819 Long Beach Airport
We talk with the Long Beach Airport Public Affairs Officer. In the news, watching racy movies on the inflight entertainment system, a fatal crash at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York, the competition for the main operating base for a fleet of Boeing KC-46A Pegasus air refueling tankers, and the AeroSHARK film that reduces fuel burn.\n\n\n\nGuest\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKate Kuykendall has been the Public Affairs Officer at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) for over five years. She previously worked for the National Park Service and the Peace Corps.\n\n\n\nOur Main(e) Man Micah and Brian Coleman recorded a conversation with Kate covering various topics, including the airport's history, noise complaints, the new plane spotting area on private leasehold, and Corporate tenants at the airport, such as JetZero. Also, community outreach programs and tours, sustainability, and leaded aviation fuel for piston-powered aircraft.\n\n\n\nThe airport\u2019s annual Festival of Flight is scheduled for Oct 19, 2024.\n\n\n\nAviation News\n\n\n\nPassengers on Qantas flight to Tokyo endure \u2018super uncomfortable\u2019 experience as racy movie is played on every single screen\n\n\n\nThe IFE system was broken and the crew had to make a movie selection that would be seen on every screen. They chose Daddio from 2023 starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn. One passenger said, \u201cQantas played an inappropriate movie to the whole plane, there was no way to turn it off.\u201d Another said, \u201cIt featured graphic nudity and a lot of sexting \u2013 the kind where you could literally read the texts on screen without needing headphones.\u201d\n\n\n\nExperienced Aviator and Master Plane Craftsman Dies in Crash During Saturday Aerodrome Airshow\n\n\n\nBrian Coughlin, 60, died in a crash during an Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome show. He was flying a replica of a World War I Fokker D-VIII that he had helped to rebuild. A preliminary look at the accident indicated an engine fire during the airshow. Coughlin was a volunteer, an experienced pilot, and a mechanic craftsman who rebuilt World War I aircraft as a hobby.\n\n\n\nBangor Air Guard Base Competing for New Refueling Tankers\n\n\n\nA competition is underway for the main operating base for a $1.3 billion fleet of Boeing KC-46A Pegasus air refueling tankers. The Bangor Air National Guard Base is one of the seven remaining finalists. The KC-46A tankers would replace the Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers operated by the Maine Air National Guard's 101st Air Refueling Wing, also known as the MAINEiacs.\n\n\n\nDAF announces seven candidate locations for KC-46A Pegasus MOB 7\n\n\n\nThe Department of the Air Force has selected seven bases as candidate locations to host the KC-46A Pegasus Main Operating Base 7. The candidate locations are:\n\n\n\n\nBangor Air National Guard Base, Maine\n\n\n\nForbes Field Air National Guard Base (Topeka), Kan.\n\n\n\nKey Field Air National Guard Base (Meridian), Miss.\n\n\n\nMcGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base (Knoxville), Tenn.\n\n\n\nRickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio\n\n\n\nScott Air Force Base, Ill.\n\n\n\nSumpter Smith Air National Guard Base (Birmingham), Ala.\n\n\n\n\nLufthansa Technik Upgrades LATAM\u2019s Boeing 777 Aircraft With Fuel-Saving AeroSHARK Film\n\n\n\nLATAM Airlines Group S.A. will become Lufthansa Technik AG's first external customer in the Americas to equip its Boeing 777s with AeroSHARK film. Lufthansa Technik calls AeroSHARK \u201ca durable bionic film that successfully mimics the skin of sharks and optimizes the airflow, thus enabling significant fuel savings.\u201d The film was developed in conjunction with BASF.\xa0\n\n\n\nLufthansa Cargo, SWISS, All Nippon Airways, and EVA Air have already adopted AeroSHARK, with promising results.\n\n\n\nMentioned\n\n\n\nNorthrop X-21\n\n\n\nOperation Airdrop: Hurricane Helene\n\n\n\nVolunteer pilots are flying supplies to trapped Hurricane Helene victims\n\n\n\nMartin J. McNally \u2013 Part 1\n\n\n\nAirways, Nov/Dec 2021, \u201cTerror in the Air,\u201d Clipper 93, September 6, 1970\n\n\n\nHosts this Episode\n\n\n\nMax Flight, our Main(e) Man Micah, David Vanderhoof, Rob Mark, and Max Trescott.