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Tag Archives: Blackhawk
Episode 804: Bye Bye Bonza, Hello Triton!
Grant & Steve return for an Australia Desk report; the first for 2024, and much has happened in the first half of the year on the Australian aviation scene. Sadly, in a case of “we told you so”, new LCC … Continue reading
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
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 717, 737, ADF, Auckland, Blackhawk, Bonza, Brisbane, Canberra, engine, Fiji, flaps, history, Holsworth, maintenance, management, mayday, MH60, MH60M, MRH90, Oakey, Proserpine, Qantas, QantasLink, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Townsville, travel agents, UK, Ukraine, Whitsundays, wrong
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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
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
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A320, A330, Air New Zealand, Airbus, AntCB, Anthony Crichton-Browne, Army, Blackhawk, Brisbane, frequent flyers, harbour, India, KC30, Malaysian Airlines, MAS, MRTT, music, premium, Qantas, Qantas Defence Services, QDS, RAAF, Red-Q, Rob Fyfe, rugby, single aisle, Sydney, Tanker, The Artichokes, UH60, waiwhakamukau
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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
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A380, ACCC, advertising, AirAsiaX, alloy, Anthony Simmons, Army, ATC Ben, Bas Scheffers, Blackhawk, consumer law, cracks, fasteners, fees, joint venture, Malaysian Airlines, NoSteve, premium class, Qantas, UH60, wings
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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
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A330, A380, AirAsiaX, Army, Blackhawk, Canton Route, China Southern, cracking, cracks, demand, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jetstar, Kangaroo Route, London, Melbourne, Qantas, Singapore, slots, Sydney, Virgin Australia
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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
Posted in Australia Desk, Radio Play
Tagged Air New Zealand, Airplane Geeks, Alan Joyce, Blackhawk, corporate, DHC8, domestic, East Timor, F111, Japan, Jetstar, jogging, Pacific Flier, Q400, Qantas, theme, Tiger Airways, traffic
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