Monthly Archives: October 2011

Episode 170: Qantas politics just keeps going on and on and on…

Posted on October 25, 2011 by admin

This week it’s all Qantas politics going on and on and on….. RAAF takes delivery of their last four F-18F Super Hornets, Omega Tanker takes three ex RAAF 707 tankers, Department of Defence looks seriously at the C-27J Spartan to … Continue reading →

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Episode 169: Everyone’s rather over this Qantas crap

Posted on October 18, 2011 by admin

Grant’s getting ready for a CASA audit at the balloon company he works for and recently became a Supervisor for the company’s Drug & Alcohol Management Program (DAMP). Fortunately he’s able to join Steve for another Australia Desk: The Qantas … Continue reading →

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Episode168: Qantas dispute with their unions gets nasty

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

Steve has to convince Grant to stop talking about hot air balloons after last week’s Grill the Geeks question. It takes a bit but he finally gets the message and the boys get on with the latest aviation news from … Continue reading →

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Episode 167: Ferris wheels, tankers and a box effect

Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin

The boys spend some time trying to find a big, new aviation story to talk about this week. After skipping through lots of the usual stuff, they settle on a couple of interesting items: A Cheetah S-200 RA-Aus registered aircraft … Continue reading →

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