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
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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:
