Steve & Grant go north of Melbourne thanks to the aid of some members of Team PCDU, both current & new. First up we tag along with ATC_Ben on his visit to Oshkosh 2012, discussing his journey there & listening to a few of the interviews he recorded (yes, we’re still jealous we couldn’t get there!). We then introduce long-time listener Damien Rose who’s joining us as our Queensland correspondent & lives about 2,000km north of PCDU HQ. Finally, we play a few of the interviews Steve & Grant recorded at Oshkosh 2011 to help us feel a bit better about not being there this year (nope, still jealous! :)
The whole episode unfolds as:
- 0:02:05 – We chat with ATC_Ben about his US trip and being at Oshkosh 2012
- ATC_Ben’s Oshkosh interviews:
- 0:12:47 – Malcolm Savill at Classic Aviation Designs discusses their timber-construction Cubflyer CA18 kitset & Dick Sybrandy from Auroa Helicopters discusses their two seat turbine-powered microlight helicopter
- 0:22:46 – Peter Maloney from Composite Helicopters International talks about the ongoing development & flight testing of their kitset composite turbine-powered helicopter
- 0:26:20 – Shaun Mitchell from Kiwi Propellers talks about their high-performance propellers
- 0:32:16 – Glen Towler (@NZAircraftFan) is a listener from New Zealand has a quick chat about drinking from the Oshkosh firehose
- 0:35:11 – Matthew Hassall from GippsAero & Elizabeth from Groom Aviation talk about the increased recognition the GA8 is getting in the USA these days
- 0:42:39 – We wrap up the interviews with ATC_Ben
- 0:44:35 – Damien Rose (OzFlyBoy) joins us give us an update on his aviation activities since last we had him on the show and officially join us as our Queensland reporter
- We run a few recordings from our time at Oshkosh 2011:
- 1:14:37 – George Morgan, co-founder of GippsAero talks about the history of the company, the development of the GA8, Mahindra Corporation & future directions
- 1:23:26 – Karthik Krishnamurty of Mahindra Aerospace talks about Mahindra, why they purchased GippsAero & future directions
- 1:28:15 – Rod Rakic talks about flying the GA8 with the Civil Air Patrol
- 1:31:49 – We wrap up the Oshkosh 2011 interviews & talk some more about GippsAero
- 1:34:28 – Listener Mail:
- Steve Davis at Warneet tells us about his attempts at learning to fly & asks about how ultralights fit into the Australian airspace
- Brian Judd from Kentucky was wrapped when we read out his email previously and has come back with a new question: can we get RC Cola here?
- 1:42:17 – Shout Outs:
- Aus Air Services are hosting the Tooradin Open Day on December 1st
- Matt Hall Racing will be offering adventure flights at the Open Day
- Thromby Air‘s art department have done it again with more PCDU cartoons and have even spun off into apparel at Fighter Jox
- Caboolture Warplane Museum are having their Antique Day on November 18th
- ATC_Ben gives some Oshkosh 2012 shoutouts to David Vanderhoof (@dmvanderhoof), Rob Mark (@jetwhine), David Fill (@davidfill), Brandi LAX (@BrandiLAX) & Dave Allen (@DaveFlys) and the Camp Bacon crew
- Errol Cavit in NZ (@ErrolWi) for keeping us up to date on the Kiwi user fee hikes
- Charlie Willwerth from the FlightTime Radio Show has been battling cancer for some time & looks to be improving – *GO* Charlie!
- Sad news: Steve Ruffles of the Eagle School of Microlighting in Porepunkah passed away last month after an intense struggle with cancer. A family support fund has been set up by the Newcastle Hang Gliding Club
Happy days reminds of very long but very fulfilling week of being a total Avgeek so good to meet so many avgeeks Ben, Brandi , the camp bacon crew which I am proud to say I was there and I am the first to claim there prize of a Air Pigz bacon sandwich. The weather that was interesting too hot and humid with a huge thunderstorm and flooding thrown in.
Apparently it’s not a real Oshkosh without heat, humidity and a kick-butt storm :)