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 home, we give you our longest episode yet. With a bit of Christmas cheer, we produce just over two hours of PCDU goodness including [...]
31
Dec
2009
Episode 22: Farewell 2009
Tags: 747, 787, A380, Adam Visccher, ADSB, Air New Zealand, Air Services, Airplane Geeks, Airspeed, Amberley, Bas Scheffers, Ben Ippolito, Carlo Santoro, CASA, Changi, Dane Golden, David Vanderhoof, GAAP, Gippsland Aeronautics, Jeremy Peck, JetConnect, Joel Haski, Karla Courtenay, Lang Kidby, Leo Laporte, Matt Hall, Michael Gilmour, Nick Brau, Nigel Lamb, Owen Zupp, Pilot's Flight Podlog, Podcast Answerman, QANTAS, RAAF, Rob Fyfe, Saj Ahmad, Shashank Nigam, Tiger Airways, UCAP, Uncontrolled Airspace
12
Oct
2009
Episode 12: It’s not that late in Adelaide…
Tags: A330, Air New Zealand, Air Traffic Control, Amberley, ATC, ATSB, Black Eyed Peas, Boeing, China, environment, F111, Facebook, Flight Attendant, India, Jetstar, KC-30, Mackay, MRTT, passengers, QANTAS, Queensland, RA-Aus, RAAF, Recreational Aviation Australia, Regional Express, REX, Social Networking, Townsville, Virgin Blue, Wagga
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. Topics of discussion in this episode include:
Jetstar flight attendant gets in trouble with Facebook:
Jetstar attendant contacted 15yo passenger on Facebook (ABC News)
Jetstar worker in strife over Facebook incident (ABC News)
Mile-high matchmaking: social networking service (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
Jetstar eyes growth [...]
22
Sep
2009
Episode 9: Airplane Geeks Down Under
Tags: 737, 767, A330, ACMA, Air New Zealand, Air Services, Air Traffic Control, Airplane Geeks, Airshow, Amberley, Andrew Temby, ATC, Australian Centre for Mission Aviation, Central Flying School, Coldstream, Dan Webb, David Vanderhoof, Dr Bruce Searle, Emirates, F111, F35, Jetwhine, MAF, Matt Hall, Mission Aviation Fellowship, MRTT, OzJet, Point Cook, QANTAS, RAAF, RedBull AirRace, Rob Mark, Sydney, V Australia, Virgin, Virgin Blue, YCEM
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, dean of the Australian Centre for Mission Aviation, and Andrew Temby, aerobatic pilot & owner of a YAK-52TW. Both were recorded at the Mission Aviation Fellowship airshow held at [...]
