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Category Archives: Commentary
Oshkosh 2011 – Day 2 – Rockford Bonanza
After doing some essential shopping for local equipment (mobile phone & data access, cables, batteries & so on) it was time for team PCDU to split up and take different paths to Oshkosh. Steve was staying in Chicago to continue … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Oshkosh
Tagged B17, Chicago Executive Airport, Cirrus, KPWK, KRFD, Rockford, SR20, TCAS, user fees
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Oshkosh 2011 – Day 1 – Getting there isn’t always the best part
As usual, it seems that there’s never enough time to get everything done before commencing a long journey but, despite an ever increasing “to do” list, we managed to arrive at the airport with just enough time to grab a … Continue reading
Posted in Air shows, Commentary, Oshkosh
Tagged Chicago, KLAX, KORD, LAX, Los Angeles, Melbourne, O'Hare, Oshkosh, sleep
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A Happy Birthday….or not…
When we used to have a blog at the Plane Crazy Down Under show’s website, my co-host Steve Visscher posted this article about our friends at the Airplane Geeks Podcast. I’ve posted it here to preserve his words so they … Continue reading
Podcasting advice straight from the source!
When we used to have a blog at the Plane Crazy Down Under show’s website, my co-host Steve Visscher posted this article about our friends at the Airplane Geeks Podcast. I’ve posted it here to preserve his words so they … Continue reading
Shakey Alliances for Virgin Blue
John Borghetti at Virgin Blue is getting some bad news lately with both the Department of Transport and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission raising objections to proposed alliances. The DoT have said they don’t like the look of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged 737, 777, a330, ACCC, Air New Zealand, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Delta, Delta-V, Department of Transport, DoT, Etihad, John Borghetti, Pacific Blue, USA, V Australia, Virgin Blue
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Matt Hall teaches us all how to “take our lumps”
When we used to have a blog at the Plane Crazy Down Under show’s website, my co-host Steve Visscher posted this article about our friends at the Airplane Geeks Podcast. I’ve posted it here to preserve his words so they … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Canada, incident, Interview, Matt Hall, MXS-R, Red Bull Air Race, Windsor
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F35 for $60 million each (batteries not included :)
Recent reports state that Lockheed Martin are willing to put a fixed price limit on the F35. Indications are that it will be about US$60 million or so BUT we need to note the caveats: This is for Low Rate … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged capability, CTOL, F35, government, lemon, Lockheed Martin, LRIP, STOVL
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Oshkosh 2011 – Day 3 – Arrival en Mass
Saturday morning opened with thunderstorms and rain covering us at Rockford, the radar showing rain, rain & more rain plus the TAFs agreeing that the weather wasn’t getting better soon. Convective activity was dominating this area of the USA and … Continue reading →