Tag Archives: F18

Episode 738: Kiwi retirements, military rumours and preparations for Avalon 2023

Posted on February 22, 2023 by admin

The boys were a bit cheeky this week as they were able to re-use a big chunk of the content they recorded last week, even though Qantas hasn’t had any turn backs this week. Go figure! CEA Technologies will be … Continue reading →

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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With the sad news that the RAAF have withdrawn the F/A-18 A & B aircraft from service this week, the boys are joined by Stewart Wilson, a well known aviation author and historian in Australia, to discuss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 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 279: Enough Qantas, It’s Christmas & the beach is waiting

Posted on December 18, 2013 by admin

It’s not just Rob who reckons an AusDesk can be produced by just saying how Qantas and Jetstar are in trouble. Steve and Grant have had enough too and, even though lots of column inches are being generated this week … Continue reading →

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For Micah: Booming the Drogue to your Probe

Posted on May 2, 2013 by admin

Airplane Geeks listener Micah asked why the Navy went with probe-n-drogue for air-to-air refueling instead of the flying boom system used by the Air Force. Grant thinks it may have been due to the size of the aircraft and the … Continue reading →

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Episode 229: Serge’s views on exchange pilots, the F-35 and the transition to drones

Posted on January 2, 2013 by admin

Steve’s dragged Grant out of his coffin to record an OzDesk on New Years Day and he’s less than enthused about it. Fortunately, it’s a Bits n Pieces episode on the Geeks, so the boys play an excerpt of a … Continue reading →

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Episode 228: More Super Hornets but where’s the money going to come from?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by admin

The Australian Government is enquiring with the US Government about the potential cost of purchasing additional F-18F Super Hornets for the RAAF – up to 24 more aircraft. Given the current government’s Defence minister is big on cutting costs and … Continue reading →

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Episode 212: Qantas Reports First Loss Since Going Public

Posted on August 29, 2012 by admin

It’s a big news week with the Australia Desk covering a number of stories: Qantas is big in the news with: Qantas reports a $244m loss (their first since becoming a public company) Alan Joyce will not be getting his … Continue reading →

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Episode 210: Good News, Everyone!

Posted on August 15, 2012 by admin

We’ve got some good news on the maintenance & engineering front so we figured it was too important to leave to later: TAE (a wholly owned subsidiary of Air New Zealand) are opening new workshops in Brisbane & Adelaide to … Continue reading →

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