Radar Contact Lost: The Podcast

About Radar Contact Lost: The Podcast

"Radar Contact Lost: The Podcast" will discuss the tragic circumstances involved with some of the worst airplane crashes. When weather conditions are at fault or are a contributing factor to the accident (as is so often the case), the meteorology will be examined and explained. Hosted by a meteorologist with 40 years of professional experience including U.S. Air Force, broadcast and commercial meteorology. The Radar Contact Lost team includes experts from the fields of commercial meteorology, commercial aviation and air traffic control.

Publisher

Dave Gorham

Category

leisure · science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Nov 2022

Latest episode

8 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Sept 2026

   When a Hero Let His Guard Down

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’ll examine the crash and death of naval fighter pilot, civilian test pilot and recreational pilot Scott Crossfield – we’ll talk about who he was, what he did and how he died. On the one hand, this was a surprising crash by a pilot who flew into a thunderstorm. You’re not supposed to do that. On the other hand, this was a crash by one of the most experienced and technologically advanced pilots of the 20th century. Books have been written about the acc...

2. 

   21 Jun 2026

   When the Mysterious Crash of Northwest Orient Flight 293 left No Survivors and No Airplane

   Send us Fan Mail On a pleasant Monday morning in June, 1963, a Douglas DC-7C departed from McCord Air Force Base in Washington state. The plane was loaded with military members of the United States Armed Forces. The destination was Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. The airliner never reached its destination. What exactly happened to this airliner remains a mystery. However, several theories hold some elements of reality. Though, like many fantastic or tragic stories with too few answers, th...

3. 

   16 Apr 2026

   TACA Flight 110: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Aviation Excellence

   Send us Fan Mail On Tuesday afternoon, May 24, 1988, Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano (TACA) Flight 110 was painting thunderstorms and rain showers on the cockpit weather radar. The plane was enroute from San Salvador to New Orleans. It was a regularly scheduled flight, and the route across Central America and the Gulf of Mexico was routine. Cruising at about 35,000 feet (or 11,000 meters), no one onboard, not the crew and not the passengers, had any idea of what was about to happe...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

943

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

85

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