Would You Fly With No Pilot? Runway Scares, Peter Brock, And Spotting A Fake Birkin
Bonafide with Luke BonaShow Notes
What's real, what's fake, and who gets to decide? The ATSB has opened six investigations into runway and taxiing incidents at Sydney Airport since late July. Aviation researcher Dr Graham Wild from UNSW Canberra tells Luke whether it's still safe to fly, why he thinks air traffic control leans on old technology, and whether you'd ever board a plane with no one in the cockpit. Along the way: why planes don't fly higher, what's actually in jet fuel, and why you won't get sucked out of an airlock if you stand at the back.
Then Drive's James Ward remembers Peter Brock 20 years on, from the Energy Polarizer Holden refused to sell to the 1987 Bathurst win decided after the flag, and explains why electric cars just outsold petrol in Australia for the first time and what to check before buying a used one.
In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald is joined by Leanne Coneybear, president of the National Pawnbrokers Association of Australia, on how a pawn loan really works, the myths about stolen goods, a Birkin with glue under the stitches, the fake that fooled a 30-year watch expert, and why Rolex and Pokémon cards run on scarcity.
Plus the week's news with Kelsey: Daniel Billings sentenced for the murder of Molly Ticehurst, Pauline Hanson's comments about Indigenous Australians, and the HYROX race everyone's talking about. And your voicemails on local music, Hanson and Anthony Albanese, and a new song from Jono.
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Guests: Dr Graham Wild (Senior Lecturer, School of Science, UNSW Canberra) · James Ward (Director of Content, Drive) · Leanne Coneybear (President, National Pawnbrokers Association of Australia) · Adam McDonald (Man Cave co-host, Evans Hastings Valuers and Auctioneers)
(00:00:00) Cold Open And Welcome (00:05:09) Molly Ticehurst's Murderer Sentenced (00:08:07) Pauline Hanson's Comments (00:11:53) The HYROX Race (00:15:38) Listener Mail (00:24:13) Peter Brock, 20 Years On (00:36:51) EVs Outsell Petrol (00:51:23) Dr Graham Wild On Sydney Air Traffic Control (01:07:37) Why Don't Planes Fly Higher? (01:17:22) Cabin Pressure And The Airlock Myth (01:27:52) Inside The Control Tower (01:35:18) Do We Still Need Pilots? (01:42:16) Is It Safe To Fly? (01:46:52) The Man Cave With Leanne Coneybear (02:01:03) Real Or Fake? (02:08:55) Rolex, Pokémon And Beanie Babies (02:19:18) Thought Of The Day
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