On this episode of Av Talk, the Impossible has finally happened.

Berlin's Brandenburg Airport is open, but not without some hiccups.

We also welcome Matthew Colbert of Empire Aviation Services to talk about how smaller airports

are fairing under COVID. And our friend Jeremy Dwyer Lindgren goes on a piston-powered

adventure. 97 of Avtoc, I am Ian Petchenck here as always with.

Jason Erbenowitz and hello Ian we're getting difficult and close to a hundred.

Do you think we're going to make it?

Dangiously close, I would say.

Dangerously close.

It's also been difficult, but it's all dangerous.

It's an uphill slog, as they say.

It's been a week.

It's only Wednesday, but it's been a week. I don't know what this week will have in store by the time this is out on Friday,

but it's been a week already.

Yes, this week has been the longest year of my life.

And there's been no shortage of airline news.

No, this is a full episode.

This isn't one of those episodes where we start at the top of the episode

and go, you know what, nothing happened.

And then we try and fill 45 minutes to an hour. No, this has been a busy, busy aviation

fortnight. So there's even some good news sprinkled in. There's even some good news sprinkled in. There's even some good news sprinkled in.

So let's see, on this episode, we have Matthew Colbert, who is the founder of Empire Aviation Services.

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