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Patrick Smith has appeared on more than 150 radio and television outlets, including PBS, Discovery Channel, MSNBC, and Nation Public Radio. His work has been cited in dozens of print publications worldwide, from People, Time, and MenÕs Health magazines to the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Le Monde.

cover of Korean version of Ask the Pilot

Cover of Taiwanese version of Ask the Pilot

On June 18, Patrick discussed the mid-flight death of a Continental pilot on CNN, The New York Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA Today and the Homecast Show, an internet radio program.
On June 18, Patrick appeared on local TV station, WBZ-4.
On June 11, Patrick appeared on KCRW's To the Point program.
After the Air France accident in June, 2009, Patrick appeared on CNN, the BBC, Baltimore's WBAL, and Minnesota Public Radio. He was interviewed by the Associated Press, the Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense, and the Italian paper La Stampa. He was quoted in other media around the globe, including Argentina's La Nacion, Switzerland's Basler Zeitung, Hungary's HVG and the UK's Independent.
On May 27, Patrick appeared on KUOW, Puget Sound Public Radio.
On May 13, Patrick discussed regional airline safety on NPR's "All Things Considered". You can listen online. He was also interviewed by the New York Times, the New York Daily News, Business Week, and CNN on the same topic.
In May, Patrick appeared in a BBC television segment about regional airline safety. He is also quoted in a BBC news story on the same subject.
On May 12, Patrick appeared on Baltimore's WBAL-AM Ron Smith Show and made his third appearance on Buffalo's WEDG-FM Shredd and Ragan Show.
On May 2 and 3, Patrick's travel photos were on view during Somerville Open Studios.
Patrick's thoughts on the March, 2009 crash of a FedEx freighter plane in Japan were quoted by the Associated Press and other news sources.
In February, 2009, Patrick was interviewed about the crash of USAirways flight 1549 by ABC News, Time magazine, Bloomberg News, Italy's La Reppublica and more than 20 radio stations in the US and Canada.
Patrick made his 5th appearance on the "Peter Greenberg Worldwide" radio show in February, 2009. (Greenberg is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and travel guru, best known for his work on NBC.)
In Februrary, Patrick made his 20th appearance WBAL's Ron Smith Show in Baltimore.
In early 2009 Patrick was interviewed by Men's Journal magazine for an upcoming piece on airline simulator training.
Patrick appeared on BBC radio's Up All Night program on November 25, 2008.
On November 18, 2008, Patrick was on the "Viewpoint" nationally syndicated radio program.
Patrick was interviewed in November, 2008, for an upcoming National Geographic Channel documentary on conspiracy theories about the September 11th terror attacks.
Patrick's August 1st, 2008 Salon column received a mention in Aksam Daily, a major newspaper in Turkey.
In July, 2008, Patrick spoke about air safety issues on several CBC radio affiliates (Canada public radio).
In July, 2008, Patrick made a brief guest appearance on NPR's popular program "Wait, wait don't tell me".
Patrick's June 14th, 2008 op-ed in the Washington Post was chosen as one of the week's four best opinion pieces by "The Week," a popular media review magazine.
In June, 2008, Patrick was interviewed by Tom Fudge for San Diego public radio KPBS's "These Days" program.
On June 14, 2008, Patrick's op-ed "Don't Hate the Airlines" ws published in the Washington Post.
In May, 2008, 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's fourth op-ed piece for the New York Times, discussing the recent aircraft groundings and maintenance scandals, was published on Sunday, April 13th, 2008.
On Saturday, April 12th, 2008, Patrick was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered".
In early 2008, Patrick's book received a surprise endorsement by the actress Thandie Newton during a talk-show interview.
In January, 2008, Patrick was interviewed by eight Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio affiliates, discussing an incident aboard an Air Canada jet.
"The Week" media review magazine voted Patrick's December 16th, 2007 "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, 2007, Patrick discussed air traffic congestion on NPR's "Day to Day" program. You can listen online.
On October 31, 2007, Patrick was on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular morning radio show, "The Current".
In October 2007, Patrick was featured in an interview on the future of US airline travel in the New York Times' Freakonomics blog.
In September, 2007, Patrick appeared in an E! Network documentary on celebrities who've survived airplane accidents.
In September 2007, Patrick made his third appearance on WYNC's "Brian Lehrer Show" in New York City.
Patrick was interviewed by the New Zealand Listener, a weekly news and entertainment magazine, in July, 2007.
Parick was on Washington Post Radio on July 3rd, 2007.
An account of Patrick's visit to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was published by the Sunday Times of Johannesburg, South Africa in 2006.
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.
In June, 2006, Patrick was invited to Los Angeles to participate in the filming of a Discovery Channel documentary.
Patrick Smith was recognized in the Boston Globe Magazineas one of its 2005 "Best of the New"
In 2005, Patrick taped two segments for the "Travel with Rick Steves" radio program. The segments are available as a podcast on iTunes.
In 2005, publisher Fusi Orari 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, followed by a Chinese translation published by Sinobooks, Ltd., of Taiwan.
Amazon.com selected ASK THE PILOT as its ":Best Travel Book of 2004&quot. It finished number one in both Editor's Picks and Customer Favorites.
In June, 2004, Patrick was interviewed in New York City for a National Geographic Channel documentary.
In February, 2004, Patrick was a guest on National Public Radio's ":Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" program.
Patrick Smith's interview with "Gawker" magazine can be viewed here.
Patrick Smith's interview with Andrew Leonard of Salon.com can be viewed here.