Welcome to Episode 8 of Up and Away, the Australian Aviation Podcast!

This week we are joined by the editor of Australian Flying Magazine, Steve Hitchen!

Hitch's experience as an editor and an aviation writer has given him the opportunity to cover some amazing stories and have some incredible experiences. We talk about his favourite stories he has covered over the years, his encounter with the legendary Chuck Yeager, formation flying, and why he has desired to have nothing more than a private pilots license (a few endorsements) and to just have fun in the sky!

Australian Flying is a great publication that has been around since 1963 and covers the broad field of general aviation here in Australia. I suggest you all check it out!

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Steve Hitchen: Editor of Australian Flying Magazine

Up and Away is an Australian Podcast all about aviation. Host and student pilot Chris Frangou takes listeners on a wild ride discovering all there is to know about being a pilot, as well as a covering a variety of aviation topics through interviews will special guests each episode.

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We're back! 

Welcome to the highly anticipated first episode of Season 2 of Up and Away, the Australian Aviation Podcast!

This week I'm joined by Henry Ellis! Henry operates a seaplane company down at the waterfront in Hobart called Above & Beyond Tasmania, where he offers charters, joy flights, and day trips in his de Havilland Beaver. When Henry isn't flying the Beaver he is also a Boeing 737 pilot with Virgin Australia.

I was lucky enough to go visit Henry in Hobart over Christmas and go for a fly with him, which happened to be my first ever trip in a seaplane. It was unreal! We then recorded this episode a few months ago, when I was back in Melbourne, but I'm glad I finally have the chance to share it all with you.

Check out Above & Beyond Tasmania on their website: www.aboveandbeyond.flights.

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Henry Ellis: Above & Beyond Tasmania

Hey everyone!

It's been a while since the Season 1 Finale of Up and Away, so I thought I would take the time to fill you in with what I have been up to, and what you can expect from Season 2!

I would love to learn more about you all, so I can keep creating great aviation content that you will love. To do so, I have made a quick little survey. It should only take a minute or two to complete, just click this link:
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Thanks so much!

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Season 2 Update!

Welcome to Episode 15 of Up and Away, the Australian aviation podcast!

This episode is the final episode of Season 1 of the show! It's been an absolute pleasure making this show for you all this year, and I can't wait to get even more Australian aviation content out to you all next year!

This episode I'm joined by RACQ LifeFlight helicopter pilot Natalie White! Prior to LifeFlight, Nat's amazing career began in the Royal Australian Navy, where she first learnt to fly. We talk about what it's like flying helicopters, her recent experience flying for LifeFlight, as well as her vast range of operations she has undertaken while in the Navy flying the MRH90, including search and rescue, medevac, as well as humanitarian and disaster relief operations both here in Australia and overseas.

Thanks so much to all of you for your support this season, your positivity and engagement as listeners of the show has been overwhelming. I would like to thank all of my guests this season: Barrie Rogers, Dan Bolton, Simon Burke, Shelley Ross, Tim Howes, Deborah Lawrie, Craig 'Wilco' Wilcockson, Steve Hitchen, Bevan Anderson, Jeremy Sequeira, Kathy Mexted, Stefan Drury, Marija Jovanovich, Steve Vissher and Grant McHerron, and of course Natalie White, because without you all, there would be no show, and the show is all about you and your amazing stories. Thank you.

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Natalie White: RACQ LifeFlight Helicopter Pilot

Welcome to Episode 14 of Up and Away, the Australian aviation podcast!

This week on the show we are joined by TWO guests! You might already know both of them due to their legendary status producing another Australian aviation Podcast... it's Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron from Plane Crazy Down Under!

Steve and Grant started PCDU in 2009 and aired their last show in 2017. During that time they produced a tonne of amazing content, and the show is a big inspiration for the show you see before you right now!

We have a chat about their favourite episodes over the years, what it's like covering the Avalon Airshow, the challenges they faced producing such a large volume of high-quality content, what they are currently up to (including Grant's dance music... you heard me correctly!), and what it would take for there to be a PCDU reunion!

You can check out and listen to Plane Crazy Down Under here: www.planecrazydownunder.com

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Steve Visscher & Grant McHerron: Plane Crazy Down Under

Welcome to Episode 13 of Up and Away, the Australian aviation podcast!

This week it's my absolute pleasure to say we are joined by RAAF Wing Commander Marija Jovanovich!

Maz has had a stellar career in the Royal Australian Airforce as a P3 Orion pilot and a test pilot. She is now about to take command of No. 10 Squadron, where her career as a P3 pilot first began!

The sheer amount of aircraft she has flown as pilot in command is just crazy, from the F-18 to the MiG-15, her story is truly inspiring. We talk about her operational history, her experience at USAF Test Pilot School, tackling mental challenges in intense environments, and the future possibilities of Australian space exploration. 

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Steve Hitchen: Editor of Australian Flying Magazine

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