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Steve & Grant get together to discuss aviation news in the Asia/Pacific area and interview guests
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PCDU Episode 87: Wings Over Illawarra 2012 | Wings Over Illawarra 2012 | 18 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 86: One Fine Day at Parafield | One Fine Day at Parafield | 26 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 85: Tyabb Air Show 2012 & ATC Ben Answers Your Questions | Tyabb Air Show 2012 & ATC Ben Answers Your Questions | 31 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 84: Geoff Whitty: Pidgin Tales | Geoff Whitty: Pidgin Tales | 17 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 83: Replicate This! | Replicate This! | 29 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 82: Keeping up with Owen Zupp | Keeping up with Owen Zupp | 15 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 81: An Infrequent Flyer goes to Europe | An Infrequent Flyer goes to Europe | 29 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 80: Farewell 2011 (aka “Tom Cruise wraps my Dolmades” :) | Farewell 2011 (aka "Tom Cruise wraps my Dolmades" :) | 30 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 79: Flying Low | Flying Low | 9 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 78: Tim Smith: Flying Saved My Life | Tim Smith: Flying Saved My Life | 16 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 77: Qantas Crisis: After the Grounding | Qantas Crisis: After the Grounding | 2 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 76: Air Wilpena | Air Wilpena | 20 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 75: Talking Aerobatics with Anthony Crichton-Browne | Talking Aerobatics with Anthony Crichton Browne | 5 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 74: Kiwi User Fees … and other issues | Kiwi User Fees ... and other issues | 5 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 73: Oshkosh: The Greatest Show on Earth | Oshkosh: The Greatest Show on Earth | 20 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 72: Oshcast #3 – Hugging your Roo | Oshcast #3 - Hugging your Roo | 30 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 71: AirVenture 2011 – Oshcast #2 | AirVenture 2011 - Oshcast #2 | 28 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 70: AirVenture 2011 – Oshcast #1 | AirVenture 2011 - Oshcast #1 | 26 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 69: Carbonated | Carbonated | 20 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 68: Flyabout to Memory Lane | Flyabout to Memory Lane | 11 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 67: Team Pracy: Racing, JetRides & Aircraft Imports | Team Pracy: Racing, JetRides & Aircraft Imports | 29 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 66: That Wasn’t in the Script! | That Wasn't in the Script! | 21 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 65: Innovative Ideas | Innovative Ideas | 12 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 64: Dick Smith – Setting it Straight | Dick Smith - Setting it Straight | 24 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoVideo 001: Steve’s Flight in JetRide’s L39 | Steve's Flight in JetRide's L39 | 17 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 63: RA-Aus NatFly 2011 | RA-Aus NatFly 2011 | 29 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 62: Advertising Advocacy | Advertising Advocacy | 20 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 61: The Great Pilgrimage | The Great Pilgrimage | 10 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 60: Now the Party’s Over | Now the Party's Over | 25 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 59: Avalon Not-So Quick Cast #6 | Avalon Not-So Quick Cast #6 | 6 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 58: Avalon Quick Cast #5 | Avalon Quick Cast #5 | 5 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 57: Avalon Quick Cast #4 | Episode 57: Avalon Quick Cast #4 | 4 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 56: Avalon Quick Cast #3 | Avalon Quick Cast #3 | 3 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 55: Avalon Quick Cast #2 | Avalon Quick Cast #2 | 2 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 54: Avalon Quick Cast #1 | Avalon Quick Cast #1 | 1 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 53: A Ditch, Some Dutch & De-Icing | A Ditch, Some Dutch & De-Icing | 20 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 52: The Misty Dawn of Avalon | The Misty Dawn of Avalon | 2 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 51: Pig Out! | Pig Out! | 20 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 50: Farewell 2010 | Farewell 2010 | 31 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 