STRUCK: An Aerospace Engineering & Lightning Protection Show

EP96 – Boeing 737 Crashes; Forkner Trial Begins; Textron Buys Pipistrel – But Why?

Textron announced the acquisition of Pipistrel, who is working on interesting electric cargo plane designs, the Nuuva series. Does this move make sense for Textron? Plus,

EP95 – Boeing CEO Pay, Joby Crash News & Is Russia Stealing Leased Planes?

Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows Russia to nationalize planes, effectively keeping the planes and breaking the ownership contracts. We also discuss Boeing CEO pay,

EP94 – The Boeing 737 MAX Documentary – Was it Fair?

Allen and Dan discuss the Netflix documentary about Boeing – did it accurately represent the facts in the 737 MAX crashes? Plus, they discuss the PR implications of showi

EP93 – A Joby S4 Crashes – What Now? And, DARPA Flies and Unmanned Black Hawk

A Joby Aviation S4 crashed – Will They Still Be Able to Certify? Plus, DARPA is pushing the limits with an unmanned Black Hawk flight. We also discuss Boeing 787 certific

EP92 – Flying Through Thunderstorms? With Tom Warner

Tom Warner, a lightning researcher, flew the T28 Storm Penetrating aircraft into thunderstorms in the hopes of gathering data and learning more about lightning strikes. L

EP91 – 747-Sized Remotely-Piloted Cargo Planes?

Natilus is pitching the idea of remotely-piloted cargo aircraft, hoping to disrupt the industry and reduce issues with pilot shortages and current jet designs. But, is it

EP90 – Eviation Says their Alice Plane is Ready for Commercial Flight…Is It?

Airbus mentioned the possibility of building their own engines for a future fleet of hydrogen planes–will they really forgo Pratt & Whitney, GE or Rolls Royce and build t

EP89 – Beta Technologies Partners with US Army – A Big Deal?

Fedex is asking the FAA to put anti-missile lasers on their cargo planes – is this necessary? The Qatar v Airbus fight continues, with Qatar Airways placing a large order

EP88 – Wisk Gets $450MM From Boeing: What’s Next?

Plus, Ehang gets an order from AirX in Japan, the Airbus and Qatar Airways fight continues to heat up, the 5G rollout in America continues to be a debacle, and more. Lea

EP87 – Ehang Intelligent EVTOL Center? Plus, the A380 is Back?

Ehang shares it’s new intelligent EVTOL center – are they closing in on launching their aircraft to the public? Plus, we discuss the Airbus A380 returning to service, Air

EP86 – Joby Doubles Flight Testing Capacity – Is the Finish Line Close?

Joby has completed a second aircraft prototype for flight testing; this one will go to the Air Force--does this bring Joby closer to the finish line for certification? Pl

EP85 – Drone Swarms for Plane Inspections? Plus, Amazon Invests in Beta Technologies’ EVTOL.

Korean Air is using drone swarms to inspect planes - will this work as well as human inspections? The Boeing 777 is getting new directives resulting from their early 2021

EP84 – Aerospace Executives Facing Jail time? Plus, 737 MAX Test Pilot a Scapegoat?

Six aerospace executives have been indicted on labor collusion charges - will they stick? Plus, a new report shows that the FAA has approached prosecutors, explaining tha

EP83 – A Supersonic EVTOL? And, is the EHang 216 Ready for Certification?

The Ehang 216 may be certified in a few months, according to new reports. Is this realistic? Plus, is the idea of a supersonic EVTOL feasible or even remotely reasonable?

EP82 – Sydney Seaplanes Adds EVTOL Order, Airbus A350 Has Lightning Protection Problems & More

Sydney Seaplanes placed a large aircraft order from Eve Urban Air Mobility, a division of Embraer. Will it work out for them? The Airbus A350 has lightning protection iss

EP80 – Results of the Celera 500L Test Flights: As Good as Claimed?

The Otto Aviation Celera 500L made some big claims on fuel efficiency and laminar flow. After flight testing, how have those claims held up? We also discuss more Boeing 7

EP79 – Is Hyundai Supernal the “Uber-Like” EVTOL Company of the Future?

Hyundai has spun off its EVTOL business into Supernal, with an interesting aircraft. And, the company shares a big vision for being a start-to-finish transportation compa

EP78 – Boxwing EVTOL – Can it Work? Plus, Rolls Royce SAF Flight & Volocopter News

AMSL Aero has a boxwing EVTOL design with a prototype that's nearly ready to fly - can this interesting design work? Rolls Royce flies successfully using 100% SAF fuel, V

EP77 – Jetson One EVTOL, New Hydrogen Backing, and New Air Traffic Control Towers?

The U.S. has an aging air traffic control tower problem. How will airports replace 100+ aging towers? Plus, is the Jetson One personal EVTOL the future of fun-to-fly airc

EP76 – Can the Cyclotech EVTOL Reach Mass Market? Plus, Vaccine Labor Trouble and More

The Cyclotech EVTOL is back, with a recent flight vaulting it back into the maintstream media. With a very unorthodox lift system, can it really become airworthy one day