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 Aug 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 Jul 202351min
FPP172 - Rogers E. Smith: The Test Pilot Who Flew Everything
Rogers E. Smith is a Canadian-American pilot who served in the RCAF, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Air National Guard and spent a long career testing nearly every American fighter (and several Russian ones),...
24 Jul 20231h 55min
FPP171 - The Flying Leathernecks Return to Irvine
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General Mike Aguilar explains how the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is moving from MCAS Miramar in San Diego to the Great Park in Irvine, near the former MCAS ...
10 Jul 202337min
FPP170 - Italian Tornados in the Storm with "Puffo"
Retired Italian Air Force General and former Tornado pilot Gianmarco Bellini joins guest host Craig "Crunch" Snyder to discuss his terrifying low-altitude, high-speed ejection in the opening hours of ...
26 Jun 20231h 11min
FPP169 - Helo's to Hornets to Headlines with "Chopper"
Retired US Navy Captain Brett "Chopper" Crozier describes his career from flying SH-60B Seahawks, to returning to flight school to learn the F/A-18 Hornet, to nuclear power school and eventually comma...
13 Jun 20232h 27min
FPP168 - 50 Years of Fighter Piloting with "Frawls"
Phillip Frawley is not only a retired Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot, he is a Guinness World Record holder for being the oldest and longest-serving fighter pilot in the world. With a half-ce...
5 Jun 202353min
FPP167 - From F-16s to F-35s to YouTube with "Hasard"
U.S. Air Force Reserve fighter pilot, Justin "Hasard" Lee, describes his career flying the block 50 F-16 before transitioning to the F-35 and ultimately starting a compelling YouTube channel. His expl...
22 Mai 202354min
