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Air New Zealand,
Auckland,
Brett Godfrey,
Brisbane,
Delta,
Embraer,
Gold Coast,
Jetstar,
John Holland,
Macquarie Airports,
Macquarie Group,
Melbourne,
New Zealand,
PelAir,
Perth,
QANTAS,
Regional Express,
REX,
Sydney,
Tiger Airways,
TSA,
USA,
V Australia,
Virgin Blue
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.
This week’s episode includes the following topics:
Air New Zealand joins Tiger to say that Delta teaming up with V Australia (Delta V) is bad, but QANTAS stays [...]

Plane Crazy Down Under - Episode 003 [23:08m]:
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From the 3rd to 6th of August 2009, the Asia Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit 2009 is being held in Sydney at the Four Seasons Hotel down at the Rocks end of George St (near the Harbour). Shashank Nigam from SimpliFlying will be in town to attend the conference and present a keynote.
You may have heard Shashank interviewed on episode 29 of the Airplane Geeks podcast. He’s also been interviewed on [...]
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Steve and I would like to say “Thanks!” to all the aviation podcasters and Twitterati who have made the effort to welcome us to the ranks of content producers. People like Jack Hodgson at Uncontrolled Airspace, Steve Tupper at the Airspeed Podcast, Rod Rakic of MyTransponder, Captain Chris (ex Plane Madness, now LightPlane), @redrowen, @EAARentals and many others have all helped retweet our “We’re here” messages and have recommended our [...]
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A380,
Adelaide,
Air New Zealand,
airport,
Airways,
alcohol,
British Airways,
CA-27 Sabre,
Darwin,
Delta,
drunk,
F86 Sabre,
Garuda,
Melbourne,
Perth,
QANTAS,
RAAF,
reality TV,
REX,
Richmond,
Singapore Airlines,
Sydney,
Temora Aviation Museum,
Tiger Airways,
V Australia,
Virgin Blue
Surprisingly less than one week after our first episode was released, we’re releasing our second episode. During this one, we discuss the following items:
Singapore Airlines to fly A380 to Melbourne
Superjumbo threat to Qantas stepped up (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
British Airways cutting flights to Australia
British Airways to cut flights to Australia (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
Garuda ends their only flight to Darwin
Plea for Garuda to retain Darwin flights (Daniel Bourchier [...]

Plane Crazy Down Under - Episode 002 [34:27m]:
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After managing to jump through a few hoops, our podcast is now available through iTunes. You can find it under the Aviation section of the Hobbies & Games category. Woo hoo :)
Now to link our Twitter feed (@PCDU) with the blog, get the blog & podcast feeds on clearly marked on the blog, add an iTunes “subscribe” icon and get the look n feel sorted out.
Never a dull moment down [...]
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A330,
A340,
A380,
Caribou,
Delta,
DHC4,
Emirates,
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F111,
F18 Hornet,
Hornet,
Jetstar,
QANTAS,
RAAF,
Super Hornet,
Tiger Airways,
V Australia,
Virgin Blue
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 the following news items:
Emirates EK407 tailstrike – the Captain tells his story and we comment on fatigue issues
The RAAF’s first F/A-18F Super Hornet rolls off the production line plus comments on the pending F-111 & DH4C Caribou retirements
Tiger Airways adds a 7th aircraft to [...]

Plane Crazy Down Under - Episode 001 [27:19m]:
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Welcome to Plane Crazy Down Under, an aviation podcast with a focus on the Asia/Pacific area. Produced by Steve Visscher of the AusFlier blog and Grant (Falcon124) McHerron of the Fly Me Friendly blog, Plane Crazy Down Under will feature discussions about aviation news, interviews and anything else we think is suitable for an aviation podcast in this part of the world.
The idea for this podcast came to us when [...]
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