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Episode 682: Farewell to the Classic Hornet

Posted on December 15, 2021 by admin

With the sad news that the RAAF have withdrawn the F/A-18 A & B aircraft from service this week, the boys are joined by Stewart Wilson, a well known aviation author and historian in Australia, to discuss their history in … Continue reading →

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Episode 679: Opened borders allow a QF A380 to return plus RAAF rumours galore

Posted on November 17, 2021 by admin

The boys are back and Grant’s had to get Steve up at the crack of noon to record an Oz Desk much earlier than usual, but there’s so much to discuss and so much to do, like maybe flying somewhere … Continue reading →

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Episode 675: More Romeos, please, and let’s get International again

Posted on October 20, 2021 by admin

The boys are back for another Oz Desk and, despite being well over a year since their last one, everything works out just fine with no hassles, hijinks or shenanigans. Who knew? The Royal Australian Navy are shopping for another … Continue reading →

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Episode 614: The last Qantas 747 has left the party

Posted on July 29, 2020 by admin

Despite the best efforts of COVID to turn Victoria into Sick-toria (the infectious state) and Melbourne being locked down like East Berlin, the boys have managed to get another Oz Desk produced for Max to (hopefully :) ) allow into … Continue reading →

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Episode 607: Quarantinny News from Down Under

Posted on June 9, 2020 by admin

It’s been a while since our last Australia Desk and the boys have been busy in their isolation. Grant’s picked up a new, sexy microphone & studio gear while Steve’s been busy perfecting his speed editing while working on more … Continue reading →

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Episode 583: Political Enquiries, a Jetstar Strike & more RAAF Airframes

Posted on December 18, 2019 by admin

It’s time for the annual OzDesk update and the boys are back with the following news items: The Federal Senate have launched (yet another) enquiry into CASA & GA  Jetstar staff (ground crew and pilots) are going on strike over … Continue reading →

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Episode 500: Spartans are great even without the roll

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

How could the boys not crash a milestone 500th episode? With a nod to the bulk of their past reports, they present a standard Oz Desk episode with news reviews, discussion and fewer sound effects (mostly :) ). The topics … Continue reading →

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Episode 484: Dusting off the Studio

Posted on January 3, 2018 by admin

Max managed to get the boys back into the studio to record an Australia Desk segment for the end-of-2017 “Bits n Pieces” episode. By the time they’d cleared out the dust, fired up the generators and caught up on what … Continue reading →

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Episode 442: We’re back at the Avalon Air Show

Posted on March 8, 2017 by admin

We’re back, babies (well, at least for this year :) ). Steve and Grant are at the Avalon Air Show 2017 and they interview Ben Morgan, CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia who is working hard … Continue reading →

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Episode 382: So long & thanks for all the laughs

Posted on December 23, 2015 by admin

Once again it’s Qantas all the way but this time our friend Richard Muirden was on board the first Qantas flight to San Francisco since 2011 :) CASA goes for awareness rather than registration for drones. To wrap things up, … Continue reading →

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