49: Hovering Matilda | Hovering Matilda | 14 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 48: ADS-B: C’est un pétard! – with Bill Hamilton | ADS-B: C'est un pétard! - with Bill Hamilton | 27 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 47: Bull Me! | Bull Me! | 22 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 46: Qantas A380 incident – from the Ground Up | Qantas A380 incident - from the Ground Up | 9 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 45: Keeping it to Scale | Keeping it to Scale | 30 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 44: Hannes, Bas and the Rhino | Hannes, Bas and the Rhino | 8 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 43: Back to the Air Show | Back to the Air Show | 18 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 42: Wings Down Under | Wings Down Under | 3 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 41: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #3: Comments on the Greens & Labor’s White Paper | Australian Federal Election QuickCast #3: Review of Policies from the Greens & Labor Party | 19 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 40: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #2: Ken Hill & Tim Sheen | Australian Federal Election QuickCast #2: Ken Hill & Tim Sheen | 18 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 39: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #1: Warren Truss | Australian Federal Election QuickCast #1: Warren Truss | 17 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 38: Dick Smith: Around the World in Many Ways | Dick Smith: Around the World in Many Ways | 9 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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We tried to get to Oshkosh 2010 | Oshkosh 2010 Promo | 7 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 37: It’s “Flight Attendant,” Grant | It's Flight Attendant, Grant | 30 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 36: Incidentally, Matt… | Incidentally, Matt... | 14 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 35: Perseverance & Persistence | Perseverance & Persistence | 3 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 34: Arching over the Swamp | Arching over the Swamp | 16 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 33: Four Degrees of Separation from Ben Sandilands | Four Degrees of Separation from Ben Sandilands | 27 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 32: Switch to Plan Delta | Switch to Plan Delta | 12 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 31: Red Bull all The Way | Red Bull all the Way | 7 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness | Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness | 20 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 29: What’s in a Checklist? | What's in a Checklist? | 5 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 28: Save the Liberator | Save the Liberator | 27 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 27: Trans World Adventures | Trans World Adventures | 9 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 26: Enjoying the Views | Enjoying the Views | 24 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 25: Fan Boys | Yes, Steve & Grant are Fan Boys (big Fan Boys, in fact :) and this episode we demonstrate it once again by interviewing Matt Hall and hanging out with some more fans at the Flight Experience Melbourne Facebook fan page open night in their 737 flight simulator. Seems we’re not the only ones who think a publically accessible 737 simulator is a great thing :) Here’s how this episode flows: First class to be stripped from Qantas 747s? (Australian Aviation) QANTAS 767 involved in a tail strike at Sydney Qantas 767 returns to Sydney after tailstrike (Australian Aviation) Qantas plane in tail strike drama (Kate Schneider @ Herald Sun) Air New Zealand has a couple of emergency situations Full-scale emergency response as Air NZ jet aborts take-off (Sydney Morning Herald) Air NZ 777 involved in emergency at Narita (Australian Aviation) Jetstar are rolling out self-service & SMS based check in Jetstar jettisons check-in desks for self-service kiosks (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Jetstar to roll out SMS boarding passes from February (Australian Aviation) Jetstar expect big results from their expansion into Asia Jetstar chooses Singapore for Asian hub (Australian Aviation) Jetstar expects payoff from expansion in Asia (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Garuda are preparing for an IPO PT Garuda, Indonesia’s state-owned carrier, planning a $340 million IPO (P R Venkat & Tom Wright @ The Wall St Journal / The Australian) Garuda to list this year, cancels 787s (Australian Aviation) We have