Building and Flying the Stratolaunch 'Roc'
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Evan "Ivan" Thomas joins cohost Ken "Primetime" Katz to discuss the Stratolaunch Roc—the world's largest aircraft initially designed to haul space vehicles into the uppe...
9 Loka 20231h 30min
FPP177 - The End of VMFAT-101 (for now)
MCAS Miramar-based Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 101 closes its doors after 50+ years of teaching U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators first in the F-4 Phantom and then the F/A-18 Hornet. On this epi...
2 Loka 20231h 7min
FPP176 - RF-4 Photo Phantoms with "Racehorse"
On this repurposed 2021 'Happy Hour' discussion, retired U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Larry "Racehorse" Rannals describes his career beginning as a Naval Flight Officer before converting to pilot vi...
25 Syys 20231h 13min
FPP175 - MiG Killer Reconciles with Former Enemy
Robert Dosé was a World War II fighter pilot who shot down an Imperial Japanese Zero. Thirty years later, his son Curt Dosé scored an aerial victory against a North Vietnamese MiG-21, making them the ...
11 Syys 20231h 34min
FPP174 - Green Phantoms, Pink Jags, and the Shah of Iran with "Ed"
Nelson "Ed" Cobleigh is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and Vietnam veteran-turned author who flew the A-4 Skyhawk, F-4 Phantom, Jaguar, F-104 Starfighter, and F-16 Fighting Falcon, among others...
21 Elo 202351min
FPP173 - Fighter Pilot Legacy with "Guido"
Retired US Navy Captain Jim "Guido" Dimatteo is a polymath: the son of a WW2 fighter pilot, a former A-4, F-14, F-16N, F/A-18 pilot (and still the F-5), the former purveyor of a successful San Diego b...
7 Elo 20232h 33min
Fly Girls Revolt: The Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat
FPP friend and occasional cohost, Ken Katz, welcomes back to the show Dr. Eileen Bjorkman to discuss her new book, Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat. S...
31 Heinä 202352min
FPP172 - Rogers E. Smith: The Test Pilot Who Flew Everything
Rogers E. Smith is a Canadian-American pilot who served in the RCAF, US Marines, and US Air National Guard and spent a long career testing nearly every American fighter (and several Russian aircraft),...
24 Heinä 20232h 7min
