Runway 23

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

Hoffers and Brady discuss runway names, making up time, Brady’s aerobatic flight, an apology to the Pope, a 777 dangerously low fly-by, an Airbus hitting an aerobridge, and the notorious crash of Aeroflot Flight 593.
The cabin chimes during our podcast denote accompanying links or info here in the show notes.
Support our new endeavour on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23
A special video of the flight just for Runway23 patrons - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/bradys-full-all-163348746
Sywell Aerodrome - https://www.sywellaerodrome.co.uk/
Watch real-time Flight Radar info of the flight (also a patron special) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/163360212
Shout-out to Mark Hooton and Caber Aviation for Brady’s flight - https://cabaeroaviation.com/
Brady also discusses this aerobatic flight on The Unmade Podcast - https://www.unmade.fm/episodes/unmade-episode181
Melbourne, Sydney and LA control towers - https://www.runway23.fm/pictures-003
The 777 low fly-by - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/777-makes-extremely-low-pass-at-horseshoe-bay/
Icelandic home town fly-by - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_z14TFAao
Ground effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aerodynamics)
Aerobridge smash-up derby - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LMSxxl-vFZY
The Chinese Eastern Airlines version of the story - https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/569864
Aeroflot Flight 593 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593
Pics from Brady’s flight on Aeroflot (white gloves) - https://www.runway23.fm/pictures-003
Air Crash Investigation/Mayday episode about this crash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSpVJ1VxOKc

Hoffers and Brady discuss checking pilots, water salutes. celebrity passengers (including the Pope), Lego sets, and the famous Gimli Glider incident.
Support our new project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23
Best Pilot I Ever Saw clip from The Right Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPkIgBqMCY
The Right Stuff (book) - https://amzn.to/4w67wf5

The Right Stuff (movie) - https://amzn.to/4uW5wVW
Episode 1 including our discussion of water salutes - https://www.runway23.fm/episodes/001
Water Cannon mishap - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gs62siHe0XA
The Pope in the jumpseat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWREXpXY8XY
The Pope’s plane won’t fly - https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/12/europe/pope-leo-plane-grounded-spain-rome-intl
Hoffers pictures with celebrity passengers (Patreon) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/162145907
Neil Armstrong ejects from the flying bedstead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJDbj9Vp5w
List of lunar modules (including Snoopy for Apollo 10) - https://historicspacecraft.com/Lunar_Module.html
ENGAGE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yBoY1SQA5A
Brady in the Space Shuttle 747 carrier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI45Vdyth8g
Hoffers chosen Lego sets (Amazon affiliate links where possible)

Lunar Module - https://amzn.to/4gHd1fQ
Enterprise - https://amzn.to/4oP7ohy
Shuttle and 747 - https://amzn.to/4aGXb1d
Space Shuttle - https://amzn.to/3QlbUIc
Concorde - https://amzn.to/4be151x
Hoffers Lego video will be on Patreon shortly - https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23
Air Crash episode about the Gimli Glider - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216433/ (have also seen it uploaded to YouTube)
Wikipedia about Gimli Glider - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Hoffers and Brady discuss passenger plane landings, inverted selfies in military planes, barrel rolls, and the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401.
Support our new project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Runway23
Korean fighter jets collide: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjwz8we1zzo

1983 Negev mid-air collision: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision
Boeing 707 barrel roll by Tex Johnston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_khhzuFlE
Denzel Washington flies upside down in Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQDKufQdkus
NTSB report on the Eastern Air Lines 401 crash: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7314.pdf
Wikipedia article on the Eastern Air Lines crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401