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Tag Archives: Qantas
Episode 336: A Gong for OJA? Rock On, Boys!
Grant’s back (and so’s his car!) and the boys have a few aircraft stories to present, including: Qantas’ first 747-400 VH-OJA is being donated to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) at Wollongong where the arrival is likely to be … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged Ayres Rock, HARS, New Zealand, outback onion, Pacific Blue, Qantas, Uluru, VH-OJA, Virgin Australia, Wollongong
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Episode 334: Australia, Australia, we love you!
It’s Australia Day and the boys are taking a few minutes out from a BBQ to record a quick OzDesk with mentions of special Australia Day items, including: The Royal Australian Navy had their new Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Canberra … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A380, Andrew Jackson, Australia Day, BBQ, F35, HMAS Canberra, Jacko, Kangaroo, LHD, meat, Positive Train Control, Qantas, Roo, Royal Australian Navy, Sydney Harbour, tasty
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Episode 333: Boned, Pwned & Droned
Grant’s tired after completing his CASA panel interview process for aircraft maintenance management (links to PDF file) and Steve’s hungover after a few too many red wines with the “Infrequent Flyer” himself at the Members’ Reserve in the Melbourne Cricket … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 767, airspace, Alice Springs, Antonov, Antonov 74, Auckland, boneyard, CASA, comingling, drones, fine, HAAMC, hangover, Infrequent Flyer, Kaman, legal, MCG, Melboune Cricket Ground, Members Reserve, Qantas, RAN, RNZAF, Seasprite, UAS, UAV
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Episode 331: Final Flights Abounding
The boys are back for 2015 and wondering what happened to last week? Something about holidays and memos, it would appear :) In this desk we cover the WA Police Air Wing being grounded due to pilots quitting, the last … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 2015, 767, Alice Springs, boneyard, Cairns, Perth, Qantas, SkyTrans, WA Police Air Wing, West Australia
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Episode 329: Qantas Shuffling
Steve & Grant are back & trying to figure out how to make an AusDesk so, naturally, Qantas is in the news with reports of a shake-up in some senior positions. After that, it’s time to re-visit the PelAir crash … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 2009, Across the Pond, ATSB, Charlie Willwerth, crash, FlightTime Radio Show, PelAir, Pieter Johnson, Qantas, senior positions, shake-up, Transportation Safety Bureau of Canada, TSB
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Episode 325: Jabiru Engine Issues
Steve & Grant bring you the Australia Sports Desk report … ooops, hang on, that’s the Australia Aviation News Desk report – sorry about that :) CASA are all but grounding aircraft with Jabiru engines due to 40 engine failures … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 747, Air Force One, Amberley, Brisbane, CASA, copilot, engine, failure, G20, grounding, Jabiru, Marine One, New Zealand, Obama, pilots, Qantas, RAAF, retirement, son, spottersmag, summit
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Episode 324: Retro Roo
Grant’s birthday has aligned with Qantas releasing a retro livery that dates back to when he was born. He and Steve think it looks great on their latest brand new 737! Meanwhile, Grant’s been off flying hot air balloons and … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 737, biennial flight review, birthday, Cessna 172, day job, hot air balloon, Jonesy, livery, Qantas, railway, Retro Roo
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Episode 321: Steve’s Back from the USA
Steve’s back and he tells us about his trip to the USA, including the flights on Qantas A380s. During his three week trip, among tons of other fun activities, he managed to log two flights of his own in Cessna … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A380, Airwork Las Vegas, C172N, Cessna 172, Class B Golden Gate Bridge, Fred Samson, G1000, Jackie Maas, Las Vegas, N738CY, OpenAirplane, Qantas, Rod Rakic, SFO
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Episode 320: Come fly with me
Grant’s been flying a balloon again and he’s taken Evan Schoo & Albert up with him. They take a moment from the flight to record an intro then Grant slots in the following news items: 1) Changes have started at … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged Albert, CASA, change, Constellation, Evan Schoo, Forsyth Report, Founders Museum, hot air balloon, Lockheed, Longreach, NoSteve, Qantas, Queensland
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Episode 314: Qantas Profit, oh Qantas Profit, where for art thou???
Taking advantage of the Bits N Pieces nature of this episode, Steve & Grant sneak in a longer AusDesk than usual. This time it’s back to Qantas who have announced a record loss thanks to some restructuring they’re doing as … Continue reading
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Tagged 2GB, 737, 737 MAX, A320, A320NEO, Air New Zealand, Alan Joyce, Jetstar, loss, profit, Qantas, Ross Greenwood, Virgin Australia
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