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By Grant (Falcon124), on May 26th, 2013% Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:54:37 — 78.8MB) Subscribe:  The beautifully restored De Havilland Mosquito We’re joined by Dave Homewood from the Wings Over New Zealand forum & podcast to talk about his time with the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), the warbird scene over there and the comprehensive forum he established. We also discuss his excellent Wings Over New Zealand podcast which has a large number of fascinating interviews & recordings covering the Kiwi scene. You can follow Dave’s latest updates on his Wings Over New Zealand Facebook page.
After our chat with Dave we feature more Avalon 2013 content including our KC-30A interview, a chat about the Heron Remotely Piloted Vehicle’s operations in Afghanistan and part two of Grant’s chat with Charles Cheeseman from Eco 2000. As if all that wasn’t enough, we introduce Maikha Ly who is joining the team as a roving reporter covering regional aviation events.
We’ve also got a new competition where the first 5 people who email us the correct answer to Owen Zupp’s question will win a copy of his “50 Tales of Flight” eBook. After that, it’s time for listener mail, shout outs and the wrap up.
Whew, no wonder it’s almost 2 hours long :)
The show unfolds as:
- 0:08:29 – We chat with Dave Homewood
- 0:42:11 – Interview with FLTLT Simon Press & WOFF David Bull on the flight deck of the RAAF KC-30A
- 0:55:33 – Interview with WGCDR Jonathan McMullan about the Heron Remotely Piloted Vehicle and its operations in Afghanistan
- 1:07:18 – Introducing Maikha Ly, our roving reporter covering regional events
- 1:17:21 – The second part of Grant’s chat with Charles Cheeseman from Eco 2000 (part 1 was back in Episode 103: Avalon 2013 – Day Three)
- 1:24:48 – We announce winners of our FlightPathTV commpetition:
- Errol Cavit from NZ
- Alex James from China
- Gary Clarkson from Melbourne
- 1:26:49 – Thanks to the donors from our audience who helped us exceed the $250 we needed to join Ryan Campbell’s “$500 Club” from his Teen World Flight project:
- Peter Gossner
- Doug & Kerri Worrall
- Brian Grinter
- Chris Fenelon
- Peter Baxter
- Gary Clarkson
- Ben Jones
- Andrew Van Der Saag
- Nick Christiansen
- Gareth Little-Hales
- Evan Schoo
- 1:29:29 – We announce a new competition, this time featuring a question from Owen Zupp. The first five people who email us with the correct answer will win a copy of his “50 Tales of Flight” eBook.
- 1:31:17 – Listener Mail:
 The AirStig has set us a challenge – do you accept it?
- The AirStig has laid down a challenge for Doug Worrall’s LEO game & has completed all the missions & logged a score of 5641. Do you think you can beat his score?
- Roger Preston from Europe emailed us regarding Episode 79
- Michael Power enjoyed Avalon 2013 coverage but reckons Episode #51 (our F111 Tribute) is still our best so far
- Mick from the Frankston line has sent us some audio of a De Havilland Comet crew doing their checks (you can hear it just before the bloopers)
- Cade Jones has been enjoying the show & wants to get into radio/media
- Mike Butorac asked us about suitable music for a video of trans-continental flight in Australia
- 1:40:36 – Shout Outs:
- Peter Merwood in NZ who flies Thunderbird 6 (a beautiful RV6)
- The Airplane Geeks for reaching episode #250 which is their 200th episode since Steve & Grant started doing the Australia Desk together
- Pieter & the gang in the UK for their Xtended aviation podcast
- David Optimal for getting his Class 1 instructor rating :)
NOTE: Cover photo of the restored De Haviland Mosquito is by Errol Cavit
By Grant (Falcon124), on October 6th, 2012% Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:39:44 — 68.5MB) Subscribe:  PCDU Narrating at AusFly The Sport Aircraft Association of Australia (SAAA) held their inaugural AusFly event at Narromine, New South Wales on the 14th & 15th of September. As part of the show, Plane Crazy Down Under were invited to come & run the AusFly radio show and provide commentary for the air displays. From setting up the studio & PA system (thanks Allan & Kurt :) to interviewing live during the show and keeping the crowd informed during the air displays, it was a busy, exhausting, educational and, over-all, fun experience.
 In this episode we have the first few of our AusFly content and we’ll be having more in future episodes as we arranging interviews with the exhibitors we missed out chatting to during the event. Everyone was kept busy by the steady stream of people so there wasn’t much time to stop & chat.
The full content of the show includes:
- 0:04:20 – Our post-show interview with David Brown from the SAAA where we discuss the successes and the lessons learned from running the event.
- 0:28:01 – An interview we recorded with Gordon Rich-Phillips, the Victorian minister for the Aviation Industry (among other portfolios). We discuss his background in aviation, the aircraft he’s been flying and his views on the aviation industry in Victoria.
