PCDU Episodes: Here is a full list of all PCDU Episodes since #1 back in 2009. Click on a title to visit the episode page & download or listen to the episode from there.
PCDU Episode 130: Avalon 2017 – Alpha April 15th, 2017PCDU Episode 129: Going Back to School February 28th, 2017PCDU Episode 128: Unprecedented October 30th, 2016PCDU Episode 127: From the Vault July 17th, 2016PCDU Episode 126: Emirates Wants You! March 11th, 2016PCDU Episode 125: Avalon Charlie (The Avalon Airshow Goodness Continues) August 2nd, 2015PCDU Episode 124: Avalon15 Bravo (Yet more Avalon Airshow Goodness) March 12th, 2015PCDU Episode 123: Avalon15 Alpha (It’s Avalon Airshow Time :) ) February 28th, 2015PCDU Episode 122: Farewell 2014 December 31st, 2014PCDU Episode 121: Exercise Pitch Black 2014 October 1st, 2014PCDU Episode 120: History & Records August 1st, 2014PCDU Episode 119: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: The RAAF Approach June 3rd, 2014PCDU Episode 118: Can you fly to NatFly 2014? April 27th, 2014PCDU Episode 117: Holler for a Marshall, an AIR Marshal February 26th, 2014PCDU Episode 116: High Performances February 16th, 2014PCDU Episode 115: Farewell 2013 December 31st, 2013PCDU Episode 114: AusFly 2013 – Back Together Under One Sky December 10th, 2013PCDU Episode 113: Fleeting Dreams October 21st, 2013PCDU Episode 112: Federal Election 2013 September 6th, 2013PCDU Episode 111: Radio Killed the Podcast Star (Almost :) ) August 25th, 2013PCDU Episode 110: A Basket Full of Flight July 8th, 2013PCDU Episode 109: Dave’s Cambridge Airforce May 26th, 2013PCDU Episode 108: On a Wing & a Chair April 27th, 2013PCDU Episode 107: Avalon 2013 – Globemaster Central March 31st, 2013PCDU Episode 106: Avalon 2013 – Day Six March 4th, 2013PCDU Episode 105: Avalon 2013 – Day Five March 2nd, 2013PCDU Episode 104: Avalon 2013 – Day Four March 1st, 2013PCDU Episode 103: Avalon 2013 – Day Three February 28th, 2013PCDU Episode 102: Avalon 2013 – Day Two February 27th, 2013PCDU Episode 101: Avalon 2013 – Day One February 26th, 2013PCDU Episode 100: The Ton February 21st, 2013PCDU Episode 99: RAAF C-130H – Into History January 29th, 2013PCDU Episode 98: Farewell 2012 December 30th, 2012PCDU Episode 97: Journos & Aeros December 9th, 2012PCDU Episode 96: “Serge” – An Australian Top Gun November 17th, 2012PCDU Episode 95: Northern Exposure November 3rd, 2012PCDU Episode 94: AusFly “Together Under One Sky” October 6th, 2012PCDU Episode 93: Positive Moves September 7th, 2012PCDU Episode 92: Helene Young – A Novel Approach to Flying August 16th, 2012PCDU Episode 91: New Horizons July 23rd, 2012PCDU Episode 90: Moments in Time July 3rd, 2012PCDU Episode 89: RA-Aus NatFly 2012 June 16th, 2012PCDU Episode 88: Dreamtime May 30th, 2012PCDU Episode 87: Wings Over Illawarra 2012 May 18th, 2012PCDU Episode 86: One Fine Day at Parafield April 26th, 2012PCDU Episode 85: Tyabb Air Show 2012 & ATC Ben Answers Your Questions March 31st, 2012PCDU Episode 84: Geoff Whitty: Pidgin Tales March 18th, 2012PCDU Episode 83: Replicate This! February 29th, 2012PCDU Episode 82: Keeping up with Owen Zupp February 16th, 2012PCDU Episode 81: An Infrequent Flyer goes to Europe January 29th, 2012PCDU Episode 80: Farewell 2011 (aka “Tom Cruise wraps my Dolmades” :) December 30th, 2011PCDU Episode 79: Flying Low December 10th, 2011PCDU Episode 78: Tim Smith: Flying Saved My Life November 16th, 2011PCDU Episode 77: Qantas Crisis: After the Grounding November 3rd, 2011PCDU Episode 76: Air Wilpena October 20th, 2011PCDU Episode 75: Talking Aerobatics with Anthony Crichton-Browne October 5th, 2011PCDU Episode 74: Kiwi User Fees … and other issues September 5th, 2011PCDU Episode 73: Oshkosh: The Greatest Show on Earth August 20th, 2011PCDU Episode 72: Oshcast #3 – Hugging your Roo July 31st, 2011PCDU Episode 71: AirVenture 2011 – Oshcast #2 July 29th, 2011PCDU Episode 70: AirVenture 2011 – Oshcast #1 July 27th, 2011PCDU Episode 69: Carbonated July 20th, 2011PCDU Episode 68: Flyabout to Memory Lane July 11th, 2011PCDU Episode 67: Team Pracy: Racing, JetRides & Aircraft Imports June 30th, 2011PCDU Episode 66: That Wasn’t in the Script! June 21st, 2011PCDU Episode 65: Innovative Ideas June 