Plane Crazy Down Under
| Plane Crazy Down Under | |
|---|---|
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PCDU Logo: Steve & Grant at YMMB | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by |
Steve Visscher Grant McHerron |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Language | English |
| Updates | As available - usually every two weeks |
| Length | Typically about 90 minutes |
| Production | |
| Production | Southern Skies Online Media |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Debut | July 16, 2009 |
| Website | http://www.planecrazydownunder.com |
The Plane Crazy Down Under Podcast is an aviation podcast that typically releases an episode every two weeks.
Presenters
The show is hosted by Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron with additional material supplied by Ben Ippolito (Controller's Corner), Bas Scheffers on RA-Aus matters, Anthony Simmons (The View from the Lounge) and David Vanderhoof on aviation history. Joining the PCDU team for 'on-site' events are Adam Visscher and Steven Pam who provide visual content with still photographs and videos.[1]
History
Plane Crazy Down Under grew from Steve Visscher's audio contributions to the Airplane Geeks Podcast, where the title "Australia Desk" was applied by Max Flight & Courtney Miller.[2] While Steve was supplying audio reports on Australian aviation issues, Grant was writing in with updates via email. When Steve & Grant met at an Uncontrolled Airspace gathering in June 2009,[3] they decided to join up and provide Australia Desk content together.[4]
It was soon clear that they were producing too much content for the time available on the Airplane Geeks so they decided to create their own podcast. The first episode of Plane Crazy Down Under appeared on July 16, 2009[5] with early episodes being "full length edits" of the content that was subsequently edited down to create that week's Australia Desk segment. After a few weeks of this, Steve & Grant started producing episodes using different content to that being used for the Australia Desk and Plane Crazy Down Under shifted into its own show structure with episodes released every couple of weeks.
Towards the end of 2010, Steve & Grant also started producing the Flying Down Under segment for the FlightTime Radio show, a weekly radio show about flying that is broadcast every Saturday. The Flying Down Under segment appears every two weeks and provides insight into the world of Aviation in Australia.
In 2011 Plane Crazy Down Under joined the Australian podcast network Lifestyle PodNetwork (LPN).[6]
Guests
Guests on the podcast have included a number of pilots from all aspects of aviation as well as analysts, air traffic controllers, adventurers, business owners and museum staff. Some of our notable guests have included:
- Matt Hall, former Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader and Red Bull Air Race pilot[7]
- Around Australia charity pilot Owen Zupp who flew a Jabiru Aircraft around Australia on his There and Back journey[8][9]
- Deborah Lawrie, first female pilot with Ansett Airlines[10]
- Other Red Bull Air Race pilots including Nigel Lamb, Hannes Arch & Pete McLeod
- Dick Smith (entrepreneur), famous Australian entrepreneur and pilot
- Globe Trotting adventurers Ken Evers & Tim Pryse from the Millions Against Malaria project
- Warren Truss, leader of the National Party and shadow minister for trade, transport and local government
- Captain Richard Woodward, a Qantas Airbus A380 check captain
- Lang Kidby from Next Horizon, recreator of the Vickers Vimy and Avro Avian UK to Australia flights
- Rosemary Arnold, pioneer Australian aviatrix (Australia's first female helicopter pilot) and the operator of Chapel in the Sky.
In the News
The Plane Crazy Down Under team have appeared in the Australian Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Magazine's coverage of the 2010 Centenary Airshow[11] as well as in an article about the show in a subsequent issue.[12] They have also been introduced to readers of the General Aviation News web site.[13]
References
- ↑ "The PCDU Team".
- ↑ "First Reference to Australia Desk on the Airplane Geeks show notes".
- ↑ "ErkPod interviews Plane Crazy Down Under".
- ↑ "Podcasters' Emporium Interview with Plane Crazy Down Under".
- ↑ "PCDU's First Episode".
- ↑ "Plane Crazy Down Under joins LPN".
- ↑ "Matt Hall Racing: Latest podcasts from Plane Crazy Down Under".
- ↑ "There And Back: 'Plane Crazy Down Under’ Podcast".
- ↑ "There and Back: Podcast Me".
- ↑ Laboda, Amy , "WAI Connect", July 5th, 2010.
- ↑ Mexted, Kathy. "Hou did what?".
- ↑ "Australian Pilot Magazine: Plane Crazy Down Under".
- ↑ Wood, Janice. "Plane Crazy Down Under".