- 0:47:27 – We play some of our AusFly Radio content
- 0:47:36 – Hunter Jones from AutoGyro Australia talks to us about autogyros, their presence at AusFly and their formation arrival.
- 0:58:30 – Matt Maude from Performance Metals lets us know about a whole lot of new metal they’ve got arriving shortly.
- 1:03:10 – Jenny Wickham joins us on “The Perch” at AusFly to provide commentary on her husband Jim’s flying.
- 1:08:55 – Grant has a quick chat with Chris Brown who was on the Elgas Balloon Trek that worked its way to Narromine during the week leading up to the 14th
- 1:11:42 – We chat with Ben Jones about his experiences at AusFly (including flying a Zenith CH650), at WestFly and at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly In
- 1:22:24 – We review some Listener Mail:
- Brian from Kentucky is wading through our archives & has almost listened to all of them (yes, he’s very brave! :)
- Mick (aka “Bom1”) relates a few of his aviation passenger experiences and is wondering what to do next in aviation (yes, he should get his license for a start! :)
- 1:29:16 – We give a few Shout Outs:
- Thanks to Analogue Al (aka Allan Van’t Padje) and his brother Kurt for all their efforts to setup & tear down the PA system used at Narromine as well as Allan’s great work running the sound gear through out the event
- Well done to Chris Visscher for being the PCDU Camp Cook and general errand boy
- Thanks to everyone who came & said HI at AusFly, especially our mate The Air Stig who visited AusFly as part of a long journey he was undertaking
 Steve on “The Perch” at AusFly  Grant doing Commentary at AusFly  Allan in the Studio Marquee trying to make us sound good :) All photos in these show notes (including the episode title image) were taken by Phil Buckley. Thanks mate :)
By Grant (Falcon124), on December 30th, 2011% Podcast: Play in new window | Download (68.0MB) Subscribe: All good things must come to an end and so too must the year 2011. It has been an amazing year of growth for PCDU as we’ve covered Avalon 2011, NatFly 2011 and Oshkosh 2011 along with a number of major events (eg: Qantas grounding) and added some new voices to the team. So as the year draws to a close and 2012 is waiting in the wings,  Steve,  Grant and Anthony  “The Infrequent Flyer”  bring you our Farewell 2011 episode:
- Steve &  David Vanderhoof discuss the Royal Australian Navy  (RAN)  Sea King helicopters at the time of their decommissioning, developments with the C130 Hercules and a special Christmas greeting from David
- We chat with Mo Ferrando from High Alpha Media about the Hexacopter and Octocopter units he was displaying for us at Tooradin
- David Pilkington talks with us about his career in aeronautical engineering and aerobatics
- David & Â Grant go up in David’s Decathlon to fly an aerobatic routine above Tooradin (YTDN) and broadcast the manoeuvres and sensations during the flight
- Adam Wooley from JoeyGlide chats with us about the National Junior Gliding Championships recently held in Queensland
As usual we have some great listener mail, including:
- Ryan Hothersall sent us a link to the 2011 STOL competitions – amazing stuff!
- Congrats to the AirStig who is celebrating the arrival of a new Stigette
- Thanks to Keane Bourke for his Merry Christmas wishes
- Thanks also to Garry Collins for his train jargon & congrats for Steve
- Big shout out to Owen Zupp for his Owen Zupp Author page on Facebook and his new OwenZupp.com.au blog
Given it’s our end of year episode, we have a list of people & groups to thank:
- Our sponsors over the course of the year:
- All the listeners who donated to help us cover the costs of being at Oshkosh & Â producing the show all year
- The contributors who have helped us create content for the show:
- Bas Scheffers
- Anthony Crichton Browne
- Kathy Mexted
- ATC Ben (aka Ben Ippolito)
- David Vanderhoof
- Dan Morris
- Pieter Johnson
- Anthony Simmons, the Infrequent Flyer
- Adam Visscher
- Steven Pam
- Allan Van’t Padje
- Mike Wilson who helped us at Oshkosh
We’d also like to say thanks to:
- AusAir Services
- Ian Kershaw for his help with the survey
- James Williams & Â Dave Gray from LPN
- Milford & Â Charlie from Flight Time Radio
- Max Flight & Courtney Miller for making this happen
- Rob Mark for his hospitality at Camp Jetwhine
- Mike Miley & Â Rod Rakic from MyTransponder for the help at Oshkosh
- Stu Stevenson for his hospitality post Oshkosh
- Special thanks to Kitt & Â Cathey for their continuing status as podcast widows!
So thanks again to our growing audience who have been with us as we’ve expanded PCDU over the course of 2011. Happy holidays and here’s to a whole new year of bringing you the most amazing aviation experiences & information from Australia & Â New Zealand that we can.
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