Tag Archives: Airbus

Episode 244: Virgin acquires Skywest while an F-111C takes a road trip

Posted on April 17, 2013 by admin

With Grant off this week due to illness, PCDU team member Ben Jones steps in to help bring us this report. In the news, Virgin Australia issues a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange announcing it’s acquisition of Skywest is … Continue reading →

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Episode 217: It’s all about Sydney (& not just the Grand Final)

Posted on October 3, 2012 by admin

The AFL Grand final is over & despite Steve’s blissful dreaming, his mighty Hawthorn Hawks have been beaten by the Sydney Swans. Despite his immense sadness, the boys decide to continue with the news: As Air New Zealand starts buying … Continue reading →

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Episode 197: A Spartan Budget

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

Steve and Grant are still tired after their mega-road-trip up to the Wings Over Illawarra 2012 airshow near Sydney, covering over 1,600km and an airshow in a single weekend. Still, they’re not about to let being tired get in the … Continue reading →

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Episode 189: Why, why, wai believe in Red-Q???

Posted on March 13, 2012 by admin

It’s a wonderful Autumn day and Grant’s hung over but what the heck, on with the show: Red-Q was supposed to be Qantas’ new premium configured single-aisle A320 international airline that would be 51% controlled by the foreign country it … Continue reading →

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Episode 187: Pageants, downsizing, Spartans & Red 5 standing by

Posted on February 28, 2012 by admin

Grant’s picked up some sunburn after spending the day playing with aircraft & recording content at the RAAF Air Pageant at RAAF Base Pt Cook while Steve got close while driving a train near Pt Cook on the way to … 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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