As the final hours of 2010 pass by and the year draws to a close, we release our 50th episode with a mix of annual review, Christmas greetings and a new experiment. In conjunction with a live video stream of the proceedings, we gathered Steve, Grant, Anthony and Ben in the recording studio to attempt the unthinkable: capturing a whole show in a single take.

We start with a look back at a few of the big stories from 2010 and an additional discussion on ADSB driven by Ben’s perspective from behind the controller’s console. Mixed in with the discussion are:

• A discussion we recorded with Matt Wardell from AirServices Australia about their Santa NOTAM, the Santa Tracker and various other efforts they make at Christmas
•  An interview with Michael & Roselyn from Downwind.com.au about the site and aviation in general
•  Various Christmas greetings from other aviation podcasters around the world

We then start to wrap it all up with some feedback from listeners:

• Ian Kershaw from Canada sent in recorded message
• Ahmet Hussein emailed us looking for information to help him track down episodes of the TV series “Big Sky” (which Ben recalled watching)
• Jay Swanepoel left us some positive feedback on our Facebook page

Finally we worked through some shout outs, including:

• The many guests we’ve had on PCDU during 2010
• Andrea Sammut from Scripts & Voicers for her great support this year
• Dane Golden for his support & promotion of our show on Hey.com
• James Williams & Dave Gray from the Podcasters Emporium on the Lifestyle Podnetwork for helping to promote our show (they’ve also been promoted recently on iTunes as a premium provider – awesome news!)
• To all the organisations that have advertised with us, providing both in-kind help and some actual funds
• Milford & Charlie from the FlightTime Radio Show for their faith in our product
• David Hook from PlaneHook Aviation Services for his sponsorship of our Flying Down Under segment
• Max, Dan, Rob & David at the Airplane Geeks Podcast for all the help & encouragement they’ve given us over the year

We’d also like to especially thank all of you, our audience who have given us your precious time to listen to our show. Your numbers are growing along with your feedback and it’s your support that helps us put in the effort to produce the show.