another interview with Matt Hall Matt Hall announces his supporter’s tour for Perth AVTours set up Matt’s supporter’s tour We attended the Flight Experience Melbourne Facebook fan open night and recorded some interviews with the instructors & guests who were there at the 737 simulator. Shout outs Congratulations to Jack Seymour in Wangaratta for doing his trial introductory flight in a Eurofox. You can read about his adventures in flight at his blog: StudentFlight. Thanks to Brendan from Essendon (YMEN) for letting Grant tag along when he went flying out to Tooradin (YTDN). While he didn’t get atthe controls, being in the backseat of a C172 is still flying :) We have a discussion on our forum about where to find the best coffee at airports. As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com. | 13 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 24: Misuse of Accents | Despite the annoying habit of our “day jobs” and families encroaching into our PCDU time, we’ve finally managed to get some time to record an episode. Steve even managed a marathon effort of post production to edit a coherent episode from our opinionated news discussion and an interview with Saj Ahmad. Go Steve! :) Despite my best efforts to drone on endlessly, Steve’s also managed to keep the episode under 2 hours, but not by much. Hopefully this will give you heaps of fun listening as you travel to & from work, mow the lawns or do your household chores :) Here’s how the show came together this time: Robinson R44 crashes on a mountain beside a massive drop Men uninjured after chopper crash (Jeremy Sollars @ Lismore Northern Star via Warwick Daily News) Chopper incident ‘not so dramatic’ (Damian Bathersby @ Sunshine Coast Daily) Three men dodge death after their helicopter crash lands on the edge of a canyon ridge… two feet from a one mile drop Tiger’s IPO closes over subscribed – oh wow! Tiger Air offering overcomes doubts (Kevin Brown @ Financial Times) Blue skies for Tiger? (Stephen Bartholomeusz @ Business Spectator) Backing at home for Tiger Airways (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Tiger IPO closes fully subscribed (Australian Aviation) Australia’s “self-serve” passport gates not working well Self-serve passport gates ‘easy to cheat’ (Monique Ross @ ABCNews) SmartGate passport hits 1m milestone (Sydney Morning Herald) Lie down all the way to LA: Air NZ (Thanks to Mike for pointing out the article) RNZAF aerobatic team lose a pilot in a training crash DEATH OF AIRMAN – 3RD STATEMENT (Press Release from RNZAF) RNZAF loses pilot in Red Checkers crash (Australian Aviation) Pilot doused burning plane wreck (Michael Forbes @ The Dominion Post) Brother pays tribute to pilot (Manawatu Standard) Dead air force pilot was top trainer (TV NZ) Red Checkers Ground Aircraft (NZ Herald) Death with no regrets, says pilot’s family (Iain Hyndman @ Wanganui Chronicle) Scathing report released on the F35 JSF project JSF faces another scathing report (Australian Aviation) Some notes concerning Australia’s exposure to the risk that the Joint Strike Fighter is a failed project (Ben Sandilands @ Plane Talking on Crikey) We review a recent “Traffic Report” from the Australian Aviation magazine (our favourite aviation magazine :) VH-EBK (A330) withdrawn from QF domestic and repainted in JetStar colours in Manilla VH-OGA (a 767-300ER) withdrawn from service JetConnect withdrew it’s last 300 series 737 (ZK-JNC) which has gone to storage in Tucson – entered service with Australian Airlines on Dec 31, 1988 as VH-TJB “Fortitude” – transferred to JetConnect on Jul 29th 2004 Some new aircraft with funky names have arrived for Virgin Blue E-190 VH-ZPO = “Portia Macquarie” 737-800 VH-VUT = “Yabba Dabba Blue” 737-800 VH-VUR = “Star City” 737-800 VH-VUS = “Chitty Chitty Broome Broome” VB’s 737-800 VUA that was previously used for mile-high karaoke with the Black Eyed Peas as they toured Australia has been returned to normal configuration & colour scheme. We have a chat with Saj Ahmad about 737/A320 re-engining and lots more Instead of reading some listener mail, we review a recent discussion on our forum about Podcasting Beer between Turb, Grand Vizier, Scofreyjet and ourselves We have a stack of shout outs for this episode: Ms Dark Sarcasm (aka Jennifer Barry) had her first solo (YAY!). You can follow her flying adventures on her blog: A need for Airspeed David Optimal is now a Grade 3 instructor (YAY!). You can follow his news via his blog at DavidOptimal.com Robert Cigliano has started a new aviation podcast called The New Pilot Podlog Zyola from the Mile High Flyers podcast has been getting lots of her lady p[...] | 3 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 23: Australia: A TSA free zone (for now) | Even down here in Australia we’re being impacted by the