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Episode 120: Ramp Rash, Tigers & Ballooning

Posted on October 26, 2010 by admin

Beautiful weather leads to some great hot air ballooning for Grant in the Yarra Valley but meanwhile there’s heaps of aviation news to review down under, including: Australian Department of Transport tells the US DOT that the Delta-V alliance should … Continue reading →

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Episode 56: Aircrew Fatigue is a Major Factor (Launch of Plane Crazy Down Under)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by admin

This week’s stories include: The captain of the Emirates A340 that had a tail strike relates his story and yes, fatigue was a factor. The first of the RAAF’s F/A-18F Super Hornets has rolled off the assembly line. Tiger Airways … Continue reading →

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Episode 55: Air New Zealand has Nothing to Hide

Posted on July 9, 2009 by admin

The boys have swapped opening roles for this one with Steve doing the dateline and Grant doing the introductions. Fortunately they get into the news pretty quickly. Air New Zealand are no longer going to use Qantas’ maintenance services after … Continue reading →

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Episode 53: More A330 Issues for Jetstar

Posted on June 24, 2009 by admin

Grant continues to have sound issues and the weather is crappy but the boys keep it together long enough to get some stories out: ATSB determines that a dodgy circuit was responsible for an inflight shut down of a Jetstar … Continue reading →

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