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It's an auspicious episode given it's aligned to the mighty Boeing Triple-7 aircraft (the originals, not the -X :) ) but the main news is that the boys are very happy to report that George Morgan, the surviving co-founder of GippsAero, has purc
Despite saying they'd be back next week, reality got in the way and the boys are back this week instead. They're from Down Under and you know time works differently down here, right?The Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition (IndoPac 20
Steve's recovery continues so the boys dive into the latest stories, kicking off with the realisation that the RAAF (or maybe the government) were listening to Episode 770 as the RAAF have been sent into Israel to provide repatriation flights f
It's been a rather eventful couple of months here in Australia for aviation news and a little closer to home. Steve returns to the microphone following his recent journey with open heart surgery, the result of a heart attack in early September.
Qantas has dominated this week's airline news so naturally this episode is all about them. We start with the news that long-time, and often controversial, CEO Alan Joyce has announced his intention to step down in November, handing the reins to
This week being episode 747, we decided to have a little fun and look at some Australian Boeing 747 milestones over the years. There are so many to cover, so these are just a snapshot. We highly recommend checking out the Aussie Airliners websi
There's lots to talk about this week (no surprise given it's been two weeks since the last Geeks episode) so we're going to try to compress it into less than 10 minutes. Do you think we can do it this time without reverting to compression techn
Accents?? What accents?? It may well be a matter of perspective of course, but following on from last week's discussion by the Geeks of Aussie accents vs American accents, we take a quick look at some of the challenges that can sometimes pose,
Australia's newest airline, Bonza, continues with the rollout of its new route network with the opening this week of its base in Melbourne, Victoria. The opening comes as figures show they've sold over 100,000 seats since commencing operation t
After a busy couple of weeks, the guys are back in the studio as Grant recovers from another weekend of air show commentary duties, this time at Benalla, 130 miles north of Melbourne. We discuss the role these regional air shows play in terms o
The ATSB releases their preliminary report on the Gold Coast helicopter mid-air collision, providing a high level overview of the facts gathered to date.Straddy Brewairy Tours launch a sight-seeing flight that combines beer sampling with views
The boys have made it to the Australian International Airshow 2023 (aka Avalon) and have been kept extremely busy recording content for the Australian Defence Magazine podcast as well as the recently revived Plane Crazy Down Under podcast. Woo
The boys were a bit cheeky this week as they were able to re-use a big chunk of the content they recorded last week, even though Qantas hasn't had any turn backs this week. Go figure!CEA Technologies will be upgrading the fixed and portable tra
February seems to be anniversary time in Oz as it's a cracker time for a Summer wedding, but that's not been the case this week as it's been rather cold and we haven't (yet) seen any snow, and certainly none in Sydney. Snow however, was exactly
Steve's a little tired after being recertified as an instructor...not for airplanes...but for trains. We discuss the similarities in approaches to training between rail and aviation, including one of Steve's more interesting sim sessions.Meanwh
After the Geeks asking how long the boys have been producing the OzDesk, they start with a bit of history and how they started submitting news via email, then recording separately until, on Episode 52 in June 2009, the first OzDesk was heard. W
It's been only a week and the boys are back with a new OzDesk which could be setting a bit of a trend, but they had to come back to talk about the big big news. Yes, it was rumour when they recorded last week and it was still rumour when the Ge
Wow, it's 2023 and the boys are back so hopefully they can get a few extra episodes into the feed this year. Meanwhile, Grant's been loading historical OzDesk segments into the Australia Desk website and hopes to get the full backlog loaded soo
Steve & Grant note that since the last episode we've lost Glen Towler from NZ and Grant's Dad Jim while also noting the anniversary of Steve's father's passing. After a small discussion on how both fathers were influential in the boys getting i
The boys knew they'd be back with AusDesk episodes in 2022 but didn't think it would take quite *this* long to get one produced. Suffice to say, they've picked one of the busiest times in aviation Down Under to come back with lots of things to
There's been a grave disturbance in the Force as another military platform gets retired (but not for long) and Qantas announces it's replacing its Boeing 737-800s with aircraft from the A320 family. You bet the boys will have commentary and opi
With the sad news that the RAAF have withdrawn the F/A-18 A & B aircraft from service this week, the boys are joined by Stewart Wilson, a well known aviation author and historian in Australia, to discuss their history in RAAF service. They even
The boys are back and Grant's had to get Steve up at the crack of noon to record an Oz Desk much earlier than usual, but there's so much to discuss and so much to do, like maybe flying somewhere outside of Melbourne?First up, Australia's intern
The boys are back for another Oz Desk and, despite being well over a year since their last one, everything works out just fine with no hassles, hijinks or shenanigans. Who knew?The Royal Australian Navy are shopping for another 12 MH-60R Romeos
Despite the best efforts of COVID to turn Victoria into Sick-toria (the infectious state) and Melbourne being locked down like East Berlin, the boys have managed to get another Oz Desk produced for Max to (hopefully :) ) allow into the show :)Y
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