13th, 2011PCDU Episode 64: Dick Smith – Setting it Straight May 24th, 2011Video 001: Steve’s Flight in JetRide’s L39 May 18th, 2011PCDU Episode 63: RA-Aus NatFly 2011 April 30th, 2011PCDU Episode 62: Advertising Advocacy April 21st, 2011PCDU Episode 61: The Great Pilgrimage April 10th, 2011PCDU Episode 60: Now the Party’s Over March 26th, 2011PCDU Episode 59: Avalon Not-So Quick Cast #6 March 6th, 2011PCDU Episode 58: Avalon Quick Cast #5 March 5th, 2011PCDU Episode 57: Avalon Quick Cast #4 March 4th, 2011PCDU Episode 56: Avalon Quick Cast #3 March 3rd, 2011PCDU Episode 55: Avalon Quick Cast #2 March 2nd, 2011PCDU Episode 54: Avalon Quick Cast #1 March 1st, 2011PCDU Episode 53: A Ditch, Some Dutch & De-Icing February 20th, 2011PCDU Episode 52: The Misty Dawn of Avalon February 3rd, 2011PCDU Episode 51: Pig Out! January 21st, 2011PCDU Episode 50: Farewell 2010 December 31st, 2010PCDU Episode 49: Hovering Matilda December 15th, 2010PCDU Episode 48: ADS-B: C’est un pétard! – with Bill Hamilton November 28th, 2010PCDU Episode 47: Bull Me! November 23rd, 2010PCDU Episode 46: Qantas A380 incident – from the Ground Up November 10th, 2010PCDU Episode 45: Keeping it to Scale October 31st, 2010PCDU Episode 44: Hannes, Bas and the Rhino October 9th, 2010PCDU Episode 43: Back to the Air Show September 19th, 2010PCDU Episode 42: Wings Down Under September 4th, 2010PCDU Episode 41: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #3: Comments on the Greens & Labor’s White Paper August 20th, 2010PCDU Episode 40: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #2: Ken Hill & Tim Sheen August 19th, 2010PCDU Episode 39: Australian Federal Election QuickCast #1: Warren Truss August 18th, 2010PCDU Episode 38: Dick Smith: Around the World in Many Ways August 10th, 2010PCDU Episode 37: It’s “Flight Attendant,” Grant July 30th, 2010PCDU Episode 36: Incidentally, Matt… July 14th, 2010PCDU Episode 35: Perseverance & Persistence July 4th, 2010PCDU Episode 34: Arching over the Swamp June 17th, 2010PCDU Episode 33: Four Degrees of Separation from Ben Sandilands May 28th, 2010PCDU Episode 32: Switch to Plan Delta May 13th, 2010PCDU Episode 31: Red Bull all The Way May 8th, 2010PCDU Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness April 20th, 2010PCDU Episode 29: What’s in a Checklist? April 6th, 2010PCDU Episode 28: Save the Liberator March 28th, 2010PCDU Episode 27: Trans World Adventures March 10th, 2010PCDU Episode 26: Enjoying the Views February 25th, 2010PCDU Episode 25: Fan Boys February 13th, 2010PCDU Episode 24: Misuse of Accents February 4th, 2010PCDU Episode 23: Australia: A TSA free zone (for now) January 15th, 2010PCDU Episode 22: Farewell 2009 December 31st, 2009PCDU Episode 21: London Calling December 19th, 2009PCDU Episode 20: A Tribute to Pip Borman December 11th, 2009PCDU Episode 19: Interview with a Vampire … Pilot (& Other Stories) December 5th, 2009PCDU Episode 18: Tally Ho, it’s the Red Baron! November 26th, 2009PCDU Episode 17: The Ipanator says “Rivet Shower? Not on *my* Watch!” November 20th, 2009PCDU Episode 16: Rant on Steve, Rant on November 15th, 2009PCDU Episode 15: And now for something completely different, here is the news November 1st, 2009PCDU Episode 14: Lang’s Great Journeys October 29th, 2009PCDU Episode 13: The Only Way is Zupp October 20th, 2009PCDU Episode 12: It’s not that late in Adelaide… October 12th, 2009PCDU Episode 11: Recreationally Yours October 3rd, 2009PCDU Episode 10: On the Podium with Matt Hall September 27th, 2009PCDU Episode 9: Airplane Geeks Down Under September 22nd, 2009PCDU Episode 8: Riding Our Segways September 11th, 2009PCDU Episode 7: Matt Hall, we’re not worthy! September 5th, 2009PCDU Episode 6: Plugcast August 30th, 2009PCDU Episode 5: Jet Lag Recovery August 16th, 2009PCDU Episode 4: Hand Propped August 7th, 2009PCDU Episode 3: Flying Solo July 31st, 2009PCDU Episode 2: Aero Neuro What??? July 22nd, 2009PCDU Episode 1: And so it begins… July 16th, 2009
Our Avalon 2011 Coverage
Daily Quick Casts
We produced a “Quick Cast” episode on each day of the airshow. These episodes included our comments about what we had been doing along with some interviews that we recorded on site.
