoffers pictures with celebrity passengers (Patreon) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/162145907Neil Armstrong ejects from the flying bedstead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJDbj9Vp5wList of lunar modules (including Snoopy for Apollo 10) - https://historicspacecraft.com/Lunar_Module.htmlENGAGE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yBoY1SQA5ABrady in the Space Shuttle 747 carrier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI45Vdyth8gHoffers chosen Lego sets (Amazon affiliate links where possible) Lunar Module - https://amzn.to/4gHd1fQEnterprise - https://amzn.to/4oP7ohyShuttle and 747 - https://amzn.to/4aGXb1dSpace Shuttle - https://amzn.to/3QlbUIcConcorde - https://amzn.to/4be151xHoffers Lego video will be on Patreon shortly - https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23Air Crash episode about the Gimli Glider - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216433/ (have also seen it uploaded to YouTube)Wikipedia about Gimli Glider - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider