Fly Me Friendly

• Managed to get @SimpliFlying into the @FlightExpQV 737 sim – next up for him is a balloon flight tomorrow morning if the weather permits :) #
• A little windy aloft but seems manageable on the surface – should calm down a bit before dawn – we may yet fly this morning :) #
• No joy with balloon flight this morning – winds getting too strong and unpredictable – bummer, as @SimpliFlying was going to fly :( #
• Just had confirmation that the @PCDU greeting piece we recorded for Podapalooza at #OSH09 was played – YAY :) #

• Putting together a podcast can be serious work – planning, recording, editing, processing, uploading & documenting – whew! Great fun tho :) #
• At last, Episode 3 of the @PCDU podcast is up and running – major effort to do it solo… #
• Shashank from @SimpliFlying has arrived in Melbourne and we’ve got him a slot in the 737 sim – woo hoo :) #
• #sydneyfly event growing – social media & aviation discussion panel, drink cards & nibblies and an iPod to be won http://twtvite.com/tccl71 #

• I’m going to be on the panel at the @PCDU / @SimpliFlying TweetUp in Sydney on Aug 5th – http://tinyurl.com/pcdutweetup #sydneyfly #

• Producing the AusDesk segment for the @AirplaneGeeks on my own – flying solo feels odd, indeed… #

• Anyone who loves flying just *has* to watch Area 88 – Japanese anime – got the manga, got the series & the OAV on DVD – awesome stuff :) #
• Been setting myself up on Downwind – a forum/networking site for Australia pilots (www.downwind.com.au) #

• Just played an hour of Blazing Angels on the Wii against my son – little bugger’s getting good, damnit… :) #

• 5 hot air balloons over Melbourne again this morning – heading to Moorabbin (YMMB) – cold, crisp, clear – lovely day to fly #

A while ago a friend of mine sent me an SMS saying they’d finally found the cause of my problems:

“Aeroneurophycosis: in which the sufferer developes a sexual atraction to aircraft”

Yup – that sure summed it up. I used the word a few times with friends (who all agreed entirely that it certainly seemed an accurate diagnosis) and even let Steve Tupper over at Airspeed Online know it could be used as a “high brow” version of the phrase “Aviation Wood” he occasionally refers to.

Shame it’s not a real psychiatric term.

It was on Wikipedia for a while but then was deleted and now just shows up in their list of deleted articles with freaky titles.

Of course, that doesn’t mean we can’t use it :)

Searches are starting to find it appearing in Twitter feeds (not all of them mine or ones I have any say in :) and on blogs here and there. So, if you find the word amusing and believe it could describe the strange attraction you (or someone you know) may have for aircraft, why not start using it. Let’s see if we can’t give the word some support out here on the ‘net.

After all, it really does sound like a great, succicnt description of what so many fans of aviation are like around aircraft.

• Whew! Finished recording @PCDU’s second episode – don’t envy @SteveVisscher’s task now (he gets to edit it into something coherent :) #
• Been working on articles for the Experience This! blog (http://bit.ly/ajRrl
  – very exhausted – time for bed :) #

• Just recorded the first few topics for @PCDU episode 2 – now @SteveVisscher gets to edit that into the AusDesk segment for @AirPlaneGeeks :) #
• Yay – our podcast is now available in iTunes (search for Plane Crazy Down Under :) #
• RT @pcdu “@SteveVisscher says Tiger Airways’ reality show is terrible but he’s going to keep watching it – masochist! :)” #