PCDU Episodes List- Episode 42: Wings Down Under - September 4, 2010
- Episode 41: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #3: Comments on the Greens & Labor's White Paper - August 20, 2010
- Episode 40: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #2: Ken Hill & Tim Sheen - August 19, 2010
- Episode 39: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #1: Warren Truss - August 18, 2010
- Episode 38: Dick Smith: Around the World in Many Ways - August 10, 2010
- Episode 37: It's "Flight Attendant," Grant - July 30, 2010
- Episode 36: Incidentally, Matt... - July 14, 2010
- Episode 35: Perseverance & Persistence - July 4, 2010
- Episode 34: Arching over the Swamp - June 17, 2010
- Episode 33: Four Degrees of Separation from Ben Sandilands - May 28, 2010
- Episode 32: Switch to Plan Delta - May 13, 2010
- Episode 31: Red Bull all The Way - May 8, 2010
- Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness - April 20, 2010
- Episode 29: What's in a Checklist? - April 6, 2010
- Episode 28: Save the Liberator - March 28, 2010
- Episode 27: Trans World Adventures - March 10, 2010
- Episode 26: Enjoying the Views - February 25, 2010
- Episode 25: Fan Boys - February 13, 2010
- Episode 24: Misuse of Accents - February 4, 2010
- Episode 23: Australia: A TSA free zone (for now) - January 15, 2010
- Episode 22: Farewell 2009 - December 31, 2009
- Episode 21: London Calling - December 19, 2009
- Episode 20: A Tribute to Pip Borman - December 11, 2009
- Episode 19: Interview with a Vampire ... Pilot (& Other Stories) - December 5, 2009
- Episode 18: Tally Ho, it's the Red Baron! - November 26, 2009
- Episode 17: The Ipanator says "Rivet Shower? Not on *my* Watch!" - November 20, 2009
- Episode 16: Rant on Steve, Rant on - November 15, 2009
- Episode 15: And now for something completely different, here is the news - November 1, 2009
- Episode 14: Lang's Great Journeys - October 29, 2009
- Episode 13: The Only Way is Zupp - October 20, 2009
- Episode 12: It's not that late in Adelaide... - October 12, 2009
- Episode 11: Recreationally Yours - October 3, 2009
- Episode 10: On the Podium with Matt Hall - September 27, 2009
- Episode 9: Airplane Geeks Down Under - September 22, 2009
- Episode 8: Riding Our Segways - September 11, 2009
- Episode 7: Matt Hall, we're not worthy! - September 5, 2009
- Episode 6: Plugcast - August 30, 2009
- Episode 5: Jet Lag Recovery - August 16, 2009
- Episode 4: Hand Propped - August 7, 2009
- Episode 3: Flying Solo - July 31, 2009
- Episode 2: Aero Neuro What??? - July 22, 2009
- Episode 1: And so it begins... - July 16, 2009
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By Grant (Falcon124), on March 10th, 2010%
The common theme in this episode is about going around the world, first by bringing Saj Ahmad (Fleetbuzz Editorial) in the UK and Ben Sandilands (Plane Talking) in Australia together to talk about financial reports from QANTAS, Virgin & Tiger plus general discussions about airlines in Australia, past, present & future.
We then chat with Ken Evers & Tim Pryse, a couple of local lads who are going to fly a Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan around the world to raise funds to help fight against malaria. You can read more about their epic journey at Millions Against Malaria.
We also give a few shout outs & read some mail:
- Tom for listening to all 25 episodes in less than a week – now *that’s* masochism :)
- Steve Cooke in the UK and his Flying Podcast that gives a great perspective on flying in the UK and Europe.
- Christie Walker who we’ll be chatting to soon and is interested in learning more about Australian airline cadet pilot programs
- Grant’s sorry for being behind on all the emails that have come in
As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com.
By Grant (Falcon124), on February 4th, 2010%
Despite the annoying habit of our “day jobs” and families encroaching into our PCDU time, we’ve finally managed to get some time to record an episode. Steve even managed a marathon effort of post production to edit a coherent episode from our opinionated news discussion and an interview with Saj Ahmad. Go Steve! :)
Despite my best efforts to drone on endlessly, Steve’s also managed to keep the episode under 2 hours, but not by much. Hopefully this will give you heaps of fun listening as you travel to & from work, mow the lawns or do your household chores :)
Here’s how the show came together this time:
- Robinson R44 crashes on a mountain beside a massive drop
- Tiger’s IPO closes over subscribed – oh wow!
