A multimedia podcast about aviation accidents, featuring Kyra Dempsey (aka Admiral Cloudberg), Ariadne (aka the business knowing one) and J (aka the systems and physics knowing one) Best experienced with pictures at https://www.youtube.com/@controlledpodintoterrain (https://www.youtube.com/@controlledpodintoterrain)
a commentary track for jonny lee miller's magnum opus, 1995's sublime "Hackers".
as always, cpit consists of J, who is something of a hacker herself, Ariadne, who isn't, and Kyra, who is constantly bemused by the other two.
3 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT
CPIT ep 11: is too heckin windy
my airline ceo told me he was tired of his planes crashing in bad weather and I asked him how many planes he had. he told me he just goes to dispatch and sends another one so I said "it sounds like you're feeding aircraft to thunderstorms" and his shareholders started crying
with J, the engineer, ariadne the business expert, kyra the plane crash writer and bek the weather expert
10 Oct 2024TRANSCRIPT
CPIT Special 1: Helene and Milton Suck
Fundraiser for people affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Monetization is on for this one but only on YouTube. please please please disable your adblocker and listen there; we'll give everything we get to the three charities listed:
american red cross: https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/ (https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/)
humane society: https://www.humanesociety.org/how-you-can-help (https://www.humanesociety.org/how-you-can-help)
operation airdrop: https://www.operation-airdrop.com/ (https://www.operation-airdrop.com/)
24 Sept 2024TRANSCRIPT
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 10: TACA 110
that time a 737 drank too much and fetched up spark out on someone's lawn outside new orleans - too relatable tbh
featuring, as always, J, the engineering one,
Ariadne, the business and logistics one,
and Kyra, the one who is also known as Admiral Cloudberg
10 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 9: Swissair 111
a surprising number of crimes in this one. also cursing in three languages (sorry ticino, none of us speaks italian).
help us out at patreon.com/CPIT (http://patreon.com/CPIT) and you'll get to hang out with the cool kids
check out our merch store at https://www.redbubble.com/people/j-the-letter/shop (https://www.redbubble.com/people/j-the-letter/shop)
controlled pod into terrain is:
J, the engineer
Kyra, the plane crash expert also known as Admiral Cloudberg
Ariadne, professional business knower
25 Mar 2024TRANSCRIPT
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 8: UTA 141
this one is about an airline that is entirely composed of crime, and a family of guys who give negative amounts of a shit about human life. the merch store is at https://www.redbubble.com/people/j-the-letter/shop (https://www.redbubble.com/people/j-the-letter/shop). Controlled Pod Into Terrain features, as always: the inimitable Kyra Dempsey, the famous Admiral Cloudberg, the irrepressible Ariadne Talchik, who knows and means business, and the iniquitous J, who is some kind of engineer
30 Jan 2024TRANSCRIPT
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 7: AF 447
subtitled "We've Tried Nothing, And We're All Out Of Ideas."
this one features three very confused French men and a plane that was trying to tell them what to do, and they were ignoring it.
featuring, as always, the CPIT crew:
J, who is some kind of engineer, Kyra, who writes about plane crashes, and Ariadne, who knows about aviation business.
and for the first time ever, a special guest, Fox2Mike28!
25 Dec 2023
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 6: AA 965
re-uploaded to fix technical issues.
this one features a couple of boomer guys who won't ask for directions because they know where they are, damnit, it's the FMS that's wrong.
as always, Controlled Pod Into Terrain comprises Kyra, the aviation writer who investigates plane crashes, Ariadne, the aviation business expert, and J, who is some kind of engineer.
25 Dec 2023
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 5: Pinnacle 3701
Re-uploaded to fix technical issues.
This one has a couple of guys who managed to show off to each other so toxically that they ended up flying into the ground after toasting one engine and core locking the other. Don't be these guys.
as always, Controlled Pod Into Terrain comprises Kyra, the aviation writer who investigates plane crashes, Ariadne, the aviation business expert, and J, who is some kind of engineer.
25 Dec 2023
Controlled Pod Six Feet Under Terrain epitaph 4: Launchpad of Horror
re-uploaded to fix technical issues. this was the halloween episode!
wow, UPS 006 was heavy. We wanted to do something that wouldn't make us cry, so here's some rockets exploding.
as always, Controlled Pod Into Terrain comprises Kyra, the aviation writer who investigates plane crashes, Ariadne, the aviation business expert, and J, who is some kind of engineer.
25 Dec 2023
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 3: UPS 006
re-uploaded to fix technical problems.
this one has a lot of very light metal doing very heavy things to two guys who did everything right and still didn't win.
as always, Controlled Pod Into Terrain comprises Kyra, the aviation writer who investigates plane crashes, Ariadne, the aviation business expert, and J, who is some kind of engineer.
25 Dec 2023
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 2: Paninternational 114
Re-upload of episode 2. this one has some very, very sketchy germans and the invention of the before-burner.
as always, Controlled Pod Into Terrain comprises Kyra, the aviation writer who investigates plane crashes, Ariadne, the aviation business expert, and J, who is some kind of engineer.
25 Dec 2023
Controlled Pod Into Terrain episode 1: Air Asiana 214
Re-upload of first episode!
this one is about the time a 777 booped the sea wall at SFO.
featuring J, the engineering one, Ariadne, the aviation business expert, and Kyra, who writes about plane crashes
Inside a recent episode
CPIT Bonus Episode 4: Hackers
Published 31 Mar 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Dr. Jennifer. Or just password. That's the same password I have on my luggage, etc. The 90s thought that always on teleconferencing was going to be a big thing. I mean, it kind of was. And it actually kind of still is. Yeah, I'm like, we examine teams and stuff. But I feel like we must just use that for audio. It's just white now. I don't know. I mean, so we have a, at work, we have a constant video stream running between two of our offices because it just helps the two teams be closer together. I love this. This company does not have a fleet of brand new, totally computerized tankers, nobody does. […]
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