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Episode 734: Bonza, a smattering of military and Qantas maintenance woes

After the Geeks asking how long the boys have been producing the OzDesk, they start with a bit of history and how they started submitting news via email, then recording separately until, on Episode 52 in June 2009, the first … Continue reading

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Episode 684: The Blackhawks are dead, long live the Blackhawks

There’s been a grave disturbance in the Force as another military platform gets retired (but not for long) and Qantas announces it’s replacing its Boeing 737-800s with aircraft from the A320 family. You bet the boys will have commentary and … Continue reading

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

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 183: Alone Again…

Grant’s all on his own in the studio and there’s no sign of Steve. While he’s waiting, he’s checking out his new “mood machine,” a device that detects the ambience of its environment & plays music suitable to the moment. … Continue reading

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Episode 182: Cracks appearing and the Canton Route

It’s Sunday and there’s work to do outside so the guys are going to try get through the news quickly… Yeah, right, as if… More A380 cracking issues for Qantas to keep an eye on and these ones are different … Continue reading

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Episode 111: Jogging Dump & Burn

In recognition of the Airplane Geeks reaching episode 111, we have an F111 flying past as we go for a jog. The topics we cover include: Australian BlackHawk in Mayday emergency landing in East Timor Tiger Airways CEO & some … Continue reading

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