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The Australia Desk, 287 episodes. Page 1 of 3.

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Episode 912: Avenging Bonza's ghost, Qantas has issues & Western Sydney Airport

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Episode 908: Can Brisvegas survive Brian?

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Episode 894: Vale Gary Bittle

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Episode 813: Pacific Airshow Gold Coast with Brian Coleman

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Episode 811: Ummm, about Rex...

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Episode 804: Bye Bye Bonza, Hello Triton!

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Episode 777: GippsAero is Aussie again but some of Bonza's pax aren't happy

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Episode 774: Indo Pacific 2023 had helicopters, drones, and ... Grant

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Episode 772: Qantas' reputation drops as passenger annoyance (& fares) go up

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Episode 770: Downunder news of Hearts and Aviation... we're back!

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Episode 748: Change of Monarch at Qantas by November

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Episode 747: Memories of the Queen

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Episode 746: Vale Max Hazelton, an Australian aviation pioneer

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Episode 745: Accents to the MAX as Winter draws near Down Under

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Episode 744: Bonza ticket sales for Bonza!

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Episode 743: Taking the MRH-90 for a drink

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Episode 741: You fly, I'll drink!

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Episode 740: Avalon's back and we're loving it, Chief!

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Episode 738: Kiwi retirements, military rumours and preparations for Avalon 2023

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Episode 736: Anniversaries abound, from marriages to Emiroo

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Episode 735: Floods vs Gas, it's all on in Steve's sim session

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Episode 734: Bonza, a smattering of military and Qantas maintenance woes

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Episode 733: Bonza gets its AOC & there's an Ozzie constellation in space

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Episode 732: Fatal helicopter collision and Bonza's still awaiting their AOC

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Episode 711: It's Bonza, Mate!

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Episode 701: So much news, so little time...

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Episode 684: The Blackhawks are dead, long live the Blackhawks

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Episode 682: Farewell to the Classic Hornet

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Episode 679: Opened borders allow a QF A380 to return plus RAAF rumours galore

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Episode 675: More Romeos, please, and let’s get International again

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Episode 614: The last Qantas 747 has left the party

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Episode 607: Quarantinny News from Down Under

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Episode 583: Political Enquiries, a Jetstar Strike & more RAAF Airframes

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Episode 500: Spartans are great even without the roll

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Episode 484: Dusting off the Studio

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Episode 442: We’re back at the Avalon Air Show

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Episode 382: So long & thanks for all the laughs

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Episode 380: 5.5 Hour ETOPS? Wow!

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Episode 379: Steve’s turn to Visit Fiji

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Episode 378: Ice ice baby!

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Episode 376: It’s all Back in Black

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Episode 375: Angels Passing Gas

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Episode 374: Tiger Enters the Comedy Market, Who Knew?

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Episode 372: Grant’s Back on Deck

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Episode 371: Calling Karratha, come in ATC Ben

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Episode 366: Bigger is better? A380, C130s and Alan Joyce’s salary

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Episode 365: Qantas gets a profit & Matt Hall’s back on the podium

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Episode 363: The Virgin, the Tiger, the Sex Party and the Max

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Episode 362: First in Type – Mostly

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Episode 361: Qantas Turning the Corner?

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Episode 360: Grant Made it to Fiji

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Episode 359: Grant vs the Volcano

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Episode 357: Baby Herc arrives as another 747 retires

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Episode 354: Breathalysed on a scale of 1 to Rob Mark :)

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Episode 353: Can Qantas Restore its Credit Rating AND get 787-9s?

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Episode 352: Sabotage by Cabotage

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Episode 350: It’s just the gas, man

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Episode 347: Soap boxes galore as CASA, Jetstar & the F35 feature

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Episode 345: Barossa Airshow

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Episode 344: Charges? Charges? We don’t need no steenkin Charges!

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Episode 343: Two Crew Good but One Crew Not Bad Either

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Episode 341: Grand Prix handling displays are better than the cars :)

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Episode 340: Pilatus PC24 is Super Sexy!

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Episode 339: What Happens in Vegas…

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Episode 338: It’s Avalon time again

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Episode 336: A Gong for OJA? Rock On, Boys!

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Episode 335: Ben’s Flying but Grant’s Grounded

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Episode 334: Australia, Australia, we love you!

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Episode 333: Boned, Pwned & Droned

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Episode 332: Vale Captain Jack

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Episode 331: Final Flights Abounding

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Episode 329: Qantas Shuffling

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Episode 327: Wirraway Birthday

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Episode 326: JetGo should go to Wellcamp

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Episode 325: Jabiru Engine Issues

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Episode 324: Retro Roo

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Episode 322: OpenAirplane? Don’t you mean Open Aeroplane???

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Episode 321: Steve’s Back from the USA

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Episode 320: Come fly with me

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Episode 319: Shoe horning aircraft into Amberley

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Episode 318: Grant’s in NZ

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Episode 317: Hey, we’re live with the Geeks!

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Episode 315: 75 Years of Wirraways

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Episode 314: Qantas Profit, oh Qantas Profit, where for art thou???

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Episode 312: Exercise Pitch Black 2014

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Episode 310: Growth is good for Brumby but not so good for TigerAir

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Episode 309: First F35s and Qantas goes Back to the Future

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Episode 308: A Centenary of Australian Air Mail

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Episode 307: Air New Zealand

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Episode 305: Steve’s solo but maintains the Flight of Solidarity with Alex Fisher

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Episode 304: Alex Fisher is Flying Around Australia

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Episode 302: Airspace, Negotiations and Regulations (plus an F35 or two)

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Episode 300: Back to Qantas and the F35

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Episode 299: A Cirrus CAPS deployment gets Grant on the Radio

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Episode 297: Badgerys Creek is Back

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Episode 296: Intercom Chats

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Episode 295: Rail to the Chief

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Episode 294: Droning on 787s

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Episode 293: Andrew helps with MH370 & RAAF news

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Episode 292: Aircraft flocking to Perth for MH370 Search