out-of-control antics of the TSA, so what the heck, we’ll have a bit of a c’est la vent moment about it. We also have our usual opinionated discussion on some other news items and chat with Shashank Nigam from SimpliFlying. Here’s how the show proceeds: Prosecutors want Garuda pilot back in jail (ABC News) Farmer’s flight path message for charity (ABC News) The first aircraft taken to Antarctica has been found again: Remains of Antarctica’s first plane found (ABC News) Future of Antarctic plane undecided (ABC News) David Vanderhoof gives us an Aviation History segment Guy Menzies with his crashed Avian (image) Image of an Avian in a pprune.org story QANTAS Super Constellation Air NZ’s new cabin crew outfits like ‘drag queens’ (Greer McDonald & Kiran Chug @ Sydney Morning Herald) Phrase “elephant in the room” is most popular cliche of 2009 (The Mirror) (AirNZ’s use of the phrase “disestablished”) Tiger Airways carries 3 millionth passenger (Travel Daily News) Tiger’s flight delayed 10-hours (The Morning Bulletin) Tiger Airways advances aircraft delivery (Yahoo! Singapore) Discussion about Tiger’s callsign on our forum @ Downwind Jetstar and AirAsia form a Joint Venture: http://au.biz.yahoo.com/100105/2/2am5y.html (Yahoo! FInance) Analyst tips fruitful Jetstar-AirAsia alliance (ABC News) Two-for-one budget airlines (Stephen Bartholomeusz @ Business Spectator) Jetstar maintenance stays onshore (Geoff Easdown @ HeraldSun) Australian executives at Jetstar Pacific not allowed to leave Vietnam: Jetstar Pacific executives questioned in Vietnam (ABC News) Jetstar Pacific probe set to last months (ABC News) QANTAS are impacted by another Amadeus crash: Flights delayed after Qantas glitches (ABC News) Another computer glitch for Qantas (Australian Aviation) Qantas may be just another eyes wide victim of IT ‘lies’ (Ben Sandilands @ Plane Talking on Crikey) Passengers suffer as Qantas check-in fails (Lanai Vasek @ The Australian) We chat with Shashank Nigam from SimpliFlying We have a c’est la vie moment about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Technical glitch strands Qantas passengers (ABC News) Listener Mail: Jack Seymour’s got a blog up about his learning to fly (Student Flight Mark mentions Coronal Mass Ejections and their potential impacts on GPS systems Shout Outs: The new Mile High Flyers podcast is well worth listening to (and they refer to our show in their second episode – w00t :) Will & Dave at The Pilot’s Flight Podlog podcast have provided us with a promo piece and are joining in the fun of cross-promoting other podcasts As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com. | 15 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 22: Farewell 2009 | It’s the Christmas & New Year holiday period, plus down here it’s Summer so we’re totally into listening to long aviation podcasts when we’re not distracted by having fun. So, for all of our listeners who have long drives or lots of chores to do around home, we give you our longest episode yet. With a bit of Christmas cheer, we produce just over two hours of PCDU goodness including an interview with Michael Gilmour from Downwind.com.au, our usual opinionated review of the news and listener mail. We also wrap up the year with a tip of the wing to the podcasts that inspire us and the guests who have helped give us some great content. Here’s how the episode came together this time: Indian company buys Gippsland Aeronautics and Aerostaff (Australian Aviation) CASA ups GAAP circuit limit, to use FAA Class D (Australian Aviation) Satellite-based navigation system to allow air-traffic controllers to pinpoint aircraft (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Air N.Z. More Affected by 787 Delay Than Slump, Airlines Says (Tracy Withers @ Bloomberg.com) plus interview with Rob Fyfe on IATA.org Qantas to launch A380 Melbourne-London services (Australian Aviation) and Qantas to operate A380 on Melbourne-London route Defence Dept to fix Amberley base creek pollution Tiger Airways IPO reduced following luke-warm reactions and may be withdrawn Tiger confirms IPO (Australian Aviation) Tiger Air cuts IPO size (Kevin Lim @ AsiaOne) Investors Cool Toward Tiger Airways IPO (Shares Investment) Two major shareholders may jettison Tiger stake (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) QANTAS 747-400 has an engine failure not long after take off at Changi (Singapore) Qantas flight turns back after ‘flames from engine’ (Thomas Hunter @ SMH.com.au) Qantas denies engine fire forced return (ABC News) Qantas engine failure terrifies passengers (ABC News) QANTAS pilots union upset over JetConnect pilots Pilots union to launch legal action to fight for Kiwi pay equality (Ewin Hannan @ The Australian) Qantas ‘underpaying NZ pilots’ (ABC News) Australian union seeks more for