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Irish Skies Pod – First Episode Released

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Irish Skies Pod is a new YouTube Channel created for front-line aviation professionals to increase communication across the aviation industry, increase awareness of one-another jobs towards increasing awareness of potential safety critical issues and actions to eradicate same. The channel is produced by Mick Campbell who is an Air Traffic Controller.

Episode 1 was launched this week and looks at the events surrounding the forced landing at Mallow Racecourse by a Gulfstream 2, XA-FOU in 1983. The story is described by the Shannon Controller and the Captain of the flight.

A fog bank rolled off the estuary over Shannon Airport as XA-FOU was on approach. With the aircraft running low on fuel and the visibility remaining below minima the crew and the Controller needed to come up with an alternative. You can watch the first episode below.

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Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyerhttps://flyinginireland.com
Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won ‘Upcoming Aviation Professional Award’ at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.

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