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Plane Crazy Down Under

Southern Skies Media

An aviation based podcast with an Australian/Pacific perspective This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Blubrry - https://create.blubrry.com/resources/about-blubrry/privacy-policy

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02:41:11

From Drone Racing to Military Operations

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2026/09/08

Did you hear a *THUD* when this episode arrived in your player? Weighing in at two hours and fourty one minutes, this episode is packed with content recorded at the Military International Drone Racing Tournament in Sydney back in March 2026, along with a great chat with WGCDR Keirin Joyce, one of the people organising the event. Unless you're going on a long journey, we suspect you'll need your pause button a few times on this episode, but it's worth listening all the way through to the end, and not

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01:46:57

Australian Beechcraft Society's Pilot Proficiency...

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2026/02/26

The Australian Beechcraft Society is holding their Pilot Proficiency Program for 2026 at Cowra from the 19th to 22nd of March, so if you own, fly or maintain Bonanzas and/or Barons, you're going to want to be there. There will be a comprehensive flying program, detailed maintenance reviews, and two days of presentations from specialists on the Bonanza and Baron, plus other speakers including Airservices, CASA, and Stralis Engineering.We caught up with representatives from the Australian Beechcraft

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01:04:31

Talking E2 with Embraer & Virgin Australia

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2025/10/26

Many in Australia will have flown the Embraer E190 as there are a few flying here with Airnorth, Alliance Airlines (as QantasLink) and National Jet, plus the ones Virgin Australia used to operate back prior to COVID. The E190 and E195 include such wonderful features as large, well positioned windows (no bending down to look out horizontally), no middle seats, and good economics for the operators. The E190 and E195 are already impressive aircraft but Embraer have made them even better with their E2

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01:24:53

Staying Cool at AusFly 2025

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2025/09/23

It was a baking hot 42 Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) under the scorching Australian sun when the Sport Aircraft Association of Australia held its AusFly 2025 event at Wentworth, New South Wales, during the middle of March. Grant was on the commentary team but Steve couldn't make it due to a scheduling conflict, so Grant recorded a stack of interviews at the event to give those who missed it a chance to catch up with the vendors and people who were there. There was camaraderie and enthusiasm despite the

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01:08:11

To the Stratosphere & Beyond

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2025/02/12

It's our first episode for 2025 so we're allowed to say Happy New Year, right? Even though it's February, right? We may be Australia's longest running aviation podcast but we're taking a very long time to get to episode 200 :)This episode we follow our dreams into the stratosphere and beyond, featuring a great chat with the Monash High Powered Rocketry team from Monash University. These amazing students are building and fuelling rockets that get up well above the cruising altitudes of airliners and

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01:37:07

Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2024

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2024/10/16

We've been a little busy lately and it's been a while since our last episode, so to make up for it we've released this rather chunky episode of aviation goodness covering the Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2024 event. It's just like the old days when our episodes were long and the pause button was your friend... The episode unfolds as per the details below. Enjoy!0:01:11 - Steve & Grant chat about what's been happening, why it's taken so long to get this episode produced, Steve's new radio show

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01:10:13

Getting Wired with the Ace Maker

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2024/08/15

We're on the Gold Coast and getting ready for the Pacific Airshow once again. This year's line-up is bigger and even more packed with amazing aircraft, including a T-33 Shooting Star which is the first of it's kind to ever fly in Australia. Its pilot is Greg "Wired" Colyer from Ace Maker Airshows and we caught up with him before he came out to Australia. This episode also includes the third & final part of the Steve Padgett interview we recorded back in 2019.4:56 - We talk to Greg "Wired" Colyer

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44:45

Aerobatics & Goal Setting with Aarron Deliu

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2024/07/22

With the Pacific Airshow returning to the Gold Coast in August, Steve and Grant caught up with Aarron Deliu, an Australian aerobatics pilot who is now based in Florida and performing at airshows and events in the USA, Europe and South Africa. Aarron put on a spectacular display at last year's show on the Gold Coast and will be performing again at this year's show.03:45 - We start our chat with Aarron talking about performing at airshows in Europe before moving on to how he discovered the world of

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56:32

Tyabb Airshow 2024

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2024/03/28

The Peninsula Aero Club at Tyabb Airport near Melbourne puts on an epic air show every two years, although everyone's really been looking forward to this year's event as the last one was in 2020 thanks to COVID. The waiting was certainly worth it, as the Tyabb Airshow 2024 was another cracker with plenty of warbirds, aerobatic displays, a car vs aircraft race, and handling displays from many other aircraft.Naturally, Steve and Grant were at the show once again and recording interviews with some of

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01:05:31

Tibbsy the Aussie Airboss and a Day Trip to Tocumwal

Plane Crazy Down Under ·

2024/03/04

Setting up and running the air display component of an airshow takes a lot of effort, awareness of pilot and aircraft capabilities, an understanding of what makes a display interesting to the public, and the ability to deal with variables such as weather and aircraft availability. To find out more about this topic, we caught up with Chris "Tibbsy" Tibbetts, the Aussie Airboss. Grant also crossed over to the other side of the air display and spoke to a couple of warbird display pilots, one of whom

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