We’re back to being our opiniated selves with a backlog of news stories to work through and discuss. Once again Bas Scheffers joins us for some of the news and to discuss a number of RA-Aus items. From Beavers to Tigers and even Kiwi Skyhawks doing battle with bureaucracy, we cover a diverse range of topics including:
- QANTAS shareholders fail to block Dixon’s $3m payment
- Jetstar tight-lipped on Facebook ‘sacking’ (ABC News)
- RedBull AirRace returns to Perth in 2010 (see Tourism West Australia’s release)
- Rocket Lab Primed To Launch New Zealand’s First Rocket Into Space (Voxy.co.nz)
- Crash fears after 10 near misses a year in NSW (Sydney Morning Herald
- Qantas unveils Socceroos 747 (Australian Aviation)
- Jetstar plane evacuated after engine fire (ABC News)
- Virgin Blue 737′s nose wheel ‘disintegrates’ on landing
- Police guard staff after Tiger passengers left stranded (Mex Cooper @ Sydney Morning Herald)
- Qantas passengers stranded for 26 hours(Kate Schneider @ News.com.au)
- Next QANTAS A380s delayed due to technical issues
- Qantas A380 project takes out award (Australian Aviation)
- Russian jets ‘refused’ on Black Saturday (Melissa Jenkins @ NineMSN)
- General Aviation & RA-Aus round-up
- Australia’s centenary of powered flight to be celebrated at Diggers Rest between March 18th & 21st, 2010 (see Victorian government’s release
- RFDS enters jet age (Australian Aviation)
- The Last Super Beaver (Australian Aviation)
- Mayor calls for Jandakot curfew
- Bas reports on his experiences at the Jamestown airshow
- Discussion on changes coming up in RA-Aus (25nm over water, 600kg for non-ISA but no increase of weight to 760kg)
- Bas talks about the AeroScene flying group
- RNZAF A4 Skyhawks battle bureaucracy to get sold
- Update on RAAF Airbus KC-30 MRTT
- $1bn industry package & early availability for a RAN Romeo buy
As usual, our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com and our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5).
