Show notes
Way back in April, Steve & ATC Ben flew “Ben Air” from Lilydale (YLIL) to Temora (YTEM) for the RA-Aus NatFly 2012 event, leaving Grant behind in Melbourne attempting to recover from bronchitis. While not as vibrant as 2011, there was still plenty of activity to keep Steve & Ben busy recording the following items:0:02:46 – Introduction to NatFly 20120:03:25 – RA-Aus directors Steve Runcleman & Steve Tizzard discuss the event0:10:55 – Rohan Wittington talks about the amazing Petrel Amphibian0:18:28 – Chris Cabot from Wagga Air Centre discusses the Tecnam P2006T0:28:07 – Peter Wezenbeek walks us through the Wingmate Data Recorder0:33:02 – Andrew Tricket & his team will be releasing Sport Pilot TV in the very near future0:39:22 – Graeme from Stawell Aviation steps us through the Air Safaris they run0:45:51 – Chris Brandon at AirCreation Australia has some very cool trikes available (you know Grant wants to fly them, right? :)0:54:07 – Greg Robertson from Best Off Aircraft Australia had the Nynja on site for people to examine0:59:15 – Bas & Rowan from OzRunways talk about their presence at NatFly, the workshops they were running and their future plans for the software1:09:57 – Steve & Ben wrap up their NatFly 2012 experiencesAt 1:17:12 Steve, Ben & Grant have a chat about NatFly then we launch into an ATC Q&A where Ben answers questions about runway incursions plus aircraft callsigns and how ICAO handles them.At 1:29:12 we then move into Listener Mail:Lavan Ruben is a 14 year old aviation enthusiast who got to visit the 787 ZA003 at Melbourne (YMML), posting some videos on his YouTube channel: My Travels and SpottingJack Miller wrote in to say Hi and talk about his Aussie aviation blog General Aviation AustraliaAndrew Brown writes in from the UK to say he really enjoyed the Geoff Whitty interviewHoward McClernon writes in to say he’s been sifting through the archives and enjoyed Lang Kidby’s talk about his flight re-enactments wwaaayyyy back in Episode 14We then wrap up the episode (1:34:46) with a chat about helping to keep councillors from contemplating the closure of Kyneton airfield near Melbourne then a great shout out (at 1:36:50) to GippsAero for the first flight of their GA10 turboprop aircraft.

