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Find Out Why Trevor Started Chart It All at age 11 to Pay For His Flight Training.

Avination, welcome to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode #76. Today, I am talking with commercial pilot Kylie Giffin. In this episode, Kylie walks us through her path to becoming a commercial pilot. We talk about the positive moments, struggles and failures in her training.

Avination, welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast. This is episode #73 featuring Mark Palm. Mark, is the co-founder of Samaritan's aviation. Samaritan's Aviation's goal is to demonstrate God’s love by providing aviation and medical services in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea. Find out how Mark and Samaritan's aviation is making a huge impact in Papua New Guinea.

Marlon put himself in a position to be hired by Delta Airlines at 24 years old. Find out how in episode 74 of the Pilot to Pilot podcast.

Lt. Col. Harry Stewart faced a lot of adversity in his aviation career. Pre-WWII he was told he couldn't be a pilot due to the color of his skin. During WWII, Lt Col. Harry Stewart was a part of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen where he shot down three German fighters. After WWII Lt. Col Harry Stewart once again wasn't able to become an airline pilot due to the color of his skin.

What is going on avination? Welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode 72 ft. Dianna Klein. Dianna has accomplished a lot in her aviation career, she is a 787 Dreamliner pilot and a C5 pilot in the Air Force Reserves. All while being a wife, mom and very active in her local community.

Some of the things Dianna and I talk about are...

• Dianna talks about why she got into aviation

• How her dad never pushed aviation on her.

• Why Dianna's military aviation career didn’t go as planned.

• Why Dianna chose Embry Riddle for her flight school.

• Why Dianna felt bad for her mom at sometimes in her training.

• How Dianna was able to leave early from high school to fly.

• Why Dianna wanted to go to the Air Force Academy to learn how to flying fighters.

• When Dianna knew she caught the aviation bug

• Dianna talks about being very focused on her training.

• Dianna talks about struggling with math with the SAT.

• Dianna didn’t let a setback deter her aviation dreams.

• Why it is important to have your own board of personal directors.

• Dianna talks about how 9/11 affected her and her family.

• How Dianna built her time.

• We talk a little bit of the struggle of building your time.

• Dianna talks about getting hired by American Eagle.

• How Dianna was always pursuing the Air Force Reserves

• Dianna talks about her military flight training and how she loved it.

• The importance of being financially aware as a pilot.

• Talks about her dreams and goals personal and aviation-related.

• The importance of learning to say no.

• How important it is to ask for help when you need it.

• We talk about the importance of getting more women into aviation.

• What needs to be done to get more aviators to get into aviation.

• Dianna talks about her sons thinking about aviation.

• What it is like to fly the C5.

• She talks about the difficulties his husband had transitioning from fighter pilot to an airline pilot.

• She talks about the importance of teamwork in aviation (military and civilian).

• Dianna talks about some emergency situations in the C5.

• The kinds of missions Dianna would fly as a C5 pilot.

• Dianna talks about working on the management side of United while being a line pilot.

• What it is like to work 9 days a month.

• What her future looks like at United... Possible management or stay as a line pilot.

• Dianna faces the rapid-fire section.

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Happy Flying,

Justin

Avination, welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast. Today, I am talking with Tyson Weihs, the co-founder and CEO of ForeFlight. This episode has been #interviewgoals since I started the podcast two years ago. So, to have the ability to sit down with Tyson and talk about ForeFlight was a great experience. Tyson was very open about ForeFlight, we talked about the beginning, where they are now and what the future of ForeFlight holds. On Tuesday, August 27 I'm going to post this live to everyone as well as a giveaway announcement. ForeFlight will be giving away THREE gift cards that can be used on existing or new ForeFlight accounts. All you have to do is follow @pilottopilot and @teamforeflight onInstagramm, and comment on my post your favorite part of the episode. What Tyson and I talked about...

• Why Tyson stumbled into a career in aviation.
• How the dot com crash led to a career in aviation.
• Tyson had a fascination with aviation as a younger kid.
• Flying flight simulators at a younger age.
• Tysons grandfather was a bombardier on a B-24 in the Pacific.

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