RECOVERING LOST AIRPLANES
Capt. Robert Rasmussen, director of the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, is on the front lines of recovering wrecked aircraft. He talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about the recent find of a rare Navy Helldiver off the Florida coast.

Click here to listen. (6.4 MB, 7:01)

RED TAILS ON THE BIG SCREEN
When Red Tails, the new George Lucas film about the Tuskegee Airmen, opens on January 20, it will bring a classic aviation story to a new audience. Actor Marcus Paulk, who plays one of the airmen, spoke with AVweb's Mary Grady about how the experience of working on the film affected him and how he hopes it will affect those who watch.

Click here to listen. (6.9 MB, 7:34)

CHALLENGING THE GOVERNMENT ON FULL-BODY SCANS
In studies, full-body-scanning x-ray Backscatter machines have been found ineffective and potentially cancer-causing, and the European Commission has banned the. Here, AVweb's Glenn Pew speaks with Ginger McCall, who works with EPIC.org, an organization that has mounted legal challenges to the implementation and use of the machines.

Click here to listen. (8.0 MB, 8:17)

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