We never made it to the Podapalooza event at Oshkosh 2010 although we did try and a recording of our attempt was played for everyone there. As many of you may know,a recording of the entire event was capture and has been circulated on a few of the podcasts that were there. In each case the podcast adding the podapalooza entry to their feed has made their own intro to it covering their own perspectives on the event.
We thought about doing the same but figured that most of you have probably already heard it from the other feeds. Rather than add yet another download of the same content to your already overloaded stash of podcasts,we’re going to follow the Airplane Geeks’lead and point you at places to get it if you haven’t already heard it:
The PilotCast (Podapalooza was started by the original hosts of The PilotCast)
The Pilots Journey (this one has a great summary of who was on the show)
So go &check it out if you haven’t already heard it and by the way,be sure and listen to all those podcasts we’ve listed there if you’re not already (as well as all the others we list in our podcasts we like section:).
Thanks to Stephen Force (aka Steve Tupper) of the Airspeed podcast,we were invited to appear on a special “Aviation Podcasters”event being held on Sun N Fun Radio at the Sun N Fun air show. We were on first and,given the joys of timezones,it meant an early morning start for us to be on the show. For Steve it was 8am in Melbourne but for Grant it was 5am in Indonesia where he’s working at the moment.
So despite a bit of a lag and a very flakey connection in Indonesia,we managed to do our bit on the show. It was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed the opportunity to hang out and chat for a bit.
If only we could have been there,rather than connecting via Skype. Oh well:)
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.
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 podcast to the people they know. Major thanks to you all,folks.
Of course,no thank you could be complete without very special mention to the guys at the Airplane Geeks podcast. Max,Dan,Rob and Courtney have really helped us get started,from the early “Australia Desk”entries in their podcast to the invitation to join in with a whole episode (we’ll figure out a way,don’t you worry about that!). Even if Courtney is too busy becoming a Canadian to be involved in the weekly episodes,his podcasting guidance has been invaluable.
So thanks once again to everyone who has made us feel so welcome. You’re guaranteed a few beers from Steve &I if we ever get to catch up with you in the real world.
