
Plane Crazy Down Under
Southern Skies Media
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Listen to the last episode:
It's been a while between episodes but Steve's been in hospital for a major operation plus Grant's been travelling for airshows and also getting current in hot air balloons once again (yup, there's a new danger area being declared for operations in the vicinity of YBLA, YWGT & YILA :) ). With Steve in hospital, Grant turns to ATC Ben for help with the intro and outro on this episode which is packed full of content, including:
- 0:07:07 - Steve & Grant catch up with Kevin Elliott, CEO of Pacific Airshow, for a post-event debrief from their Gold Goast show.
- 0:36:18 - Henry Young was 99 years old when he visited the Gold Coast show and he talked to the guys about flying Seafires during WW2 and Sea Furies in the 1950s. His story includes being in New Zealand at the start of the war, his training in the USA, flying from HMAS Sydney when it was first introduced to the Royal Australian Navy, and how he met his wife. We could have talked for hours and it was amazing to get his views on how far we've come since he was flying military aircraft and formation demonstrations.
- 0:51:15 - The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service team were at the show performing a winching demonstration while also having one of their Eurocopter EC135 P2 aircraft parked on the Surfers Paradise Esplanade to help their fundraising and merch sales. The guys caught up with Paul "Gibbo" Gibson, their chief pilot, to discuss his career, the operations they undertake and his experiences flying helicopters.
- 1:05:08 - Steve & Grant also spoke with Mandy Hentschel, the Service's Fundraising and Events Coordinator, about the efforts required to keep these vital life saving helicopters operating and available to patrol and perform rescues on Queensland's beaches.
- 1:09:50 - Grant and ATC Ben wrap up the episode with a discussion on Ben's activities in the world of air traffic control and performing operations from Melbourne.
Links:
Leave your message for the crew of Dumptruck 11: pacificairshowaus.com/memorial
Watch the RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet display from on-board the aircraft: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LDjhO_gq1Y&t=122s
More information about the Queensland Westpac Lifesaver rescue helicopter service, including how you can help keep them operating: www.lifesaving.com.au/about/what-we-do/westpac-lifesaver-rescue-helicopter-service
Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service have a Facebook page: www.facebook.com/westpacheliqld/
Credits:
Episode title image by Grant McHerron, Southern Skies Media.
Voiceovers: Terry Daniel from Your Voice Over.
Previous episodes
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147 - Pacific Airshow Vibes Sat, 14 Oct 2023
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146 - Test Flying the F-35 Wed, 30 Aug 2023
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145 - Gold Coast Dreaming Mon, 14 Aug 2023 - 0h
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144 - Reaching Skyward Thu, 20 Jul 2023 - 0h
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143 - Traffic Sighted Sun, 25 Jun 2023 - 0h
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142 - Leaning Into It Fri, 09 Jun 2023 - 0h
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141 - All Change for the Defence Strategic Review Tue, 16 May 2023 - 0h
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140 - Extended Ranges Tue, 09 May 2023 - 0h
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139 - The Sound of Freedom Tue, 25 Apr 2023 - 0h
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138 - The Commentators Tue, 11 Apr 2023 - 0h
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137 - Owen Zupp on Resilience Tue, 28 Mar 2023 - 0h
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136 - Pushback & Start Thu, 16 Mar 2023 - 0h
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135 - PCDU Episode 131: Reflections Tue, 28 Feb 2023 - 0h
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134 - PCDU Episode 130: Avalon 2017 – Alpha Sat, 15 Apr 2017 - 0h
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133 - PCDU Episode 129: Going Back to School Tue, 28 Feb 2017 - 0h
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132 - PCDU Episode 128: Unprecedented Sun, 30 Oct 2016
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131 - PCDU Episode 127: From the Vault Sun, 17 Jul 2016 - 0h
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130 - PCDU Episode 126: Emirates Wants You! Thu, 10 Mar 2016
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129 - PCDU Episode 125: Avalon Charlie (The Avalon Airshow Goodness Continues) Sun, 02 Aug 2015
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128 - PCDU Episode 124: Avalon15 Bravo (Yet more Avalon Airshow Goodness) Wed, 11 Mar 2015 - 0h
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127 - PCDU Episode 123: Avalon15 Alpha (It’s Avalon Airshow Time :) ) Sat, 28 Feb 2015 - 0h
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126 - PCDU Episode 122: Farewell 2014 Wed, 31 Dec 2014
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125 - PCDU Episode 121: Exercise Pitch Black 2014 Wed, 01 Oct 2014
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124 - PCDU Episode 120: History & Records Thu, 31 Jul 2014 - 0h
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123 - PCDU Episode 119: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: The RAAF Approach Tue, 03 Jun 2014 - 0h
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122 - PCDU Episode 118: Can you fly to NatFly 2014? Sun, 27 Apr 2014 - 0h
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121 - PCDU Episode 117: Holler for a Marshall, an AIR Marshal Wed, 26 Feb 2014
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120 - PCDU Episode 116: High Performances Sun, 16 Feb 2014
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119 - PCDU Episode 115: Farewell 2013 Tue, 31 Dec 2013
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118 - PCDU Episode 114: AusFly 2013 – Back Together Under One Sky Tue, 10 Dec 2013 - 0h
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117 - PCDU Episode 113: Fleeting Dreams Mon, 21 Oct 2013
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116 - PCDU Episode 112: Federal Election 2013 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 - 0h
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115 - PCDU Episode 111: Radio Killed the Podcast Star (Almost :) ) Sun, 25 Aug 2013
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114 - PCDU Episode 110: A Basket Full of Flight Mon, 08 Jul 2013 - 0h
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113 - TeenWorldFlight: Update #1 with Ryan Campbell Sat, 06 Jul 2013 - 0h
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112 - PCDU Episode 109: Dave’s Cambridge Airforce Sun, 26 May 2013
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111 - PCDU Episode 108: On a Wing & a Chair Sat, 27 Apr 2013
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110 - PCDU Episode 107: Avalon 2013 – Globemaster Central Sun, 31 Mar 2013 - 0h
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109 - PCDU Episode 106: Avalon 2013 – Day Six Mon, 04 Mar 2013 - 0h
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108 - PCDU Episode 105: Avalon 2013 - Day Five Sat, 02 Mar 2013 - 0h
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107 - PCDU Episode 104: Avalon 2013 – Day Four Fri, 01 Mar 2013 - 0h
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106 - PCDU Episode 103: Avalon 2013 – Day Three Thu, 28 Feb 2013
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105 - PCDU Episode 102: Avalon 2013 – Day Two Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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104 - PCDU Episode 101: Avalon 2013 – Day One Tue, 26 Feb 2013 - 0h
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103 - PCDU Episode 100: The Ton Thu, 21 Feb 2013 - 0h
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102 - PCDU Episode 99: RAAF C-130H – Into History Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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101 - PCDU Episode 98: Farewell 2012 Sun, 30 Dec 2012
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100 - PCDU Episode 97: Journos & Aeros Sun, 09 Dec 2012 - 0h
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99 - PCDU Episode 96: “Serge” – An Australian Top Gun Sat, 17 Nov 2012 - 0h
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98 - PCDU Episode 95: Northern Exposure Sat, 03 Nov 2012 - 0h