This episode we feature an interview with Hannes Arch, the Austrian Red Bull champion in 2008 who came second in 2009 and is currently second on points for 2010. We have a great chat with Hannes (starting at 0:05:38) about his involvement in extreme sports, his love of flying and his approach to the Red Bull racing world.

We were also fortunate to get some time with Gary Clark (starting at 1:01:30), the creator of the Swamp cartoon strip. Gary’s experiences in learning to fly and his on going adventures in the air have provided a solid source of inspiration for many of the characters & moments depicted in the Swamp series. It is not uncommon to find his cartoons on the walls in flying clubs & schools, hangars and aviation organisations.

This episode also includes the following:

• A discussion with Angie Morino from Aus Air Services (starting at 0:33:14) about the changes they’ve made at the Tooradin Flying School (YTDN).
• Grant’s quick chat with Richard Turnbull (starting at 0:45:31), a hot air balloon pilot from the UK
• Anthony Simmons’ latest View from the Lounge segment (starting at 0:54:12)
• Our listener mail, including:
• Stephen Silk points us at Ask the Pilot
• Steven Pam provides still more checklist examples
• Trent Donnovan from WA shows that Jandakot (YPJT) is only just behind Bankstown (YSBK) for total movements in February
• We give a few shout outs:
• The Airplane Geeks podcast reaches 100 episodes – well done guys!
• We’ve launched our PCDU Commentaries blog (UPDATE 2017-02-4: After years of inactivity, the blog has been shut down & its posts moved to Grant’s Fly Me Friendly blog)
• Kathy Mexted mentioned us in her article about the Melton Centenary Air Show that appeared in AOPA’s Australian Pilot magazine
• Milford & Charlie from the Flight Time Radio Show over in Florida
• Don’t forget to give PCDU a good comment (or two :) ) over at the iTunes store