Episode 281: Starting 2014 off with NZ News

Steve and Grant kick off the new year on the AusDesk by reporting about New Zealand! Yeah, that works, right? :)Glyn Powell, the man who made the fuselage & wings of the DH Mosquito recently restored by AvSpecs in NZ has been awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for his efforts.787-9 test aircraft visits NZ (AirNZ is the launch customer) and will then head to Alice Springs in Australia for heat testing.Brindabella retrenches 135 of 140 staff (some being kept to maintain aircraft as the administrator seeks buyers) but some pilots are offered jobs by REX.Qantas is copping some flak for “manufacturing its own crisis.”First flight for the RAAF’s first C27J.