The Aeronut Podcast

This week on The Aeronut Podcast, we're talking to Vaughn Bateman, a former United States Navy P-3 pilot who now flies for Yankee Air Museum as a B-25 and C-47 pilot. We discuss what his favorite plane between the B-25 and C-47 is, some stories of his time flying long missions looking fo r subs and other maritime intel, as well as talking about what it's like to fly a 80 year old airplane in an airshow. Please subscribe, leave a rating/review, and we'll be back in ten days with another great episode! ------ Follow us on twitter: @AeronutPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748 Visit our website: https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast

In this episode of The Aeronut Podcast, I'm joined by another special guest from the Experimental Aircraft Association, Chris Henry.  Chris has had an interesting aviation career, working as a medical helicopter dispatcher before working at EAA, eventually becoming the Museum Programs Director. He has worked on multiple interesting projects, including the recent restoration of a UH-1 Huey, repaint project of a F4U Corsair that flew in Jesse Brown's squadron, and a book about WW2 veterans flying on EAA's B-17. Please leave a rating/review, subscribe, and we'll be back in ten days with another great interview! --------- Website:  https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast Twitter: @AeronutPodcast Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748

This week on The Aeronut Podcast, we're talking about a whole variety of things, all relating to the Experimental Aircraft Association. Joining me is Dick Knapinski, who is the the Director of Communications for EAA. Dick has all kinds of cool experiences from working behind the scenes at AirVenture, the largest airshow in North America. He's met such people as Sir Richard Branson, Neil Armstrong and many more. We talk about what it's like behind the scenes at AirVenture, how the EAA team arranges performer appearances, and much much more. He's also a licensed pilot, and we go into some good flying stories. You won't want to miss this one! Please subscribe, leave a rating/review, and we'll be back in ten days with another great interview! ------- Follow us on social media: Twitter: @AeronutPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748 https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast Interested in being a guest or know someone who is? Contact us using the social media pages linked above!

Ever wonder if there's an aviation and leadership program designed for young people that's also an auxiliary of the USAF? Well then you're in the right place because today we're talking all about Civil Air Patrol. CAP was founded back in 1941, only a few days before Pearl Harbor. CAP has done lots of missions for the USAF since then, we go into detail about this in the early stages of the episode. We then move on to talk about some of the cool stuff you can do in the program, as well as some great stories. I'm joined by two other cadets from my squadron: C/Capt Carter Hudson, Deputy Cadet Commander of Willow Run Composite Sqaudron, and C/SrA Nicholas Posey, the Safety Airman.  Please leave a like/review, subscribe, and we'll be back in ten days with another great interview! -------- Visit Willow Run Composite Squadron's Facebook page for pictures of us doing cool stuff: https://www.facebook.com/CAP260 Find out more about CAP here: https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @AeronutPodcast Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748 Visit the website: https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast

Have you ever wondered what it's like to land a small plane on the Amazon river supporting local people? This week on The Aeronut Podcast, I'm joined by Bob Hamilton. Bob flew cargo out of Willow Run Airport for several years, then transitioned to missionary work in Brazil, flying his Super Petrel airplane in and around the Amazon river. He has several harrowing tales from not only his missionary flying, but also some good ones from flying cargo. All of that and much more, all right here on The Aeronut Podcast. Please subscribe/follow, leave a rating/review, and we'll be back in ten days with another great interview! --------- Follow us on social media for exclusive updates, previews, trailers and cool stuff: Twitter: @AeronutPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748 And check out our website: https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast

This week on The Aeronut Podcast, we're talking all about what it's like to fly the B-25 "Rosie's Reply" in an airshow. Mike is a great pilot for Yankee Air Museum, and he joins me this week to talk about some of his other experiences and stories. Those include working for Cessna and ferrying brand new aircraft cross country at a young age, and many other great stories as well.  Please like/subscribe, and we'll be back in ten days with another great interview! ------- Follow us on social media: @AeronutPodcast Visit our website: https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast

"You can have a RC plane, why can't you have a RC tank that's full size?"  No, we're not interviewing an RC enthusiast. Today we're talking all about USAF test with MAJ Jared Evans. Jared worked testing several different things for the AF, including guided bombs, and he has some pretty crazy stories about different projects he worked on, including launching ICBMs at small Pacific Islands to test their operational ability. Now he works at AFWerx, which deals with helping people gain a contract from the military for various ideas/prototypes that they want to sell to the military, as well as testing products to compete for a contract. Please leave a rating/review, subscribe, and we'll be back in ten days with another exciting interview!  ----- Follow us on Twitter: @AeronutPodcast Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748 And check out our website: https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast

In this episode, we're talking all about aviation photography featuring Erik Johnston. Erik has photographed a wide variety of aircraft over his career, and he shares some tips as well as some stories from some of the aircraft and people he's met along the way. Aircraft he's photographed include the MiG-23, UH-60, B-52, and a lot more. Erik also runs a great YouTube channel featuring lots of cool aviation content: https://www.youtube.com/user/ErikJohnston Please leave a rating/review, subscribe, and we'll be back in ten days with another great interview! --- Follow us on Twitter: @AeronutPodcast And on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748

In this episode of The Aeronut Podcast, we're talking USAF CCT with Dan Schilling. Dan retired after a long career involved in USAF special warfare, including starting a unit that remains classified to this day. He was a part of the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, where he was credited with saving the team that he was working with. He wrote another book about the first AF Medal of Honor since Vietnam, about fellow CCT John Chapman who saved the lives of a SEAL team by making the ultimate sacrifice. We talk about all this and much much more, all right here on The Aeronut Podcast. Please subsrcibe, leave a rating/review and we'll be back in ten days with another great interview! USAF CCT Memorial site: https://memorial.combatcontrol.team/ Dan's favorite bookstore/link to order books: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781538729656 https://www.kingsenglish.com/book/9781538718674 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or visit our website: https://www.facebook.com/The-Aeronut-Podcast-104048778750748 twitter.com/@AeronutPodcast https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast

This is a trailer for Season Two of The Aeronut Podcast. We'll be featuring these interviews and many more starting Nov. 2, 2021. Thanks for listening, please leave a rating/review, and we'll be back in ten days with Dan Schilling's interview to kick off Season Two! Visit our website for contact info: https://aeronut-podcast.wixsite.com/home/podcast