FPP166 - Big Plans for the San Diego Air & Space Museum with "Slug"
Retired U.S. Navy fighter #pilot, James "Slug" Kidrick, makes a case for aviation museums and how to keep patrons, besides just children, walking in the door. Slug had a hand in making the necessary a...
12 Maj 20231h 16min
FPP165 - How Military Forces Help and Heal with "SugarBear"
A discussion on how military forces and weapons systems designed primarily to destroy and kill are also used to help and heal during natural disasters and humanitarian crises. Support this podcast at...
1 Maj 20231h 3min
Flight Testing: First Flight and Envelope Expansion
A discussion on the careful considerations and risk mitigation strategies employed when flying a prototype aircraft for the first time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pil...
17 Apr 20231h 56min
FPP164 - A Lesser Man Would Have Died! Sea Stories with "Lefty"
Former U.S. Navy A-4 Skyhawk, A-7 Corsair II, and F/A-18 Hornet pilot Jerry "Lefty" Schubert stopped by the show during a 2020 Happy Hour to share stories on grit, Naval Aviation, and fatherhood. Sup...
10 Apr 202345min
Hypersonics
A discussion on the challenges of designing and flying aerial vehicles intended to travel at five times the speed of sound or more, and how the U.S. military is doing compared to other nations explori...
3 Apr 20231h 15min
FPP163 - "Trots" Talks Tomcats and TOPGUN
Retired U.S. Navy Captain Tom "Trotts" Trotter describes flying the beloved F-14 Tomcat and how it compares to the F/A-18 Hornet, then being among the first TOPGUN students in the Hornet and later com...
27 Mars 20231h 27min
Aircraft Structures: Non-Destructive Testing
Mr. Tim Kinsella joins former U.S. Air Force Flight Test Engineer and Fighter Pilot Podcast cohost Ken "Primetime" Katz to discuss the various non-intrusive ways aircraft structures are tested in deve...
20 Mars 20231h 13min
FPP162 - U.S. F-16 Pilot Explains Infamous 'Dodging Iraqi SAMs' Video
Former U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper pilot Jeff "Tico" Tice was callsign 'Stroke 1,' the flight lead for the ill-fated "Package Q" strike on Iraq just days into Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Stroke 3 mi...
13 Mars 202355min
