Tag Archives: Red Bull Air Race

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

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 352: Sabotage by Cabotage

The federal government are contemplating a proposal to allow foreign airlines carry domestic passengers between locations north of the Tropic of Capricorn (eg: Cairns, Darwin, Townsville, etc). So, can a reduction in cabotage restrictions in the north end lead to … Continue reading

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Episode 350: It’s just the gas, man

The boys are back with the sad news that the Wings Over Illawarra air show show had to be cancelled due to terrible weather. Bummer :( Deciding to go with military stories, we open with the news that RAAF KC30As … Continue reading

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Episode 338: It’s Avalon time again

It’s almost time for the Avalon Airshow and the boys are getting excited about some of the new items that will be on display, including an Airbus A400M and an RQ-4 Global Hawk that has made its first landing at … Continue reading

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Episode 286: Matt Hall & His Prep for 2014’s Red Bull Air Race

The boys record this week’s segment a little early as they’re going to be in rural New South Wales near Canberra celebrating Grant’s wedding. Yup, that’s right, Grant & Kitt are finally getting married and everyone’s still wondering what she … Continue reading

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Episode 65: Steve’s gone flying and he’s *still* smiling

Steve’s discovered that there’s more than one 4 o’clock in the day but it was worth it to fly a Piper Warrior in the Royal Victorian Aero Club’s Dawn Patrol. Matt Hall has reached third place in the Red Bull … Continue reading

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