Welcome to Episode 26 of the Preferred Shares Podcast.

Fewer people have flown the Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber than have traveled to space, which is why it was a great honor for Preferred Shares to interview Lt. Col. Todd Moenster, USAF, Retired, a former B-2 pilot.

We discussed a variety of topics:

* Why Todd became interested in becoming a pilot;

* Air Force pilot selection and the training program;

* Bomber aircraft characteristics and how the bomber training program differed from the programs for other aircraft;

* The challenges of long missions and managing fatigue and discomfort;

* Todd’s personal stories of operational incidents and the importance of technical redundancy; and

* Todd’s transition to the private sector and his role as a leader in Garmin’s Government and Defense Aviation Business Development.

Additional Reading & Listening

Curious to see what else we’ve been working on? Check out some of the interesting things we’ve done recently:

* Devin LaSarre (Invariant and @DevinLaSarre)

* 📖 Nicotine Certainty

* 📖 Philip Morris International: ZYNsn’t It?

* Douglas Ott (Andvari Associates and @yesandnotyes)

* 📖 The Story of Amphenol: 1987-1992

* 📖 Constellation Software: A People Business

* Lawrence Hamtil (Fortune Financial and @lhamtil)

* 📖 Aerospace: After A Century of Growth; A Bright Future Ahead

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