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Patrick Smith has appeared on more than 150 radio and television outlets across the country, including PBS, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. His work has been cited in dozens of print publications worldwide, from People and Men's Health magazines to the New York Times, Le Monde and the Jerusalem Post.
Patrick's August 1st Salon column received a mention in Aksam Daily, a major newspaper in Turkey.
On July 28, Patrick appeared on several CBC radio affiliates (Canada public radio) discussing a recent emergency landing of a Qantas 747.
On July 12, Patrick made a brief guest appearance on NPR's popular program "Wait, wait don't tell me". You can listen online.
Patrick's June 14th op-ed in the Washington Post was chosen as one of the week's four best by "The Week," a popular media review magazine.
On June 18, Patrick was interviewed by Tom Fudge for San Diego public radio KPBS's "These Days" program.
On June 14, Patrick's op-ed "Don't Hate the Airlines" ran in the Washington Post.
On May 22, Patrick appeared on "Greater Boston", a television news magazine on Boston's local PBS affiliate, WGBH. This was his fourth appearance on the program.
Patrick recently made his 17th live appearance on WBAL's Ron Smith show in Baltimore.
Patrick's fourth op-ed piece for the New York Times, discussing the recent aircraft groundings and maintenance scandals, was published on Sunday, April 13th.
On Saturday, April 12th, Patrick was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered". You can listen to his spot online.
Patrick recently made his fifth appearance on the "Peter Greenberg Worldwide" radio show. Greenberg is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and travel guru, best known for his work on NBC. (He's also Frank Sinatra's godson.)
Ask the Pilot was recently endorsed by actress Thandie Newton. Check out the video on YouTube - the ATP mention comes at about 2:23 on the clip.
On January 10th Patrick was interviewed by eight Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio affiliates, discussing a recent incident aboard an Air Canada jet.
"The Week" media review magazine voted Patrick's December 16th "Jet Lagged" installment in the New York Times its favorite column of the week.
In December 2007 Patrick was invited to take part in the New York Times air travel blog "Jet Lagged", joining several well-known writers and industry insiders. His contributions are available here.
On November 21, Patrick discussed air traffic congestion on NPR's "Day to Day" program. You can listen online.
On October 31, Patrick was on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular morning radio show, "The Current". You can catch a recording of the program online.
In October 2007, Patrick was featured in an interview on the future of US airline travel in theNew York Times Freakonomics blog.
On September 30 2007, Patrick appeared on an E! Network on celebrities who've survived airplane accidents.
On September 28th Patrick appeared on WYNC's "Brian Lehrer Show" in New York City.
On July 22nd, Patrick was on the "Travel with Stephanie Abrams" radio show. He's a frequent guest on this program.
Patrick had an interview in July 2007 with the New Zealand Listener, a weekly news and entertainment magazine.
Parick was on Washington Post Radio on July 3rd 2007.
In May 2007, Patrick was on The Brian Lehrer Show on public radio station WNYC. Listen to the podcast.
A Chinese translation of Ask the Pilot was published by Sinobooks in Taiwan in 2006.
Click on flickr to view photographs from Patrick's recent trips to Ghana, Jordan, and Ukraine.
An account of Patrick's visit to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is scheduled for publication in the Sunday Times of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Patrick can be seen in a recent Discovery Channel documentary about the 30th anniversary of the KLM-Pan Am runway collision.
In February, Patrick was featured on Wisconsn Public Radio.
Patrick's op-ed "Don't Fence the Sky" appeared in The New York Times on October 29th, 2006.
Patrick's op-ed "Air Safety is a State of Mind" ran in The Boston Globe on August 31, 2006, and was reprinted in the International Herald Tribune the following day.
Patrick's opinion piece "Flying in the Face of Fear" appeared in the Glasgow Sunday Herald on August 27th, 2006. .
Patrick was on CBC's "Calgary Eyeopener": program on August 14th, 2006.
In June 2006, Patrick was on the "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" program on Little Rock, Arkansas's public radio station KUAR, fm 89.
In May 2006, Patrick gave a talk at Brooklyn College in New York.
On Sunday, March 5th, 2006, Patrick's article on New England regional airports was featured in the Boston Sunday Globe's travel section.
Patrick Smith was recognized in the Boston Globe Magazine as one of its "Best of the New" for 2005.
In 2005, Patrick taped two segments for the Travel with Rick Steves radio program. The segments are available as a podcast on i-Tunes.
In 2005, publisher Fusi Orari has released Chiedilo al pilota, the Italian translation of Ask the Pilot. Here's an account of Patrick's promotional trip to Rome.
A Korean translation of Ask the Pilot was published by Yewon Media in 2004.
Ask the Pilot was selected as Amazon's Best Travel Book of 2004, in both Editor's Picks and Customer Favorites.
An interview with Gawker.com magazine
An interview with Andrew Leonard of Salon.com