Qantas’ Kiwi pilots (Kathy Marks @ NZ Herald) NZ-based pilots paid ‘half of Aussie counterparts’ (Stuff.co.nz) APIA takes action on Jetconnect pilot pay (Australian Aviation)> Interview with Michael Gilmour from Downwind.com.au We review our Listener Mail It’s Christmas, so of course everyone’s going on strike Qantas faces more strike action (ABC News) Qantas engineers to begin 5-day strike from tomorrow (Cynthia Koons @ The Australian) Christmas strikes looming on two fronts for Qantas (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Qantas, Jetstar engineers ‘overworked’ (Nine News) Work bans threaten air travel (Ben Schneiders @ The Age) Qantas engineers set for more industrial action (Australian Aviation) Here’s our end of year wrap Special thanks to the podcasts that inspired us to start PCDU Uncontrolled Airspace Airspeed Pilot’s Flight Podlog Podcast Answerman Airplane Geeks Our great guests in 2009 were Matt Hall Nigel Lamb Owen Zupp Bas Scheffers Saj Ahmad Ben Ipolito & Jeremy Peck Michael Gilmour David Vanderhoof Lang Kidby Joel Haski Shashank Nigram Karla Courtney Carlo Santoro Nick Brau Special thanks also to Dane Golden & Leo Laporte Adam Visscher (about to be our photographer) As from now, we have a forum. Yes, that’s right, a place where you can come and chat about our episodes and anything else related to PCDU. Thanks to Michael @ Downwind for making a space available to us. As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com. | 31 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 21: London Calling | Regent Street in the snow (by Jon Curnow) For the majority of our listeners it’s warm and getting warmer down here in the Southern Summer with Christmas just around the corner. Not so in London where it’s bleak and somewhat miserable (and that’s the economy, let alone the weather). Saj Ahmad from FleetBuzz Editorial is based in London and recently returned from the scorching skies of Dubai where he’d been attending the Dubai Airshow 2009. Saj generously took some time away from his family to record with us last Sunday (morning his time, evening our time), trying not to look out the window at the winter weather while we discussed the warmth Melbourne was experiencing. The discussion covers the Dubai Airshow, Middle East airlines and their flights to Australia, aircraft orders and the (then) pending first flight of the 787. It’s an enlightening chat and we’ll be sure to have Saj on again early in the new year. In addition to our chat with Saj, we also recorded some news items to round out the episode. We actually recorded these on the same day the 787 flew and, thanks to the miracle of modern technology, have spliced it all together into a single show. Neat, hey! :) Topics in this episode include: The 787 finally flew – you can check out Boeing’s ‘first flight’ site for all the videos Jet star’s check-in system goes down and then a few days later, so does Virgin Blue’s: Check-in system problem delays Jetstar flights (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Airport chaos as system goes down (ABC News) Stranded airline passengers booked into hotels (ABC News) Expect major delays, Virgin tells passengers (ABC News) Airline struggles to clear backlog of flights (ABC News) Former doctor Geoffrey Edelsten crashes his helicopter on his first solo Lucky escape as Edelsten’s chopper crashes (ABC News) Geoffrey Edelsten in helicopter crash landing at Moorabbin Airport (Wayne Flower @ The Herald Sun) Delta & V Australia tighten their alliance in steps towards the full Delta-V marriage Virgin’s V Australia agrees key deal with Delta Air Lines (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) V Australia and Delta sign lounge and loyalty agreements (Australian Aviation) Discussion with Saj Ahmad Air New Zealand opens direct Sydney to Rotorua flights Rotorua: International Air Service Begins (Scoop NZ) Trouble on first Rotorua trans-Tasman flight (Stuff.co.nz) The Garuda pilot who was convicted for negligence in the cause of a fatal crash ha his conviction quashed Garuda pilot’s conviction quashed (Sydney Morning Herald) Garuda crash pilot obsessed with flying again (ABC News) Garuda pilot wins appeal against jail sentence The Australian Federal Government releases their eagerly awaited aviation white paper A National Aviation Policy Statement – the Aviation White Paper (download it from the federal government) Albanese releases Aviation White Paper (Australian Aviation) Sydney Flight Training Centre collapses leaving many students with debts (Pilot pupils left grounded after flight school collapse (Andrew Carswell @ the Daily Telegraph)) A DC-10 fire bomber arrives for the Victorian forest fire season DC-10 firebomber arrives at Avalon (Australian Aviation) Giant water bomber ready for fire season (ABC News) First