• 1 hour 30 minutes
    #74 - My Martin Mars holiday extravaganza!

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    1 December 2024, 2:35 pm
  • 41 minutes 54 seconds
    #73 - I'M GOING TO (see the) MARS!!

    Parked up atop the ramp at her home in Sprout Lake since the 2016 Oshkosh Airshow, the Mars will soon fly once more. This will be an historic event. One of the last times, a 1940’s era, 4 engine flying boat, one with a wingspan greater than a 747-300, will ever fly again. And I had to get there to check it out myself.

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    27 July 2024, 9:39 pm
  • 53 minutes 35 seconds
    #72 - Around Australia in a Searey with David and Cathy

    Responding to an advert on Facebook, Cathy Babis is joining David Geers on a journey around Australia in his Searey amphibian, taking around 60 days with many incredible stops along the way! Follow their journey with the link below!

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    31 March 2024, 3:45 am
  • 55 minutes 26 seconds
    #71 - Seabee Owner and Former Fighter Pilot Jim Whalley

    Last year in the month of April, I embarked on what would end up being one of the most exciting weeks of my aviation career, training 7 highly experienced pilots how to fly the floating hull aircraft on a 75-year-old Republic Seebee. I had always dreamt of flying the seebee, but never before had I even seen one until I was in formation with the one I was about to instruct on, sitting in a Gazelle helicopter with the great man and my guest today, Jim Whalley at the controls. 

    4 September 2023, 2:40 pm
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    #70 - 23yo Aussie Flying Floats in Alaska, Ollie O'Halloran

    Every seaplane pilot has dreamt of doing this at one stage, packing their suitcase, requesting an upgrade to business but getting shafted in economy for 14 hours, ok maybe not that part, but all seaplane pilots look at flying in Alaska as one of the pinnacles in the industry, and Aussie pilot Ollie O’Halloran is doing just that. 

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    13 June 2023, 2:40 pm
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    #69 - John Ramsden and Mallard's, Twin Otters, Buccaneers and the rest!

    A self-confessed lucky bugger who answered a phone call back in the early 80’s that changed the direction of his career forever, John Ramsden took that opportunity and has flown seaplanes around the world including both the radial and turbine mallard, the twin otter and continues flying today in the Cessna caravan amphibian. A true Aussie seaplane legend who doesn’t mind a beer either.

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    31 May 2023, 2:40 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    #68 - Icon A5 Dealer Gary-James Knight

    Gary was halfway through his flight training for his commercial licence when his dream of becoming an airline pilot changed. He discontinued his training, became a real-estate agent and got into sales. An add for a sales job at Icon came to his attention and now Gary spends his days selling one of the worlds most popular new flying boats.

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    8 April 2022, 2:40 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    #67 - My wife Jenna Bolton! Helicopter Pilot and Mallard Business Manager

    Jenna was once a helicopter pilot but is now the business manager of the Mallards I fly… yes yes yes, that makes her my boss, but she’s a great boss, well really a leader because she does a great job at what she does and I’m so proud and excited to have her on the podcast.

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    1 April 2022, 2:40 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    #66 - Gweduck Flying Boat with Walter Fellows

    When anyone talks about twin engine flying boats, they think of the Grumman aircraft, the Goose, Widgeon, Mallard and Albatross. Yes ok, there are others, the Catalina for example, but they are all very old. We only just heard of the rebirth of the Albatross a couple of episodes ago, but that’s a long way away and is a huge aircraft. The Gweduck could be one of the more popular private flying boats coming to the market!

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    25 March 2022, 2:40 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    #65 - Katie Cowley's Career So Far

    She has chased jobs around the world, and is now in a small commuter airline, but has some great stories to tell from her experiences in the seaplane world. Katie is a very cheery girl who brings in great positivity to any conversation!

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    18 March 2022, 2:40 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    #64 - The Turbine Albatross with Amphibian Aerospace Industries CEO Dan Webster

    There’s been a lot of talk lately about this project, with news articles, videos and multiple interviews available online and with any ambitious project such as this, there is certainly anticipation and expectation, along with scrutiny, and as much as AAI have a cohort of people passionately getting on board in a show of support, they certainly have their doubters as well. Dan shares an update on the companies progress and plans for the future.

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    11 March 2022, 2:40 pm
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