Runway 23

Hoffers and Brady discuss lucky charms, the Florida Learjet crash, helicopter mishaps, and then the infamous 1996 crash landing of a Piper Turbo Arrow at Murray Bridge Airfield.
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Pictures of Hoffers’ lucky charms (the coin, chip and pen) are here on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/174380504‍
Charles Kingsford Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith
Roll-Royce Trent engines in Derby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent
Dashcam of the Learjet crash: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/11/02/dashcam-captures-deadly-private-jet-crash-in-florida
ATC and pilot audio from the crash: https://www.miamifinder.com/articles/palm-beach-learjet-crash-atc-audio-transcript
Coffin Corner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_corner_(aerodynamics)‍

The Sioux City crash landing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232
Helicopter Crash next Everest Base Camp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE2ld37ldjQ‍

See Brady filming at this exact location with a few helicopters interrupting (from 3:00 onwards): https://youtu.be/JTL4dj3Gx1o?si=ZEbCtf2ObvpUjgEr&t=180
Blackhawk not down at NFL game: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407868634112
Hoffers Log Book and Crash Plane on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/174380504
Dead Man Walking: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/
The official Hoffers Crash Report: https://www.atsb.gov.au/investigations/199600804

Hoffers and Brady further discuss the much-discussed Flydubai axe incident. Plus, is the famed SR-71 Blackbird making a comeback?
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Wikipedia article on the Flydubai axe attack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flydubai_Flight_1073
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
Aviation Week’s SR-71 scoop - https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/nasa-asked-several-former-sr-71a-staffers-help-secret-restart
Brady’s book cover memory and Hoffers’ personal pictures here - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/171588045
More chat about the rumour - https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/blackbirds-take-these-broken-wings-and-learn-to-fly-says-nasa/
A-12 at San Diego - https://sandiegoairandspace.org/collection/item/lockheed-a-12-blackbird
Flying a Cargo Plane out of Hong Kong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocTKTk7oExk

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/Runway23
Bremont’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/c3rew8jqny5o
The 1995 World Cup final Jumbo fly-over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_7QjbNxdqc
The 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_7598
Korean 737 hits barrier (warning, tough to see): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuANEriHlU
Trolley Problems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
The Gimli Glider we previously discussed in episode 2: https://www.runway23.fm/episodes/002
Ground crew incident in Montreal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/airport-montreal-accident-9.7319215
See 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/169239259
Bali Birdstrike picture also via Hoffers - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259
The Lockerbie disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103
The recommended Lockerbie series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bombing_of_Pan_Am_103
Pictures from Hoffers’ visit to Lockerbie: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259
Aberfan landslide disaster in Wales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster
The 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_447
The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone
Hoffers’ own video of St Elmo’s Fire on the windshield: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169240103
Pitot Tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube
Air France crash transcript: https://bea.aero/uploads/tx_elyextendttnews/annexe.01.en.pdf
Air France tail in the sea: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8089917.stm
Lockerbie Cemetery picture: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NINTCHDBPICT000454081547-e1544012205198.jpg
The 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.pdf
The 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.pdf
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/Runway23
Bremont’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/c3rew8jqny5o
The 1995 World Cup final Jumbo fly-over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_7QjbNxdqc
The 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_7598
Korean 737 hits barrier (warning, tough to see): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuANEriHlU
Trolley Problems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
The Gimli Glider we previously discussed in episode 2: https://www.runway23.fm/episodes/002
Ground crew incident in Montreal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/airport-montreal-accident-9.7319215
See 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/169239259
Bali Birdstrike picture also via Hoffers - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259
The Lockerbie disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103
The recommended Lockerbie series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bombing_of_Pan_Am_103
Pictures from Hoffers’ visit to Lockerbie: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169239259
Aberfan landslide disaster in Wales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster
The 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_447
The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone
Hoffers’ own video of St Elmo’s Fire on the windshield: https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/169240103
Pitot Tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube
Air France crash transcript: https://bea.aero/uploads/tx_elyextendttnews/annexe.01.en.pdf
Air France tail in the sea: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8089917.stm
Lockerbie Cemetery picture: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NINTCHDBPICT000454081547-e1544012205198.jpg
The 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.pdf
The 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 the roundness of Earth, a bakery van crash, allegations of drug smuggling, and the miracle of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
Support our new project on Patreon (and get bonus stuff): https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23
The Great Australian Bight - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight
Patrons only: Picture of Hoffers’ coincidental T-Shirt - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/167311763
Sydney to Johannesburg flightpaths - https://www.flightpaths.com/SYD-JNB
The Bristol Balloon Fiesta - https://www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk/
Aeroflot Flight 1661 hits weather balloon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_1661
Patrons only: Brady’s article on Ansett Flight (including reference to water cannons) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/new-episode-plus-165755645
Lloyd Bridges wrong weeks to quit (from Airplane) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeI5ke0BENw
Malaysia Airline pilot taken into custody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQSA-gf6_fM
Plane vs Bakery Truck video - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EkdpfmscPw8
Plane vs Bakery Truck NTSB Preliminary Report - https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Documents/DCA26FA194%20Preliminary%20Report.pdf
PAPI (Precision approach path indicator) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_approach_path_indicator
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243
CB Lansing - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10129560/clarabelle_leiming-lansing
Hanging By A Thread - Mayday: Air Disaster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hq54gxyi8M
Flap Track Farings (or canoes?) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_fairing

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/Runway23
Re-Live Brady’s Aerobatics Flight (Patron Bonus) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/bradys-full-all-163348746
Brady’s Ansett Article including Captain Kirk (Patron Bonus) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/165755645
Views of Ayers Rock (Uluru) from the air (on Google Earth) - https://shorturl.at/onvYY
Blue Angels - https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/
Blue Angels Beat-Up - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WlCtxNJtGqg
The Apache Low Pass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qucd_530Rlc
The 777 Low Pass (from our last episode) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uNDRJOgmGvM
Flight Instructor Tragedy in Argentina - https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/08/americas/argentina-pilot-death-scli-intl
Pan Am 526A - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_526A
Pan Am 526A discovered underwater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKdoOlImIng
MH370 a needle in a haystack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
ETOPS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS
The Kegworth Disaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegworth_air_disaster
BBC breaking news for Kegworth disaster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26HSluxDsuY
The M1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_motorway
Lego - Jabba’s Barge - https://amzn.to/4wE6MP3
The Australian Baggy Green - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggy_green