1000 Downloads for Episode 1

Some time over the past few days,our fledgling episode number 1,“And so it begins”has crossed the 1000 downloads mark! This surely is cause for a small measure of celebration,considering that in it’s first week,we were pretty happy to see it hit 40 downloads. Over the following few weeks,it struggled up to around the 200 mark,and has trickled slowly upwards ever since.

Our first few shows,and episode 1 in particular,were basically just the uncut versions of the Airplane Geeks Australia News Desk that we have been producing since March 2009. Listening back to those earlier shows now,made as they were with cheap PC microphones,no mixer,and recorded directly off Skype,it’s almost a little cringe worthy compared to the standard we strive for now. However,if you’re new to our show,and are perhaps reading this page before heading off to iTunes to download our earlier efforts,please do so with the view to coming on a journey with us –not only in terms of content,but with a view to observing the learning curve we’ve been on that’s taken us to the magazine style,radio show format you hear today.

Our statistics show us that many first time listeners happen across episode one but don’t continue on with us. Given the lower production standards back then,we understand why this is the case,however we suggest sampling one of our shows from,say,episode 20 onwards. These shows were made using studio quality microphones,mixers and solid state recording devices. And frankly,we feel we’re delivering the shows far more professionally now. As time has gone on,we’ve been privileged to meet and interview a wide range of fascinating people and have introduced a number of segments designed to make the show just a little bit different with each release.

For those of you who continue to faithfully download Plane Crazy Down Under each week and participate in our community,we thank you sincerely for your support. We plan to continue delivering quality content to you each fortnight,and we encourage our new listeners to take the step and venture past our initial effort. Come on the journey with us and become another valued member of the PCDU community!