PCDU Episode 53: A Ditch, Some Dutch & De-Icing
Steve & Grant are joined once again by Bas Scheffers from Adelaide to discuss a few items, including:A follow up to the ADSB discussion we had with Bill Hamilton back in episode 48A discussion of the ...
20 Feb 20111h 43min
PCDU Episode 52: The Misty Dawn of Avalon
Every two years Avalon Airport is the home to one of the biggest airshows & aviation expositions in the Southern Hemisphere (the biggest, according to many). One of Australia’s premier aviation events...
2 Feb 20111h 9min
PCDU Episode 51: Pig Out!
In November 2010 the PCDU team were invited to attend the Media Day at RAAF Amberley where members of 6 Squadron were gathered to give us one final look at the F-111 before it was retired from service...
20 Jan 20112h 35min
PCDU Episode 50: Farewell 2010
As the final hours of 2010 pass by and the year draws to a close, we release our 50th episode with a mix of annual review, Christmas greetings and a new experiment. In conjunction with a live video st...
31 Des 20102h 10min
PCDU Episode 49: Hovering Matilda
Rosemary Arnold learned to fly fixed wing in the early 60s then converted helicopters in the mid-60’s, becoming the first woman in Australia to receive a helicopter pilot’s license. From operating her...
14 Des 20101h 50min
PCDU Episode 48: ADS-B: C’est un petard! – with Bill Hamilton
While the technology behind ADS-B is nothing new, it is becoming the centerpiece of modern Air Traffic Management systems around the world. Unfortunately, CASA is once again taking a global concept an...
27 Nov 20101h 41min
PCDU Episode 47: Bull Me!
The 2010 RedBull AirRace season was exciting, eventful and disappointing all at once. From Adilson Kindleman’s crash in Perth to Hannes Arch’s pylon hit and Matt Hall’s “walk on water” incident, G-Sta...
22 Nov 20101h 47min
PCDU Episode 46: Qantas A380 incident – from the Ground Up
On November 4th, 2010 Qantas A380 VH-OQA (“Nancy Bird Walton”) was operating flight QF32 from Singapore to Sydney. During the climb out from Singapore, the number 2 Rolls Royce Trent 900 engine’s Inte...
9 Nov 20101h 56min
