Plane Crazy Down Under
Southern Skies Media
Categories: Sports & Recreation
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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 the people there. It was almost 40 degrees Celsius (about 100 Fahrenheit) but the show went on, the huge crowd enjoyed it, and Steve hung in there despite the sunscreen running off his forehead & into his left eye. DOH!
We start with our own recollections of the day, and then get stuck into the interviews, which include:
- 5:01 - Stephen Braim, president of the Peninsula Aero Club, joins us after the event to talk about the turn out, the importance of Tyabb airport, the charities the event supports, and the planning that goes into making the event a reality. Stephen also acknowledges the sponsors who help to make the event happen, how Paul Bennet and his team helped with the flying display and CASA approvals, the pilots who supply the aircraft, plus the army of volunteers without whom events like this couldn't happen. We wrap up the chat by talking about the club, its members and the other community events they run, such as the annual Toy Run that's supported by the antique aircraft association and a local car club (and has been known to include Grant's RX-7 in the line-up).
- 19:51 - Peta Denham Harvey is the Victorian State President of the Australian Women Pilots' Association and she gives us an overview of the AWPA, the benefits of being a member, the importance of having a support network, and the challenges women encounter in aviation even today. We also discuss the importance of bringing young women into aviation and the AWPA.
- 27:04 - One of the displays at the air show was the Sport Aircraft Association of Australia's stand which featured an RV-12 that had been built by children from schools around Australia. Elaine Bradley from the SAAA tells us about their Youth Build and Fly program which has children from schools in Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland building aircraft components with mentoring from SAAA members. Elaine talks about the sponsors who have helped make this program a reality and the impact it's had on many of the students who helped build the aircraft.
- 33:25 - We chat with Mick Poole who, in addition to working with CASA, also flies a variety of aircraft including antiques and warbirds. As one of the pilots who flies with the Temora Aviation Museum, he talks about his experiences becoming a RAAF reservist pilot with 100 SQN following the transition of TAM's aircraft into the RAAF's heritage squadron. He also talks about the museum and their Warbirds Down Under event that's coming up in October, his favourite aircraft, and his reunion with Paul Bennet's recently purchased Hawker Sea Fury.
- 38:57 - Andrew Temby returns to the show for the third or fourth time, chatting with us about his recently purchased Extra 300 and the impacts of the heat and wind at the show. We also discuss staying in shape when you reach 60, staying sane while restoring Grant's RX-7, and his adventures getting the Extra imported to Australia.
- 50:02 - Our postie comes past on his Jetsons bike to deliver a message from Veggie who caught Grant's deliberate mistakes in the previous episode about RPAS vs RNP and departing under instrument conditions when it was CAVOK weather. OK, yes, DOH! Mea culpa from Grant, OK?
- 53:09 - We talk about the Aldinga Airshow that's happening in South Australia on Sunday 7th April and that Grant's going to be on the commentary team.
Links:
- Aldinga Airshow: www.aldingaairshow.com.au
- Australian Women Pilots' Association: awpa.org.au
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA): www.casa.gov.au
- Paul Bennet Airshows: paulbennetairshows.com.au
- Peninsula Aero Club: pac.asn.au
- Ryan Imeson Photography: www.facebook.com/ryanimesonphotography
- Sport Aircraft Association of Australia: awpa.org.au
- Temora Aviation Museum: aviationmuseum.com.au
- Tyabb Airshow: pac.asn.au/airshow & tyabbairshow.com
- Warbirds Down Under airshow: warbirdsdownunderairshow.com.au
Credits:
- Episode artwork photo: Ryan Imeson
- Title music is You Name It by Brian Simpson
- Voiceovers by Terry Daniel from Your Voice Over
Previous episodes
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152 - Tyabb Airshow 2024 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 0h
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151 - Tibbsy the Aussie Airboss and a Day Trip to Tocumwal Mon, 04 Mar 2024
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150 - Exclusive: OzRunways Acquired by Boeing Tue, 13 Feb 2024 - 0h
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149 - Bush Flying 737s in Alaska, a long-haul Gipsy Moth, & more of the Steve Padgett Story Mon, 22 Jan 2024
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148 - Flying with Angels & the Padgett Story Begins Sat, 09 Dec 2023
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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