Plane Crazy Down Under

PCDU Logo: Steve & Grant at YMMB
Hosted by	Steve Visscher Grant McHerron
Genre	Aviation
Language	English
Updates	As available - usually every two weeks
Length	Typically about 90 minutes
Production	Southern Skies Online Media
Audio format	MP3
Original release	July 16, 2009 – present
Website	http://www.planecrazydownunder.com

The Plane Crazy Down Under Podcast is an aviation podcast that typically releases an episode every two weeks.

The show is hosted by Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron with additional material supplied by Ben Ippolito (Controller's Corner), Bas Scheffers on RA-Aus matters, Anthony Simmons (The View from the Lounge) and David Vanderhoof on aviation history. Joining the PCDU team for 'on-site' events are Adam Visscher and Steven Pam who provide visual content with still photographs and videos.

Plane Crazy Down Under grew from Steve Visscher's audio contributions to the Airplane Geeks Podcast, where the title "Australia Desk" was applied by Max Flight & Courtney Miller. While Steve was supplying audio reports on Australian aviation issues, Grant was writing in with updates via email. When Steve & Grant met at an Uncontrolled Airspace gathering in June 2009, they decided to join up and provide Australia Desk content together.

It was soon clear that they were producing too much content for the time available on the Airplane Geeks so they decided to create their own podcast. The first episode of Plane Crazy Down Under appeared on July 16, 2009 with early episodes being "full length edits" of the content that was subsequently edited down to create that week's Australia Desk segment. After a few weeks of this, Steve & Grant started producing episodes using different content to that being used for the Australia Desk and Plane Crazy Down Under shifted into its own show structure with episodes released every couple of weeks.

Towards the end of 2010, Steve & Grant also started producing the Flying Down Under segment for the FlightTime Radio show, a weekly radio show about flying that is broadcast every Saturday. The Flying Down Under segment appears every two weeks and provides insight into the world of Aviation in Australia.

In 2011 Plane Crazy Down Under joined the Australian podcast network Lifestyle PodNetwork (LPN).

Guests on the podcast have included a number of pilots from all aspects of aviation as well as analysts, air traffic controllers, adventurers, business owners and museum staff. Some of our notable guests have included:

The Plane Crazy Down Under team have appeared in the Australian Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Magazine's coverage of the 2010 Centenary Airshow as well as in an article about the show in a subsequent issue. They have also been introduced to readers of the General Aviation News web site.