Fighter Pilot Podcast

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.

This episode is adapted from a 2022 'Happy Hour' discussion over Zoom.

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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 bar & restaurant, a rugby veteran, former Director of the Red Bull Air Races, Director of the Breitling Jet Team North American tour, and so much more as you will learn on this intriguing episode.

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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.

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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), despite never attending a formal test pilot school.

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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 El Toro., California.

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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 Operation Desert Storm.

Watch the Gianmarco Bellini: Gulf War POW (2023) Official Trailer here.

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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 command of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt—including his public firing in early 2020 at the beginning of COVID.

Order Chopper's book, Surf When You Can, on Amazon.

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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-century of service and nearly 500 flight students taught, "Frawls" has seen it all.

This Zoom interview was originally recorded during a late 2020 happy hour session for FPP Patreon supporters.

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US 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.

Hasard's exploits and lessons learned are captured in his book, The Art of Clear Thinking.

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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 arrangements for a San Diego Air & Space Museum F-14 Tomcat to appear on an aircraft carrier flight deck for the first time in more than a dozen years.

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