use of a SkyCrane fire bomber this season (Air crane used on Blue Mountains blaze (ABC News)) David Vanderhoof’s aviation history down under segment (at last – Grant forgot to include it in episode 19 – ooops) Listener mail, including George from New Zealand with his super sexy Falco aircraft There’s a chartered Air New Zealand 747 flying to Oshkosh 2010 (details with Avtours Australia) and we’re dreaming of being on it (it’s only AUS$4k each including accommodation – anyone want to help donate to get us there? :) As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simps[...] | 18 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 20: A Tribute to Pip Borman | (Image from JustLearn on Flickr) As part of the recent Show us ya Wheels event in Numurkah the PCDU team attended a memorial tribute dinner for Pip Borman, a famous Australian aerobatics pilot from Shepparton who died in a crash during a photo shoot flight. The presentations at the dinner included speaches from David Fertel at Castrol and Julian Frazier from QBE Insurance along with a keynote presentation from Matt Hall, Australia’s only Red Bull Air Race pilot. There is a video clip of Pip Borman flying the Pitts Samson on YouTube that is well worth watching. The Samson is a radial powered aerobatic biplane (truely a “muscle plane”) and the video gives you an idea of what it is capable of. It was shot at Shepparton airport (YSHT) only a week before Pip crashed in it. We were fortunate to be allowed to record the speaches and have been given permission to include them in the episode. It was a great night and we’re glad that we are able to bring you along for part of it. | 10 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 19: Interview with a Vampire … Pilot (& Other Stories) | Steve’s out sick (he must have eaten the fish :) so Grant’s flying solo on this one and cheating madly by assembling a few interviews and a slightly modified version of the Australia Desk segment we recorded for the Airplane Geeks’ Thanksgiving episode. The interviews include: Matt Hall & Nigel Lamb Carlo Santoro from Flight Experience Melbourne Nick Brau on flying hot air balloons over Melbourne city The news items we covered include: British Airways again discussing a merger with QANTAS The US FAA wil be conducting an Air Safety examination of Australia’s air operations 30th Anniversary of Air New Zealand’s DC10 crashing on the side of Mt Erebus in Antarctica Virgin Blue likely to have a profit in FY09/10 QANTAS to purchase additional aircraft and will be assigning more of their 787s to Jetstar QANTAS introduces the airport of the future concept Airport capacity in Sydney and the need for a second airport Australian Transport Safety Bureau provides interim reports on the QANTAS A330 ADIRU issues and QANTAS 747 oxygen bottle incidents RAAF to purchase 14 F35 fighters even though Lockheed has admitted the project is running late The first two Wedgetail AEW aircraft have been delivered Last flight of the Caribou in Australia & it’s potential replacement We hope you enjoy the show and we will return to our usual levels of interviews, discussions & opinionated news reviews in a week or so. | 4 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 18: Tally Ho, it’s the Red Baron! | The Red Baron's Pitts SpecialIf you’ve ever looked skyward in Sydney, there’s a high chance you’ve seen a bright red aircraft with old-style German crosses on the wings. Originally flying an old Tiger Moth, the Red Baron flew out of Bankstown and gave joy flights to members of the public, flying over Sydney’s beaches and occasionally doing aerobatics. Roll forward to today and Red Baron scenic & aerobatic flights is now owned by Joel Haski (RedBaronSydney on Twitter) with a number of aircraft, including Pitts Specials, Robins/Alphas, an Extra and a new Airvan. Some are painted in Red Baron colours while others fly under the Red Bull logos. We were fortunate enough to get some of Joel’s time for a chat about his flying history, running the Red Baron operation, being involved with Red Bull and the recent New South Wales Aerobatic competition. | 26 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 17: The Ipanator says “Rivet Shower? Not on *my* Watch!” | How many of you folks have wanted to be Air Traffic Controllers? Do you dream of Pushing Tin around the skies? Think you can keep The Flick in your head? Want to tell pilots in aircraft of all sizes where to go? (ahem! :) Steve & Grant both applied for ATC and were both knocked back for a number of reasons. Fortunately, we know a couple of guys who weren’t. Join us as we chat with Ben Ippolito (the Ipanator) and Jeremy Peck, discussing being selected for ATC, the long hard slog of learning & practicing in the simulator and the terrors (ummm, joys) of taking their