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Episode 371: Calling Karratha, come in ATC Ben

Posted on October 7, 2015 by admin

Finally back after a bit of a break although Grant has subbed out due to family reasons, being ably replaced by ATC Ben. Ben tells us about his recent slight change of job, and location, having moved from the world … Continue reading →

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Episode 365: Qantas gets a profit & Matt Hall’s back on the podium

Posted on August 26, 2015 by admin

Steve is solo this week as Grant is out of action with a throat infection. Steve covers the huge turnaround in the Qantas full year profit ($575 million profit after a $2.8 billion loss the year before) with an excerpt … Continue reading →

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Episode 340: Pilatus PC24 is Super Sexy!

Posted on March 11, 2015 by admin

Steve is solo this week as Grant returns from hot air balloon operations interstate and was planning to chat with a guest about the arrival of Qantas 747-400 VH-OJA into the Illawarra Regional Airport in Wollongong but unfortunately the guest … Continue reading →

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Episode 335: Ben’s Flying but Grant’s Grounded

Posted on February 4, 2015 by admin

Grant’s broken yet another vehicle and is stuck in Albury, NSW while the vehicle is repaired so Steve brings Ben Jones on to join the fun from Perth in West Australia. Ben & his brother recently purchased a Cessna 172 … Continue reading →

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Episode 322: OpenAirplane? Don’t you mean Open Aeroplane???

Posted on October 29, 2014 by admin

Steve talks with Rod Rakic and brings us an update on Open Airplane, a service that assists pilots who want to rent an airplane. The network now has 72 locations in the U.S. with over 250 aircraft available, now including … Continue reading →

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Episode 305: Steve’s solo but maintains the Flight of Solidarity with Alex Fisher

Posted on July 2, 2014 by admin

The southern winter weather has taken its toll on Grant this week, so Steve flies the segment solo. In the news, the constant doom & gloom surrounding aviation maintenance job losses was brightened slightly with the announcement by Air New … Continue reading →

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Episode 293: Andrew helps with MH370 & RAAF news

Posted on April 2, 2014 by admin

Once again Grant is unavailable due to illness so Steve is joined by award winning aviation journalist and Principle at Communications Intelligence, an independent aviation and defence consultancy, Andrew McLaughlin. With the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 continuing … Continue reading →

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Episode 292: Aircraft flocking to Perth for MH370 Search

Posted on March 26, 2014 by admin

Grant’s out sick but Steve gets Jonesy in to help out and it’s a good thing too ‘cos he’s in Perth, Western Australia and that seems to be where almost everyone with a long range maritime surveillance aircraft is too. … Continue reading →

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Episode 273: Some news and an RFDS fund raiser

Posted on November 6, 2013 by admin

Grant is taking a break this week so PCDU’s Western Australia correspondent, Ben Jones (aka Jonesy) joins Steve for this report. In the news, it’s Melbourne Cup week which, although a horse racing event, provides aviation enthusiasts a feast of … Continue reading →

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Episode 272: David the Ghost Hunter finds our hidden messages…

Posted on October 30, 2013 by admin

Steve can’t find Grant who seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth, so he sends in an apology message but that doesn’t stop David doing some Ghost Hunter sleuthing. With the help of Audacity, he’s played a … Continue reading →

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