120 Radioactive Flying - The Chernobyl Experience

Awesome Podcast! Really enjoyed the stories from Chernobyl. always thrilling to hear what's going on there. Some of my oldest memories are linked to the accident (I was 4 back then, and here in southern Germany we were relatively slightly affected). Maybe because of that I'm very interested in Chernobyl and how it changes over the years.
There's also a very interesting site from a woman who rides her motorcycle through that area and takes pictures. The Site also has some very interesting background-Informations, but layout is a bit old-fashioned.
So If you're interested in Chernobyl you might want to check it out:
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/index.html

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Where are the videos posted that he is referring to? I would love to see those!
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I was listening dave's story on ftpodcast and as the story developed i started to have images in my mind ... So i freaked out but then i realised ... The images were from an old movie called Stalker in translation is Tour guide... It was a famous russian movie by Andrej Tarkovsky. Very famous during the communism years...

From imdb:

In an unnamed country at an unspecified time, there is a fiercely protected post-apocalyptic wasteland known as The Zone. An illegal guide (Aleksandr Kajdanovsky), whose mutant child suggests unspeakable horrors within The Zone, leads a writer (Anatoliy Solonitsyn) and a scientist (Nikolay Grinko) i… More

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Awesome podcast guys, really good to hear Chernobyl is recovering after the 86 disaster, I remember it well and often wonder how dangerous it currently is. Pant gremlins 2 - David Windestal 0 ;)
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Thanks guys for sharing. I really enjoyed the stories. Keep up the great work.
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Looks like fun
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For me, I used to really like David but there was nothing interesting about flying here. Loads of social stuff about an event that I didn't attend and a place that I don't want to go to. Do you guys even realise how far off your game you are ???? Currently, I am unable to recommend FT in ANY form to younger pilots because the current content is so poor. PLEASE RECOVER.
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Great podcast! Those were some really interesting stories from David, and nice background for the Rotor Riot episodes. I'm got a little behind on the podcast over the summer, but that means I have a lot to listen to on my way to classes :)

[Aircraft nerdines:] There was actually a second An-225 air frame started in the early '90s, but was abandoned partway through. The plane's wiki article says that it was completed to 60-70% in the early '00, and is now being funded by the Chinese Antonov importer to construct more by 2019 (doesn't specify weather the partial air frame is part of these plans) [/aircraft nerdiness]
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