With so many different topics to choose from on the web, and with people’s limited schedules, on demand content has never been so popular. Here is one podcast that is likely to be of particular importance to FAA employees. In August 2020, the FAA launched an informative podcast called "The Air Up There." Episodes are typically uploaded every month on a variety of aviation topics. The FAA podcast is not just for employees but is for anyone who is curious about the wide world of aviation. The FAA’s podcast is a perfect place to learn about the future of flight, drones, and the ways to make the National Airspace System safer, smarter, and more efficient.
Listeners can tune in to podcasts on their computer, smartphone, or tablet, and even through a Bluetooth connection in one’s vehicle by playing the podcast in hands free mode on the radio. Subscriptions are available so that the information can be automatically delivered to you. The average length of these FAA podcasts are about thirty minutes. So you can easily listen while eating lunch, working out, walking around or whenever you desire.
As an example, The Air Up There podcast Season 1, Episode 6: "Drones For Good" features James Grimsley, Executive Director of the Advanced Technology Initiatives in the Division of Strategic Development for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. In this episode, Grimsley talks about drone applications with regard to severe weather forecasting and using drones for agricultural purposes.
Be sure to scroll through some of the previous episodes, as there may be topics that are worthy of your click - such as: Drone Package Delivery; Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine to its Destination; Inspired with FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, Wildfires and Aviation; How Air Traffic Works; General Aviation and COVID-19; Operation Supplies Over Skies; and Air Traffic Amid a Public Health Emergency.
The Air Up There is a podcast produced by the Federal Aviation Administration. If you like a particular episode, please subscribe, rate, and review it on Apple Podcasts. For more information about the innovative work that the FAA is doing with drones and other areas of aviation, be sure to follow the FAA on social media. You can communicate via @FAA on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and @FAAnews on Twitter and YouTube. If you have ideas for topics for the podcast team to cover, they welcome your input.
