PCDU Episode 125: Avalon Charlie (The Avalon Airshow Goodness Continues)




Plane Crazy Down Under show

Summary: Welcome back to our coverage of the 2015 Australian International Air Show (aka Avalon Airshow) with our third release of content recorded at show. It's been a while since the last episode and we're sorry for that but as with many labours of love &amp; fun, life gets in the way and paying the rent, keeping the family happy, airshow commentariesand producing the Australia Desk for the Airplane Geeks often wind up taking priority over producing an episode<br> <br> For this episode, we have:<br> <br> . Heidi Fedak from Gulfstream discusses the bizjet market &amp; how Gulfstream aircraft fill the various segments within it.<br> <br> . Todd Baker who used to fly AV8B Harriers in the US Marines before transitioning to Gulfstreams to fly the top brass around.<br> <br> . Andrew Carter from The Australian Vintage Aviation Society tells how he was enjoying flying the Fokker Triplane in the gaggle of WW1 aircraft at the show.<br> <br> . Gene De Marco from The Vintage Aviator Limited in New Zealand talks about the collection of fantastic WW1 replica aircraft they brought over for the show.<br> <br> . Jeff from the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame<br> <br> . Dr Graham Dorrington from RMIT about RMIT's involvement with Airbus' Fly Your Ideas competition plus some of the students involved &amp; Isabelle Floret, Snr Vice President, Airbus Pacific.<br> <br> . Mike Bausor, Airbus' A350 XWB Marketing Director about the A350 going live with Qatar Airways<br> <br> . David Vellupillai about Airbus Corporate Jets including the newly available ACJ330, the A380 and its market niche, Airbus' view on passenger seating and the nuances of supporting ACJ owners<br> <br> Thanks to everyone for your patience with our delays and thanks also to those who have been contacting us to check that we're still alive and asking when the next episode would be out. We've not pod faded yet &amp; there's still a big backlog of content for us to edit &amp; get into the feed. Meanwhile, you can usually hear us each week on Airplane Geeks podcast &amp; Grant’s been helping out Dave Homewood with the Wings Over New Zealand Live show that comes up monthly on Warbird Radio. He’s also recently appeared on Adam Knight's great podcast called Go Flying Australia as well as turning up as a guest on the Plane Talking UK podcast.<br> <br> We've also been mentioned on Global Pilot Life and Airport Spotting as both sites have included us in their lists of "Favourite Aviation Shows." Thanks to both sites for including us despite the gaps between episodes of late :)