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Plane Crazy Down Under

Summary: Steve & Grant get together to discuss aviation news in the Asia/Pacific area and interview guests

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 PCDU Episode 43: Back to the Air Show | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Back in March we attended the Centenary Air Show at Melton airport near Diggers Rest (a short drive from Melbourne). In addition to being a great air show that celebrated 100 years of powered flight in Australia, this was also the first event where we had media passes. We recorded lots of great interviews, caught […]

 PCDU Episode 42: Wings Down Under | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This episode we’re joined by Will Horton from the Wings Down Under blog to chat about recent aviation news items. We also have Anthony Simmons returning for another View from the Lounge segment and a chat with Damien Rose about his flight training up in Toowoomba. The episode wraps up with some listener mail and […]

 PCDU Episode 41: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #3: Comments on the Greens & Labor’s White Paper | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In our third & final Election QuickCast, we take a look at the published transportation policies from the The Greens and the Labor Party’s “Aviation White Paper.” Sadly, Christine Milne from the Greens and Anthony Albanese from Labor were unable to accommodate us in their busy schedules. Both groups have indicated that they’ll be happy […]

 PCDU Episode 40: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #2: Ken Hill & Tim Sheen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Australians are about to go to the election booths on Saturday 21st August so we’re working to bring our listeners information about the aviation policies of the various political parties. We’re not trying to tell you how to vote, just doing our bit to raise awareness of the importance of aviation within the political community […]

 PCDU Episode 39: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #1: Warren Truss | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Australians are about to go to the election booths on Saturday 21st August so we’re working to bring our listeners information about the aviation policies of the various political parties. We’re not trying to tell you how to vote, just doing our bit to raise awareness of the importance of aviation within the political community […]

 PCDU Episode 38: Dick Smith: Around the World in Many Ways | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dick Smith is an entrepreneur well known to most Australians, ranging from the country wide chain of Dick Smith Electronics stores he created to Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic. Another very important aspect of Dick’s life has revolved around aviation. In addition to owning & flying his own aeroplanes & helicopters, he has also […]

 We tried to get to Oshkosh 2010 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Air Venture: Oshkosh is the place to be if you’re into aviation. There’s something for everyone from home builts to military to warbirds to commercial to seaplanes to antiques to balloons and everything else imaginable. If you love aviation, you have to get to Oshkosh. For the past four years a group of aviation podcasters […]

 PCDU Episode 37: It’s “Flight Attendant,” Grant | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

It seems that Grant has always had troubles with the label “Flight Attendant” ever since his sister joined Australian Airlines and mistakenly told him she would be a “Trolley Dolly.” Ooops :) In this episode we’re joined by Janene Murdoch, Tania Tracey and Amelia Kelly. Janene used to be a flight attendant with Ansett in […]

 PCDU Episode 36: Incidentally, Matt… | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Most of you will have already seen Matt Hall’s splash on the river at Windsor back in June. Then he was denied a go at racing in New York, to which he responded very diplomatically, which in turn taught some of us how to “take our lumps.” This episode we have a good chat with […]

 PCDU Episode 35: Perseverance & Persistence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

These days it’s quite common to find ladies in command of commercial airliners, bizjets and combat aircraft. Thirty years ago, however, this was certainly not the case here in Australia and a female required a stubborn streak & thick skin to push through and gain acceptance in a very male dominated world. While the situation […]

 PCDU Episode 34: Arching over the Swamp | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This episode we feature an interview with Hannes Arch, the Austrian Red Bull champion in 2008 who came second in 2009 and is currently second on points for 2010. We have a great chat with Hannes (starting at 0:05:38) about his involvement in extreme sports, his love of flying and his approach to the Red […]

 PCDU Episode 33: Four Degrees of Separation from Ben Sandilands | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In this episode we join noted aviation journalist Ben Sandilands from Plane Talking to review the latest news & information. When we called Ben, he was experiencing a heat wave of 11 degrees Celsius at his home in the mountains near Canberra. Meanwhile, here in Melbourne we were thinking winter was upon us as the […]

 PCDU Episode 32: Switch to Plan Delta | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This episode features a discussion with Peter Gibson, the manager of corporate communications at CASA. He’s joined us to explain the airspace changes that will come into effect on June 3rd, changes which will impact Class D, see the transition of GAAP to Class D and introduce the mandatory carriage of radios at all certified, […]

 PCDU Episode 31: Red Bull all The Way | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Red Bull Air Race came back to Perth this year and Steve was there, flexing his newly minted press credentials and discovering the amazing world of the Red Bull media centre. Sadly, Grant was working in Indonesia and so couldn’t be there to help hang out, rub shoulders with the stars and quaff a […]

 PCDU Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The first aircraft to be used in Antarctica was Henry Mawson’s Vickers REP monoplane. Sadly, it had been damaged in Australia before arriving in Antarctica and was used as an “air tractor” to pull sleds. Even that didn’t work out and it was dumped, eventually being found again only recently. Given that inauspicious start, it’s […]

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