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Episode 256: Tiger, Virgin, Romeos and a Teen World Flight update

Posted on July 10, 2013 by admin

It’s chilly & frosty down in Melbourne but that’s good for Grant as balloons fly extra well in the cold. But, enough of the weather, lets talk about the news: Tiger Airways re-brands as Tigerair as they continue their integration … Continue reading →

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Episode 255: Politics, A380 explosions and a world rounder

Posted on July 3, 2013 by admin

After an “interesting” week in Australian federal politics, Minister for Transport & Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese, is now also the Deputy Prime Minister, leaving Steve & Grant to ponder whether this will be good for aviation or not. In more positive … Continue reading →

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Episode 248: Qantas missing profits and Branson’s visiting

Posted on May 15, 2013 by admin

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce finds his way back into the news the week indicating that the airline’s profits are nowhere near the levels his team had predicted earlier in the financial year, and major creditor Deutscher Bank took notice also … 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 211: A Shorter AusDesk? What a Challenge!

Posted on August 22, 2012 by admin

The boys are ready to do their longest ever AusDesk segment with stacks of great news stories but Pieter Johnson throws down a challenge to see who can do the shortest segment. With that, Steve trims the story list and … Continue reading →

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Episode 179: Hey Steve, we’re on the show!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by admin

The boys have weaseled their way into a Geeks recording session and managed to join the discussion for a while. It’s not a typical Australia Desk (it wasn’t a typical Geeks episode either!) but they do talk about the Australian … Continue reading →

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Episode 166: Grant seeks his credibility while the RAAF orders a 6th C-17

Posted on September 27, 2011 by admin

Steve’s looking for Grant who’s out searching for his credibility and trying to recover from the hassling he got from the Geeks last week. You make two little mistakes… As the RAAF received their 5th C-17, they’ve turned around and … Continue reading →

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Episode 159: Is this the shortest OzDesk or what?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by admin

Steve’s still in the USA and dialled in to the Geeks recording session to say Hi. Meanwhile, Grant’s sent in a couple of quick headlines from Down Under, noting that Tiger Airways continues to be grounded and more Super Hornets … Continue reading →

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Episode 156: Stuff the news, lets talk Oshkosh preparations!

Posted on July 19, 2011 by admin

The boys are packing for Oshkosh and Steve’s trying to figure how to get the mega-sized jar of Vegemite through bio-inspection on arrival in Los Angeles. They do have a quick skim through the latest aviation news items from Down … Continue reading →

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Episode 145: A grab bag of news items and its David’s birthday

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

The boys are back after Easter and there’s a few news topics to cover: Two guys have flown a single engined aircraft from the USA to Australia, replicating Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s flight as part of a fund raiser for … Continue reading →

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