Steve & Grant discuss all the latest news items that were of interest over the past couple of weeks. Steve also gets to have a few “c’est la vent” moments on some topics that were annoying him.
As if all that wasn’t enough, we also have a chat with Owen Zupp and reveal the winner of our first ever give away competition. Sorry, you’ll have to listen to the episode to [...]
15
Nov
2009
Episode 16: Rant on Steve, Rant on
Tags: 737, 747, 767, 777, A320, Adelaide, Air New Zealand, Airbus, Avalon, Boeing, Brisbane, DC10, F111, Fiire Bomber, fire, JAL, Jetstar, Jetstarised, Melbourne Airport, Narita, Newcastle, Owen Zupp, QANTAS, RBAR, RedBull AirRace, Sydney, tiger, V Australia, Victoria, Water Bomber, Wedgetail, YMML
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 [...]
16
Jul
2009
Episode 1: And so it begins…
Tags: A330, A340, A380, Caribou, Delta, DHC4, Emirates, episode, F111, F18 Hornet, Hornet, Jetstar, QANTAS, RAAF, Super Hornet, Tiger Airways, V Australia, Virgin Blue
Weighing in at a whole 27 minutes and 18 seconds, here’s the first episode of the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast. During this episode, we discuss the following news items:
Emirates EK407 tailstrike – the Captain tells his story and we comment on fatigue issues
The RAAF’s first F/A-18F Super Hornet rolls off the production line plus comments on the pending F-111 & DH4C Caribou retirements
Tiger Airways adds a 7th aircraft to [...]
