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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
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Plane Crazy Down Under - Episode 015 [93:07m]:
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QANTAS,
RA-Aus,
Recreational Aviation Australia,
Recreational Flying,
Sydney,
Thunderbirds,
Tiger Airways,
USAF,
Wedgetail,
YPPF
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 [...]

Plane Crazy Down Under - Episode 011 [92:35m]:
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Koh Samui,
marketing,
MU-2,
Papua,
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RAAF,
RNZAF,
Seasprite,
SMS,
swine flu,
Thailand,
Tiger Airways,
Twin Otter,
V Australia,
Vietnam,
Virgin Blue,
website
This week’s episode comes out a little late as Steve’s still in the USA and Grant was up in Sydney for the PCDU / SimpliFlying TweetUp that happened along side the Asia / Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit 2009. A great time was had by all who attended the event but now it’s back to work as there’s news to read, interviews to arrange and a podcast to produce.
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