Radar Contact Lost: The Podcast

09/08/2026

It doesn't look like a fair fight, does it? A line of powerful thunderstorms against a lightweight Cessna 210A, yet this AI rendering is of an actual event. It did not end well. The next episode of Radar Contat Lost, "When a Hero Let His Guard Down" (soon to be released), tells the unfortunate story of the pilot of this plane who chose to take on these storms. The pilot, a hero from the 1960s Space Race and the setter of supersonic records that still stand today, lost his life trying to pe*****te these storms. Stay tuned!

09/06/2026

One of these men was the first man to walk on the moon. Another was the first man to exceed twice the speed of sound. The third flew a rocketplane to an altitude of 50 miles - a feat that classified him as an astronaut. One of these men flew his airplane into a thunderstorm and died as his small plane was ripped apart. Learn about the fatal crash of one of the most accomplished pilots of the 20th century in the next episode of Radar Contact Lost, "The Hero Who Let His Guard Down," to be released soon.

09/06/2026

The next episode of Radar Contact Lost was recorded this morning and is in the edit process now. Another day or two and it will be online. This time, we're looking at a crash that seemed destined to happen, even before the propeller made its first revolution.

07/10/2026

Radar Contact Lost reached a milestone today! 27 episodes across 3.5 years and 10,000 downloads. Thanks for your downloads, listens and enthusiasm. The most popular episode is Season 1, Episode 1, "When the B-25 Bomber Flew Into the Empire State Building," with 505 downloads. Download Radar Contact Lost: The Podcast wherever you download your favorite podcasts!

06/22/2026

If you'd like to check the Congressional status of the Flight 293 Remembrance Act, here is the link to the bill itself, plus its status tracker.

Summary of S.411 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Flight 293 Remembrance Act

06/20/2026

Check your podcast feed tomorrow for a special edition of Radar Contact Lost. This time, I take a deep-dive into the mysterious crash of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293. There was no airplane found. There were no survivors found. Multiple theories have been proposed and I examine each one, including how a friendly-fire missile strike was blamed for the airliner being taken to the bottom of the sea with all 101 military passengers and crew. Most perplexing, the Air Force was prohibited from mounting a recovery (I explain this, too). Episode 3 of Season 4 will take you to the Gulf of Alaska, sit you down for a class of aviation meteorology and then drop you into Washington, DC for an update on new legislation regarding our military members designated M-NIA - Missing - Not in Action.

06/18/2026

The next episode of Radar Contact Lost dives deep into aviation meteorology and the hazards that may cause issues with airplanes in flight. Now in production, the mystery of what happened to Northwest Orient's Flight 293 will be online soon.

06/15/2026

Join me Thursday morning at AirVenture 2026 for my presentation, Mountain Wave Turbulence: The Invisible Killer. Learn how MWT forms, where it forms and how to identify areas where MWT is likely to form.

06/09/2026

The next episode of Radar Contact Lost is now in production. This time, we visit the crash of a Northwest Orient Airlines DC-7C that disappeared over the Gulf of Alaska while flying into a broad summer storm in 1963. The plane did not send a distress call or otherwise indicate any trouble. What happened to this plane with 101 souls on board? The 4-engined DC-7 was contracted to the United States Air Force with a civilian crew, but otherwise was full of military service members and their families. The plane was never found, only a small amount of wreckage. We'll look at the weather system and make the argument that the weather conditions could have been to blame for this mysterious crash. However, there were other theories about why the plane crashed, including a missile strike. Stay tuned!

05/30/2026

Radar Contact Lost has been downloaded in 92 countries! The word is somehow getting around!