PCDU Episode 85: Tyabb Air Show 2012 & ATC Ben Answers Your Questions

PCDU Episode 9: Airplane Geeks Down Under: This episode we're joined by Dan, David & Rob from the Airplane Geeks podcast to discuss airline news and have a great discussion about air traffic control issues here & in the USA. We also have interviews with Dr Bruce Searle, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 8: Riding Our Segways: We thought we'd have this episode out within a few days of our previous one, but there was so many news items to review, so much to discuss and so many bits to splice together that it took a whole week to bring it to you. by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 3: Flying Solo: We were a little delayed because Grant was trying to do it all this week, but better late than never. With Steve in the USA, Grant was flying solo and discovering that he missed having someone to put the gear up on take off. Despite that, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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! by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 5: Jet Lag Recovery: Steve's back from his trip to the USA and, despite some jet lag woes, he's in the recording studio and the banter is flowing in our longest episode yet. Sadly, the first 15 minutes sound like Grant's testing NASA's new Interplanetary Internet and exper... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 2: Aero Neuro What???: Surprisingly less than one week after our first episode was released, we're releasing our second episode. During this one, we again discuss a number of current aviation news items. . . . → Read More: PCDU Episode 2: Aero Neuro What??? by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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 si... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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. . . . → Read More: PCDU Episode 16: Rant on Steve, Rant on by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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 Shasha... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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. . . . → Read More: PCDU Episode 15: And now for something completely different, here is the news by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 4: Hand Propped: This week's episode comes out a little late as Steve's still in the USA and Grant was up in Sydney for the PCDU / SimpliFlying TweetUp that happened along side the Asia / Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit 2009. by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 1: And so it begins…: Weighing in at a whole 27 minutes and 18 seconds, here's the first episode of the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast. During this episode, we discuss a number of news items. . . . → Read More: PCDU Episode 1: And so it begins… by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 27: Trans World Adventures: The common theme in this episode is about going around the world, first by bringing Saj Ahmad (Fleetbuzz Editorial) in the UK and Ben Sandilands (Plane Talking) in Australia together to talk about financial reports from QANTAS, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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 fl... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 6: Plugcast: After almost two weeks we finally get another episode out, but this one should be worth the wait. We have our first guest discussion session (@MaxFlight from the Airplane Geeks Podcast and we have our first interview (Carlo Santoro from the "Flight Exp... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 26: Enjoying the Views: You can always count on this podcast to have some interesting, opinionated and, occasionally, diverse points of view. This episode really brings them all and (bonus!) includes a whole new view as we introduce Anthony Simmons and the “View from the Loun... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 12: It’s not that late in Adelaide…: Despite his better judgement, Bas Scheffers comes back to hang out with us once again as we discuss some of the news items from the past week or so. . . . → Read More: PCDU Episode 12: It’s not that late in Adelaide… by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 38: Dick Smith: Around the World in Many Ways: 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 arou... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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"... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 43: Back to the Air Show: 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, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 29: What’s in a Checklist?: Some in-cockpit audio provided by a listener triggered a discussion on the differences in pre-landing checklists (GUMPS vs BUMFTH vs BUMFOH vs whatever). All of Grant’s aviation books & manuals are still in boxes after moving house so he had to rely on... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 39: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #1: Warren Truss: 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, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 10: On the Podium with Matt Hall: Once again we get to interview Matt Hall, Australia's Top Gun RAAF pilot who's making a big hit in the RedBull AirRace as the first rookie to ever score a podium. We talk with Matt about his performance at Porto, his preparations for Barcelona, by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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 opinionat... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 7: Matt Hall, we’re not worthy!: This episode detours from our usual opinionated discussion of the news and instead features an interview we were fortunate enough to arrange with Matt Hall, an ex-RAAF F18 pilot who has flown the F15 on exchange with the USAF and is currently flying an... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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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 A... by Plane Crazy Down Under

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PCDU Episode 85: Tyabb Air Show 2012 & ATC Ben Answers Your Questions

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