Category Archives: Australia Desk

Episode 343: Two Crew Good but One Crew Not Bad Either

Posted on April 1, 2015 by admin

Grant’s back from an exhausting week working on hot air balloons at Canowindra in rural New South Wales but at least he got a chance to fly one of them before he made the long drive back home. Meanwhile, Steve’s … Continue reading →

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Episode 341: Grand Prix handling displays are better than the cars :)

Posted on March 18, 2015 by admin

Grant’s back from the Canberra Balloon Spectacular where he’s had a blast playing with balloons including one that’s basically a chair lift hung under a balloon envelope. Woo hoo :) Meanwhile, Melbourne has hosted the Formula 1 Grand Prix but … Continue reading →

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Episode 340: Pilatus PC24 is Super Sexy!

Posted on March 11, 2015 by admin

Steve is solo this week as Grant returns from hot air balloon operations interstate and was planning to chat with a guest about the arrival of Qantas 747-400 VH-OJA into the Illawarra Regional Airport in Wollongong but unfortunately the guest … Continue reading →

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Episode 339: What Happens in Vegas…

Posted on March 4, 2015 by admin

Avalon Airshow is over and the boys are recovering from the heat, the long distance walking and the aero-awesomeness. For this segment they chatted with Flying Officer “Guns” about the lessons learned when the RAAF took some C130Js to Exercise … Continue reading →

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Episode 338: It’s Avalon time again

Posted on February 23, 2015 by admin

It’s almost time for the Avalon Airshow and the boys are getting excited about some of the new items that will be on display, including an Airbus A400M and an RQ-4 Global Hawk that has made its first landing at … Continue reading →

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Episode 336: A Gong for OJA? Rock On, Boys!

Posted on February 11, 2015 by admin

Grant’s back (and so’s his car!) and the boys have a few aircraft stories to present, including: Qantas’ first 747-400 VH-OJA is being donated to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) at Wollongong where the arrival is likely to be … Continue reading →

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Episode 335: Ben’s Flying but Grant’s Grounded

Posted on February 4, 2015 by admin

Grant’s broken yet another vehicle and is stuck in Albury, NSW while the vehicle is repaired so Steve brings Ben Jones on to join the fun from Perth in West Australia. Ben & his brother recently purchased a Cessna 172 … Continue reading →

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Episode 334: Australia, Australia, we love you!

Posted on January 28, 2015 by admin

It’s Australia Day and the boys are taking a few minutes out from a BBQ to record a quick OzDesk with mentions of special Australia Day items, including: The Royal Australian Navy had their new Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Canberra … Continue reading →

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Episode 333: Boned, Pwned & Droned

Posted on January 21, 2015 by admin

Grant’s tired after completing his CASA panel interview process for aircraft maintenance management (links to PDF file) and Steve’s hungover after a few too many red wines with the “Infrequent Flyer” himself at the Members’ Reserve in the Melbourne Cricket … Continue reading →

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Episode 332: Vale Captain Jack

Posted on January 14, 2015 by admin

The boys received sad news this week with notification of the passing of Captain Jack Curtis, an icon in the aviation scene down under, particularly in relation to DC-3s. In this week’s segment, they play Grant’s interview with Jack in … Continue reading →

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