Plane Crazy Down Under » ANA http://www.planecrazydownunder.com Looking at the world of aviation from an Australia / Pacific point of view Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:34:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ planecrazydownunder@gmail.com (Steve Visscher & Grant McHerron (www.planecrazydownunder.com)) planecrazydownunder@gmail.com (Steve Visscher & Grant McHerron (www.planecrazydownunder.com)) Aviation 1440 http://www.planecrazydownunder.com/images/PCDU_RSS_Feed_Logo.jpg Plane Crazy Down Under http://www.planecrazydownunder.com 144 144 An aviation based podcast with a focus on the Australia/Pacific area aviation, australia, new, zealand, asia, pacific, flying, aircraft Steve Visscher & Grant McHerron (www.planecrazydownunder.com) Steve Visscher & Grant McHerron (www.planecrazydownunder.com) planecrazydownunder@gmail.com no no PCDU Episode 11: Recreationally Yours http://www.planecrazydownunder.com/2009/10/03/episode-11-recreationally-yours/ http://www.planecrazydownunder.com/2009/10/03/episode-11-recreationally-yours/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:15:18 +0000 Grant (Falcon124) http://www.planecrazydownunder.com/?p=162 This episode we’re joined by Bas Scheffers, a Recreational Aviation Australia pilot (our version of the US Sport Pilot rules) who flies out of Parafield airport (YPPF) in Adelaide, South Australia. We have a great chat about flying RA-Aus aircraft, GAAP issues, the benefits of learning to fly under RA-Aus instead of the usual GA, . . . → Read More: PCDU Episode 11: Recreationally Yours]]> This episode we’re joined by Bas Scheffers, a Recreational Aviation Australia pilot (our version of the US Sport Pilot rules) who flies out of Parafield airport (YPPF) in Adelaide, South Australia. We have a great chat about flying RA-Aus aircraft, GAAP issues, the benefits of learning to fly under RA-Aus instead of the usual GA, the information available from the recreational flying community and even discuss the new AAAF Forum (Forum for free speech on industry: AAAF – Steve Creedy @ The Australian).

After our great chat with Bas, we move on to our usual opinionated regional news review which includes the following items:

Please note that our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com and our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5).

]]> http://www.planecrazydownunder.com/2009/10/03/episode-11-recreationally-yours/feed/ 6 1:32:35 This episode we’re joined by Bas Scheffers, a Recreational Aviation Australia pilot (our version of the US Sport Pilot rules) who flies out of Parafield airport (YPPF) in Adelaide, South Australia. We have a great chat about flying RA-Aus airc[...] This episode we’re joined by Bas Scheffers, a Recreational Aviation Australia pilot (our version of the US Sport Pilot rules) who flies out of Parafield airport (YPPF) in Adelaide, South Australia. We have a great chat about flying RA-Aus aircraft, GAAP issues, the benefits of learning to fly under RA-Aus instead of the usual GA, the information available from the recreational flying community and even discuss the new AAAF Forum (Forum for free speech on industry: AAAF – Steve Creedy @ The Australian). After our great chat with Bas, we move on to our usual opinionated regional news review which includes the following items: David Vanderhoof provides a “This week in Australian aviation history” segment for us In Dust we Trust Flight delays remain as dust settles in Sydney (ABC News) Sydney flights get back to normal after dust storm (ABC News) Flight chaos as dust storm hits Sydney, Brisbane (Kate Schneider @ news.com.au) Havoc for airlines, passengers (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Tiger Airlines strands people at Mackay: Cancelled flight strands hundreds (Fallon Hudson @ The Daily Mercury) Tiger Airways causes chaos at Mackay (e-Travel Blackboard) Geoff Dixon’s golden parachute from QANTAS Dixon’s $11m parachute from Qantas nosedive (Michael Janda @ ABC News) Former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon paid $11m in last year (Steve Creedy @ The Australian) Qantas high-flyers must come down to earth: payouts (Stuart Wilson @ The Australian) High-speed thrills as Thunderbirds roll in: USAF (Mike Glynn @ The Australian) Boeing To Test Military Airplane Over Hood Canal (Q13 Fox News) Final boarding call: empty bladders only (Mark Willacy @ ABC News) Please note that our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com and our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5). Podcasts Steve Visscher & Grant McHerron (www.planecrazydownunder.com) no no