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5: Four Reds - You Hit The Bread

August 22, 2026 · 60 min

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Hoffers and Brady discuss the roundness of Earth, a bakery van crash, allegations of drug smuggling, and the miracle of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.

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The Great Australian Bight - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight

Patrons only: Picture of Hoffers’ coincidental T-Shirt - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/167311763

Sydney to Johannesburg flightpaths - https://www.flightpaths.com/SYD-JNB

The Bristol Balloon Fiesta - https://www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk/

Aeroflot Flight 1661 hits weather balloon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_1661

Patrons only: Brady’s article on Ansett Flight (including reference to water cannons) - https://www.patreon.com/Runway23/posts/new-episode-plus-165755645

Lloyd Bridges wrong weeks to quit (from Airplane) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeI5ke0BENw

Malaysia Airline pilot taken into custody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQSA-gf6_fM

Plane vs Bakery Truck video - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EkdpfmscPw8

Plane vs Bakery Truck NTSB Preliminary Report - https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Documents/DCA26FA194%20Preliminary%20Report.pdf

PAPI (Precision approach path indicator) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_approach_path_indicator

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243

CB Lansing - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10129560/clarabelle_leiming-lansing

Hanging By A Thread - Mayday: Air Disaster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hq54gxyi8M

Flap Track Farings (or canoes?) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_fairing

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