first few steps in the real world outside of the academy. We also discuss GAAP changes, oceanic control, airspace classes, working with the RAAF and much more. You can find out more about becoming an Air Traffic Controller on the Air Services ATC page. Recruitment for the 2010 class closes by January 3rd. | 19 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 16: Rant on Steve, Rant on | We review the latest news items, Steve gets to vent on a few topics and Owen Zupp returns to help us select the winner of our first competition. | 14 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 15: And now for something completely different, here is the news | We review a stack of news items & Bas Scheffers returns to talk to us about some more RA-Aus issues. | 31 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 14: Lang’s Great Journeys | We recorded a lecture presented by Lang Kidby at the Australian National Aviation Museum (Moorabbin Air Museum) about flying a Vickers Vimy replica aircraft from England to Australia to re-enact the 1919 flight by Keith & Ross Macpherson Smith and an Avro Avian from England to Australia to re-enact Bert Hinkler's completion of the first solo flight from England to Australia in 1928. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 13: The Only Way is Zupp | Despite some audio quality issues (lucky 13, right? :) we have a great chat with Owen Zupp covering his early aviation life, how working as an Ambo provided a good foundation for dealing with emergencies, his father's influence and his "There and Back" fund raising flight project. | 20 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 12: It’s not that late in Adelaide… | It's not that late in Adelaide... | 12 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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79 |
PCDU Episode 11: Recreationally Yours | Recreationally Yours | 3 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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80 |
PCDU Episode 10: On the Podium with Matt Hall | On the Podium with Matt Hall | 26 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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81 |
PCDU Episode 9: Airplane Geeks Down Under | Airplane Geeks Down Under | 21 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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82 |
PCDU Episode 8: Riding Our Segways | Riding Our Segways | 11 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 7: Matt Hall, we’re not worthy! | Matt Hall, we're not worthy! | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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84 |
PCDU Episode 6: Plugcast | Plugcast | 29 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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85 |
PCDU Episode 5: Jet Lag Recovery | Jet Lag Recovery | 15 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 4: Hand Propped | Hand Propped | 6 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Greetings Oshkosh, 2009 | A recent event at Oshkosh has been the Podapalooza “gathering of aviation podcasters” where attendees get to meet some of the voices in their heads. Much as we would have loved to go to Oshkosh this year and attend Podapalooza, it’s a long long way to swim from down here so all we could do was listen to the other podcasters talking about how they were going and gnash our teeth while trying not to stomp on our iPods. Fortunately for us, Stephen Force of the Airspeed podcast told us he was willing to smuggle in a short “Hey there” piece for us and get it played at the event. Well, not only was he able to smuggle it in, he even got it played on EAA radio. Wow! Thanks Steve – yet more beers we owe you when we meet! For those of you who, like us, couldn’t be there and couldn’t listen to the live feed, here’s the little greeting we recorded for everyone at Podapalooza 2009. | 1 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 3: Flying Solo | Flying Solo | 30 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 2: Aero Neuro What??? | Aero Neuro What??? | 22 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCDU Episode 1: And so it begins… | And so it begins... | 15 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 90 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Worth a listen
Still a relatively new podcast but the hosts are getting in the swing of things. Great to get some news and insight on the Aviation scene here in Aus.
Top quality content
Look forward to every episode. Have heard them all now, these guys really know how to interview. Production is very professional. Highly recommended
Great Aussie content
Always interesting local content. Keep it going guys!
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