March 1st: Day 1:
Brendan Nelson – past Defence Minister
Mark Robinson & Martin Hoffensetz from SAAB – Remote Tower system
Peter Dow from TVSA Pilot Training – Flight Camp & VET FEE-HELP system
Timbo’s Tarmac & Through the Keyhole with Papa Smurf segments
Click here to listen to the full Day 1 audio quick cast
March 2nd: Day 2:
RAAF Heron operators
Lockheed Martin’s ISR flying testbed aircraft
Timbo’s Tarmac
Click here to listen to the full Day 2 audio quick cast
March 3rd: Day 3:
Matt Hall
USAF F22 Raptor pilot & maintainer
Timbo’s Tarmac & In the Keyhole with Papa Smurf segments
Click here to listen to the full Day 3 audio quick cast
March 4th: Day 4:
B1B crew
RAAF Hot Air Balloon pilot
Owen Zupp
Squadron Leader Louise Burr
Timbo’s Tarmac & In the Keyhole with Papa Smurf tarmac reports
Click here to listen to the full Day 4 audio quick cast
March 5th: Day 5:
SQDN LDR Matt Harper, RAAF F22 Pilot
David Wheatland & the GA8 Airvan
Flight Lieutenant Skye Smith
Timbo’s Tarmac & Taffy covers the keyhole for Papa Smurf
Click here to listen to the full Day 5 audio quick cast
March 6th: Day 6:
Paul Simmons, CA27 Sabre pilot
Nikolay Timofeev, world champion aerobatics pilot
A view from the B52’s Lounge
Kent Pietsch & Chris Williams from the Jelly Belly team Colonel Seth Bretscher, USAF
Ian Honnery
Ed Stubbs
The final Timbo’s Tarmac & In the Keyhole with Papa Smurf tarmac reports
Click here to listen to the full Day 6 audio quick cast
The production of these Avalon Quick Cast episodes was sponsored by Aviation Advertiser and supported by Red Baron and Temby Automotive .
Our daily video summaries were produced by Steven Pam .
Daily Video Summaries
On the first five days of the show, we produced a short daily summary video showing a summary of our experiences that day along with clips from some of the video captured during the day.
Day 1 Video Summary:
Day 2 Video Summary:
Day 3 Video Summary:
Day 4 Video Summary:
Day 5 Video Summary:
Post Avalon Episodes
We had so much content gathered during Avalon 2011 that we had to carry most of it over into subsequent episodes, including:
Episode 60: Now the Party’s Over – A collection of trade-show related content, including:
Dan Schroter & Paul Cooke from BAe Systems discuss their work in Australia and the Q-Sight system
Walter Kreitler & Mike Fuqua from Northrop Grumman tell us about the BAMS UAS program and the MQ-8B Fire Scout
Paul Levett from Levett Engineering talks about producing components for the F35 JSF’s F135 engine
Episode 61: The Great Pilgrimage – In addition to content recorded at the RAAF Pilgrimage, we include some warbird content from Avalon, including:
Kenny Love, CEO of the Temora Aviation Museum talks about the philosophy of the museum
Darren “Buster” Crabb talks about flying the Gloster Meteor
Gus Lerrard talks about his restored Hawker (Sea) Fury aircraft
Episode 62: Advertising Advocacy – Includes the following Avalon content:
RAAF Wedgetail AEW&C crew
Some quick chats with RA-Aus pilots:
Peter Harlow from Foxbat Australia
John Callahan with his Typhoon Glider
Peter Kane with his Kitfox
Episode 64: Dick Smith – Setting it Straight – Includes the following Avalon content:
FLT LT Pete Komar, an F-18F Super Hornet pilot with the RAAF
BAe Hawk Mk127 techo LAC Brian Dick
Pilot Officer Emmanuel “Muz” Murray talks about flying the BAe Hawk Mk127
SGT Kerry Dimar who works in logistics with the BAe Hawk Mk127
Avalon Videos
The following videos were released after the show:
Lockheed Martin’s “Dragon Star” Testbed Aircraft:
Interview with race pilot Matt Hall:
Piaggio P.180 Avanti II cockpit interview:
RAAF Heron UAV:
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