- Australia’s “self-serve” passport gates not working well
- Lie down all the way to LA: Air NZ (Thanks to Mike for pointing out the article)
- RNZAF aerobatic team lose a pilot in a training crash
- Scathing report released on the F35 JSF project
- We review a recent “Traffic Report” from the Australian Aviation magazine (our favourite aviation magazine :)
- VH-EBK (A330) withdrawn from QF domestic and repainted in JetStar colours in Manilla
- VH-OGA (a 767-300ER) withdrawn from service
- JetConnect withdrew it’s last 300 series 737 (ZK-JNC) which has gone to storage in Tucson – entered service with Australian Airlines on Dec 31, 1988 as VH-TJB “Fortitude” – transferred to JetConnect on Jul 29th 2004
- Some new aircraft with funky names have arrived for Virgin Blue
- E-190 VH-ZPO = “Portia Macquarie”
- 737-800 VH-VUT = “Yabba Dabba Blue”
- 737-800 VH-VUR = “Star City”
- 737-800 VH-VUS = “Chitty Chitty Broome Broome”
- VB’s 737-800 VUA that was previously used for mile-high karaoke with the Black Eyed Peas as they toured Australia has been returned to normal configuration & colour scheme.
- We have a chat with Saj Ahmad about 737/A320 re-engining and lots more
- Instead of reading some listener mail, we review a recent discussion on our forum about Podcasting Beer between Turb, Grand Vizier, Scofreyjet and ourselves
- We have a stack of shout outs for this episode:
- Ms Dark Sarcasm (aka Jennifer Barry) had her first solo (YAY!). You can follow her flying adventures on her blog: A need for Airspeed
- David Optimal is now a Grade 3 instructor (YAY!). You can follow his news via his blog at DavidOptimal.com
- Robert Cigliano has started a new aviation podcast called The New Pilot Podlog
- Zyola from the Mile High Flyers podcast has been getting lots of her lady pilot friends in Hawaii’i to listen in to PCDU – go go Aussie accent power :)
- Also big thanks to our anonymous donor from Canberra
As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com.
By Grant (Falcon124), on December 31st, 2009%
It’s the Christmas & New Year holiday period, plus down here it’s Summer so we’re totally into listening to long aviation podcasts when we’re not distracted by having fun. So, for all of our listeners who have long drives or lots of chores to do around home, we give you our longest episode yet. With a bit of Christmas cheer, we produce just over two hours of PCDU goodness including an interview with Michael Gilmour from Downwind.com.au, our usual opinionated review of the news and listener mail. We also wrap up the year with a tip of the wing to the podcasts that inspire us and the guests who have helped give us some great content.
Here’s how the episode came together this time:
By Grant (Falcon124), on December 19th, 2009%
 Regent Street in the snow (by Jon Curnow) For the majority of our listeners it’s warm and getting warmer down here in the Southern Summer with Christmas just around the corner. Not so in London where it’s bleak and somewhat miserable (and that’s the economy, let alone the weather). Saj Ahmad from FleetBuzz Editorial is based in London and recently returned from the scorching skies of Dubai where he’d been attending the Dubai Airshow 2009. Saj generously took some time away from his family to record with us last Sunday (morning his time, evening our time), trying not to look out the window at the winter weather while we discussed the warmth Melbourne was experiencing. The discussion covers the Dubai Airshow, Middle East airlines and their flights to Australia, aircraft orders and the (then) pending first flight of the 787. It’s an enlightening chat and we’ll be sure to have Saj on again early in the new year.
In addition to our chat with Saj, we also recorded some news items to round out the episode. We actually recorded these on the same day the 787 flew and, thanks to the miracle of modern technology, have spliced it all together into a single show. Neat, hey! :)
Topics in this episode include:
- The 787 finally flew – you can check out Boeing’s ‘first flight’ site for all the videos
- Jet star’s check-in system goes down and then a few days later, so does Virgin Blue’s:
- Former doctor Geoffrey Edelsten crashes his helicopter on his first solo
- Delta & V Australia tighten their alliance in steps towards the full Delta-V marriage
- Discussion with Saj Ahmad
- Air New Zealand opens direct Sydney to Rotorua flights
- The Garuda pilot who was convicted for negligence in the cause of a fatal crash ha his conviction quashed
- The Australian Federal Government releases their eagerly awaited aviation white paper
- Sydney Flight Training Centre collapses leaving many students with debts (Pilot pupils left grounded after flight school collapse (Andrew Carswell @ the Daily Telegraph))
- A DC-10 fire bomber arrives for the Victorian forest fire season
- First use of a SkyCrane fire bomber this season (Air crane used on Blue Mountains blaze (ABC News))
- David Vanderhoof’s aviation history down under segment (at last – Grant forgot to include it in episode 19 – ooops)
- Listener mail, including George from New Zealand with his super sexy Falco aircraft
- There’s a chartered Air New Zealand 747 flying to Oshkosh 2010 (details with Avtours Australia) and we’re dreaming of being on it (it’s only AUS$4k each including accommodation – anyone want to help donate to get us there? :)
As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com.
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