Des Latham is a podcaster and media specialist.
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Hi,
I am a big fan of the podcast, thanks so much for making them. It must take ages. I hope you are keeping busy during these strange times, I guess the flying is a bit limited. Anyway, I was wondering if it would be interesting to talk about the Air NZ crash at Mt Erebus. This has always fascinated me and I’d be keen to hear your account, as I do appreciate the detail that you give and I like the way you bring your experience to the story.
Looking forward to the next installment,Regards
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Hi Karen thank you for your words of support, much appreciated! I have been planning to cover this in the next few episodes – the Mt Erebus accident and attempts by some airline execs to “whitewash” the accident and the fact that CAA authorities were woefully ill prepared to probe it properly. The DC 10’s certificate of airworthiness was withdrawn and sightseeing flights to the Antarctic were halted. Interesting case. So thank you for the suggestion!
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Thanks Tagan hopefully they stop crashing …
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Hello! I have just found your podcast on spotify, and I love it. Please keep making episodes until there’s no more planes to crash. Thank you.
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Hello, i am in Ghana, West Africa and i recently stumbled upon your podcast on spotify (Plane Crash Diaries) and its one of the best things ever. I really like how you read and it makes it so easy to visualize your stories. Thank you so much and keep it up!!!
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Thanks Ernest!!
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Desmond
I urgently need a pilot for a SR22 – can you recommend anyone?LikeLike
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How lucky am I to have happened upon your podcast here as a South African now living in Los Angeles. I am enjoying your podcasts and the history you are teaching me so much. I have shared links to your podcast to family and friends and will certainly do so as soon as I make more friends 🙂 .
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Thank you for your awesome ‘History of South Africa’ podcast. It is incredibly well researched and very gripping! There is a distinct lack of modern media on South Africa’s unique history. How cool would it be to turn this podcast into a documentary!
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WOW. Great podcast. Left review on ApplePodcast site. Five ⭐️ I’d like to suggest the crash involving golfer Payne Stewart in October 1999. Thank you!
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Found your podcasts a week ago and am already on episode 19. Very enjoyable and brought to life so vividly. Thank you!
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Thanks Nicollette!
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Hi.
I was a bit hesitant to pick this podcast as a frequent flier, but having enjoyed Des’s other podcasts so I gave it a go and was really impressed by the technical knowledge displayed along with the story telling ability to rival the likes of Herman Charles Bosman and Lourens can Der Post.
It is a fantastic listen and hearing about the safety improvements made it worthwhile.It would be interesting to hear about those crazy bush pilots and their escapades.
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Hi, I recently discover ‘Plane Crash Diaries’ and have binged them all over the last few days. Highly informative, very well presented and entertaining – if that’s a word that can be used in connection with air disasters! Sadly I’m not a pilot myself but have had the good fortune, through work (military and movie industry) to fly in a lot of interesting aircraft, mainly helicopters. One of the highlights was a few flights in an Mi24 Hind, in South Africa, before which, you’ll be delighted to hear, we received the most extensive safety brief I’ve ever heard on any subject!
Best regards and I’m moving on to The History of South Africa next…LikeLike
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Thanks John! Movie industry? Are you a technical advisor by any chance?
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I’ve been an Armourer for 48 years now. I started with ten years in the Army, then as a civilian Armourer/Gunsmith including 20 years in the movies. We did a lot of the big WW2 jobs like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and Fury. I also worked on Blackhawk Down and got to ride on a 160th SOAR Little Bird and the aforementioned Hind on Blood Diamond. A couple of trips in the Huey on Sahara were another memorable experience.
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Hey Des
I just stumbled into your last episode 151 Podcast. Found it so informative, such that i refuse to let the previous episodes to be missed. So late such that i decided to start from Episode 1 as am now officially retired and i have all the time. I am now on Ep 9
regards
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I am honoured Ma’am, to have someone of your calibre listening. Thank you!
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Listening to the Anglo Boer war podcast. Brilliant and love the accent!
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Wow! That was taking a bit of a chance the accent bit, but so far the overwhelming response is positive. I actually spent time researching their voices, Rhodes for example had a soft and high toned voice, whereas De Wet was booming.
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Outstanding. Halfway through Stalingrad for the second time… Best account of it so far and I have read many of them, including Beavor 2x. Can’t wait to binge the Plane Crash Diaries, The Winter War, The Falklands War, and South Africa podcasts, next.
You’ve asked for suggestions: consider the Battle of Midway…so much to discuss there and so much (recent, new) interesting material.
Great to know you’re a fellow pilot, too. Says a lot about you. IYKYK… or more accurately, IYAAPYK.
Cheers. Thanks for the great work. Fly safe.
MM
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Hi Mike, I am so lucky to have fantastic listeners like you! Thank you for your comments and The Battle of Midway is something I’ve not considered. However coming from a fellow aviator, that is a really good idea! Thank you, off to collect research!
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After finding the Falklands War podcasts which were brilliant I’m now a long way into the History of South Africa. They’re great! Thanks for doing them.
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Hi Des. I love your podcasts. Thanks for recording them!
ps the link to email isn’t working ;(
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Ooh, that zone at the bottom is for my newsletter, I’ll have to update my blog – sorry about that – you can email me at desmondlatham@gmail.com
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