Hangar49

Mar 01 2025 50 ep. 90 mins 116
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Jim Leighty, Al Gilson, and Tony Roberts talk about different airstrips to visit, the ups and downs of flying in the Pacific Northwest, and all the fun events you can find here! We also like to discuss aviation music, movies, books, and websites. Basically we are just a bunch of fun loving pilots that have a passion for aviation just like you!

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Our 15th Anniversary Show!

Mar 01 2025 76 mins  
It’s the 15th anniversary of Hangar 49! Join us as our hosts look back over the last 15 years. And then proceed to babble about the usual aviation drivel. Fasten your seat belts, please put your tray table up, sit back, and enjoy the flight. Movie/TV Series: Flight Risk Book: Fire Eaters by Peter Pigot Interview: Erika Armstrong/Advanced Aircrew Academy Website: Think Aviatio

That a Wrap on Season 15!

Jan 24 2025 70 mins  
That’s a wrap on another season of Hangar 49! Yep, Hangar 49 has been your go-to aviation podcast for a long time. Our next show will be our 15th anniversary and the beginning of season 16. From our humble beginnings in February 2010 our show has opened the door to aviation news, movies, books, and music. Plus, great banter by a trio of reasonably OK pilots. Movie/TV Series:

It's been an eternity since our last show!

Dec 14 2024 98 mins  
We haven’t done a show since October and it seems like an eternity. But, we couldn’t miss our Christmas show! Special Christmas Song: Royal Guardsmen/Snoopy’s Christmas NORAD Santa Tracking Movie/TV Series: Back From Eternity (1956) Book: Final Authority by Robert Dobransky Interview: Carroll Leboeuf/Cirrus Aircraft Website: Live Space Station Tracking Map Song: Gu

Well Worth The Wait!

Oct 09 2024 87 mins  
Of course, we think this show is well worth the wait. So what if it’s our September show and some of the news is over a month old. When we called our new production vendor, (yes, our production staff was re-arrested when they violated their parole), we heard the same old tired stories: Supply chain issues, product shortages, tariffs on critical components, moon phases, sunspots

Marooned and Lost In Space!

Aug 28 2024 96 mins  
Imagine you booked a flight on an airline for a two-week vacation to an exotic location. In fact, a location so exotic, it’s out of this world. Once you got there, the airline called and said they have cancelled your flight and the next flight on the only other airline doesn’t have any open seats until next year. No, it’s not the twilight zone….you are Marooned and Lost In

Preventing An International Incident!

Jul 25 2024 94 mins  
The multi-national team at Hangar 49 is ready, at a moment’s notice, to respond to any kind of emergency, including an “international incident.” We even brought in an expert to discuss very this important issue. That, and more, on this episode of Hangar 49! Movie/TV Series: The Blue Angels (2024) Book: Ghosts of Honolulu by Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll Interview: Why yo

Aliens Have Taken Over This show!

Jun 13 2024 63 mins  
Apparently, the production staff has been abducted and two of the three hosts know way to much about aliens. Who are Tony and Jim? And where are they really from? These questions and more on this episode of Hangar 49. Movie/TV Series: The Flight Machine (1930) Book: Windward-Flying cargo out of Miami’s corrosion corner in the 80’s. by Scott McDonald Interview: Bush Pilot-A

We Are Masters of the Air...Er...Podcasting

May 19 2024 89 mins  
We're on our 15th season of this show and we've mastered a thing or two in nearly 170 episodes. We can find great movies, songs, and books. We can make fun of each other. And maybe even talk about aviation...if we have extra time. Each show is full of surprises-like this: Which show co-host and his band opened for the Rolling Stones in the 1960's? Listen to this action-packed episo

So Many Airshows-So Little Time!

Mar 24 2024 87 mins  
In this show, we run down airshows in the Pacific Northwest and ponder how we will attend all of them. Plus, the usual breaking news, breaking movie, breaking music, breaking interview, and broken comedy. Oh, and it's the 88th anniversay for the Spitfire. All that and more on this episode of Hangar 49. Movie: Flight (1929) Book: Spitfire-A Very British Love Story Intervi

A Giant Leap For Aviation Podcasting

Feb 29 2024 77 mins  
We are leaping into the 15th season of Hangar 49! And…we’re doing it on Leap Day….February 29th! Please enjoy our usual drivel as we fly into a whole new season. Thanks for listening. Movie: Airplane II (1982) Book: Final Authority by Robert & Joseph Dobransky Interview: A Plane You Can Drive-Anna Dietrich Website: The Points Guy Song: I’m Like A Bird/Nelly Furta