If you’re going to the RAAF Museum’s Point Cook Air Pageant this weekend (Feb 28th) then post a comment here or send a tweet to @PCDU, @Falcon124 or @SteveVisscher to let us know. We’ll try and organise a meet up somewhere before the show starts depending on who’s around and what interview slots we manage to get with pilots & staff :)
Archive for February, 2010
25
Feb
2010
Episode 26: Enjoying the Views
Tags: ADSB, Aeroscene Flying Group, Asses Ears Lodge, Bas Scheffers, DA20, DA40, David Optimal, David Vanderhoof, Grampians Airfield, John Squires, machete, Matt Hall, Owen Zupp, Parafield Airshow, RNP, There and Back, View From the Lounge, WTF
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 Lounge” segment for your listening pleasure.
We’ve also got another great discussion with Owen Zupp as his trip around Australia draws closer, a quick chat we recorded with David [...]
22
Feb
2010
The Jetstarisation of QANTAS is not over yet
Tags: 747, 787, A380, Alan Joyce, Australian Airlines, Ben Sandilands, Business Class, City Flyer, Economy, Emirates, first class, Impulse Airlines, Jetstar, Jetstarisation, LCC, Low Cost Carrier, Melbourne, Plane Talking, Premium Economy, QANTAS, Shashank Nigam, SimpliFlying, Singapore Airlines, Sydney, Tiger Airways, Virgin Blue
Thanks to an opportunity presented by Shashank Nigam, Grant’s just had an article about the ongoing Jetstarisation of QANTAS published on Shashank’s Simpliflying site.
It provides a background on the birth of Jetstar, its growth to date and how it is destined to consume more of QANTAS’ mainline routes & aircraft. Head on over to Simpliflying and check out the article.
Thanks to Shashank for giving us the opportunity to gain further [...]
15
Feb
2010
So you want to help?
Are you one of the many people who have been enjoying this podcast and want to help ensure it grows and continues into the future? Well, we certainly appreciate your intent and would like to work with you to make it happen (funny that :)
Here are three great ways that you can help us to keep bringing in the fun & interesting content for you:
Donate: If you’ve got a few [...]
13
Feb
2010
Episode 25: Fan Boys
Tags: 737, 767, 777, 787, Air New Zealand, Auckland, AVTours, first class, Flight Experience Melbourne, Garuda, Jetstar, kiosk, Matt Hall, Narita, Perth, QANTAS. 747, RedBull AirRace, simulator, Singapore, SMS, Sydney, tailstrike
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 [...]
04
Feb
2010
Episode 24: Misuse of Accents
Tags: accents, Aerobatics, Air New Zealand, beer, Border Patrol, crash, Customs & Immigration, death, Display Team, F35, Fail, FleetBuzz Editorial, forum, IPO, JSF, passports, QANTAS, QLD, Queensland, R44, RAAF, Red Checkers, RNZAF, Robinson, Saj Ahmad, seats, Technology, Tiger Airways, Virgin Blue
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 [...]
