FPP148 - Saving Lives: Collision Avoidance Systems
Oversteer protection, anti-lock brakes, and other emerging technologies help automobile drivers avoid accidents, thus saving money and—more importantly—lives. Wouldn't it be great if technological adv...
25 Jul 20221h 26min
FPP147 - Flight Control Systems
Don't let this episode's title scare you off! There's sexy, and then there's important, and on rare occasion you get a combination of the two, but true military aviation enthusiasts understand that mi...
15 Jul 20221h 43min
Mr. Mixon Goes to Washington
We're taking a break from our usual programming this week following the busy 'Top Gun Month' and in honor of America's birthday July 4th. And in the spirit of that holiday, we instead offer this short...
5 Jul 202226min
FPP146 - Speed & Angels: The Naval Aviation Documentary, not Movie
After many recent episodes discussing how 1986's Top Gun and this year's Top Gun: Maverick are "movies, not documentaries," it seemed appropriate to round out 'Top Gun Month' (which ended up being two...
25 Jun 20221h 19min
FPP145 - The Making of 'Top Gun: Maverick'
Good vs bad. Right vs wrong. Humor, redemption, drama, romance, action, closure, and of course, Naval Aviation. Top Gun: Maverick is many things but best of all, it is simple entertainment that people...
15 Jun 20221h 53min
FPP144 - Filming 'Top Gun: Maverick'
"Real speed." "Real G forces." "Really amazing!" These are the assertions of those who made the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, and those who have seen it, and they're right. On this episode, second-ge...
5 Jun 20221h 9min
Former TOPGUN Instructors React to 'Top Gun: Maverick'
On this bonus episode, FPP host and former TOPGUN instructor, Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello and past podcast guests and fellow TOPGUN instructors Andy "Grand" Mariner (episode 7), Dave "Chip" Berke (59), an...
29 Mai 202250min
FPP143 - Filming 'Top Gun'
Top Gun (the movie): You probably know the storyline cold and can name your favorite flying scene. You can even quote several lines from the film (e.g. “son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t...
25 Mai 20221h 54min
