Episode 25: Fan Boys

Tags: 737, 767, 777, 787, Air New Zealand, Auckland, AVTours, first class, Flight Experience Melbourne, Garuda, Jetstar, kiosk, Matt Hall, Narita, Perth, QANTAS. 747, RedBull AirRace, simulator, Singapore, SMS, Sydney, tailstrike

Yes, Steve & Grant are Fan Boys (big Fan Boys, in fact :) and this episode we demonstrate it once again by interviewing Matt Hall and hanging out with some more fans at the Flight Experience Melbourne Facebook fan page open night in their 737 flight simulator. Seems we’re not the only ones who think a publically accessible 737 simulator is a great thing :)
Here’s how this episode flows:

First class [...]

 
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Episode 15: And now for something completely different, here is the news

Tags: 737, 747, A320, A330, A380, A4, Air Traffic Control, Airbus, Airshow, ALEA, Beaver, Black Saturday, bush fire, Centenary, crash, DHC-2, Diggers Rest, evacuation, fire, fire bomber, GA, General Aviation, Geoff Dixon, Hobart, Houdini, Il76, Ilyushin, Jamestown, Jandakot, Jetstar, KC-30, maintenance, MH-60R, MRTT, New Zealand, Newcastle, nose wheel, Perth, QANTAS, RA-Aus, RAAF, RAN, RedBull AirRace, RFDS, RNZAF, Rocket, Rocket Lab, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Skyhawk, Socceroos, Super Beaver, Sydney, Tiger Airways, Victoria, Virgin Blue

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

Shareholders blast Qantas over Dixon payout (ABC [...]

 
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Episode 3: Flying Solo

Tags: 737, Air New Zealand, Auckland, Brett Godfrey, Brisbane, Delta, Embraer, Gold Coast, Jetstar, John Holland, Macquarie Airports, Macquarie Group, Melbourne, New Zealand, PelAir, Perth, QANTAS, Regional Express, REX, Sydney, Tiger Airways, TSA, USA, V Australia, Virgin Blue

We were a little delayed because Grant was trying to do it all this week, but better late than never. With Steve in the USA, Grant was flying solo and discovering that he missed having someone to put the gear up on take off.
This week’s episode includes the following topics:

Air New Zealand joins Tiger to say that Delta teaming up with V Australia (Delta V) is bad, but QANTAS stays [...]

 
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Episode 2: Aero Neuro What???

Tags: A380, Adelaide, Air New Zealand, airport, Airways, alcohol, British Airways, CA-27 Sabre, Darwin, Delta, drunk, F86 Sabre, Garuda, Melbourne, Perth, QANTAS, RAAF, reality TV, REX, Richmond, Singapore Airlines, Sydney, Temora Aviation Museum, Tiger Airways, V Australia, Virgin Blue

Surprisingly less than one week after our first episode was released, we’re releasing our second episode. During this one, we discuss the following items:

Singapore Airlines to fly A380 to Melbourne

Superjumbo threat to Qantas stepped up (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)

British Airways cutting flights to Australia

British Airways to cut flights to Australia (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)

Garuda ends their only flight to Darwin

Plea for Garuda to retain Darwin flights (Daniel Bourchier [...]

 
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