Episode 23 officially begins with the launch of legendary Jack Schonely’s episode. Jack is a 36 year Law Enforcement Veteran, with 31 years at LAPD 19 of which were spent in the Air Support Division as both a TFO and Command Pilot. Jack created and instructs a course titled A “Apprehending Fleeing suspects.” Jack has also written a book available online with the same title. Jack is a Contributing Editor and writer to Vertical 911 Magazine, Police K9 Magazine, Recoil Magazine and Police Magazine. 

Jack was the 2017 recipient of the Helicopter Association International (HAI) Law Enforcement Salute to Excellence award in Dallas Texas. 2016 recipient of the Robert L Cormier Memorial Award from the Airborne Law Enforcement Association. Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the advancement of aircraft in public service.

2005 Runner up for the Governor’s California Police Officers Standards and Training Instructor of the Year Award.

2004 Air Crew of the Year Award for LAPD Air Support Division.

If you are looking for training to help prepare yourself for a career in Airborne Law Enforcement or looking to sharpen your knowledge base in the science of suspect containment you can’t miss this episode. This episode will be available everywhere next Friday August 13th which will coincide with Hangar Z’s one year anniversary. 

APSCON 2021 from New Orleans is officially in the books, so now it's time to break it down in a special episode. Join us in the hangar, with our guest San Diego County Sheriff Fire and Rescue Pilot Tony Webber, as we discuss his and Jon's experiences and takeaways from this year's APSA Convention. From some of the movers and shakers in our industry, to some of the latest and greatest on the show floor, to the sights and sounds of New Orleans, including Tony's sighting of the ever elusive, Rob Steht!

We do have to give a special thank you to our listeners. We were amazed and humbled by the positive feedback we received from so many of you at this year's APSCON! We're excited to return to the Hangar after taking a month off for family and work commitments. We look forward to continuing to bring you content that we hope will motivate, inspire and bring value to your operations

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In this episode we sit down and chat with Alex Giuffrida, managing partner of CNC Technologies. We have talked about CNC Technologies a lot over the course of our podcast. We appreciate their dedication to design and delivery of cutting edge technology and solutions.  We appreciate their willingness to step out  and believe in The Hangar Z Podcast by sponsoring us from the very beginning. During our conversation Alex talks about how he helped to build one of the most dynamic and successful companies within the public safety aviation industry. I had a great conversation with Alex and we're sure you will enjoy hearing his story of achieving the American dream.     

In this episode we sit down and chat with Clay Lacey, a lieutenant with a major state agency from the great state of Texas. They say everything in Texas is bigger and we're sure you'll agree that Clay and his agency live up to that motto when it comes to everything they do, including the selection and training of their Tactical Flight Officers (TFO's), a subject that Clay is passionate about. 

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Join us on this episode as we sit down and chat with John Fehrs, a true legend of the airborne public safety industry. John walks us through his remarkable career as an Army Aviator during the Vietnam War, where he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, to his over 30-year career in public safety aviation, where he served as the Chief Pilot of the Riverside Police Department Aviation Unit and later as the Chief Pilot of the Santa Barbara County Fire & Sheriff’s Joint Aviation Unit. If all of that wasn’t enough, John went on to serve as a government contractor, flying missions in Iraq and Afghanistan for the last 13 years!

All of us who have had the honor to serve in a public safety aviation unit know that we are standing on the shoulders of giants. Those who started and served in these units during the early days of public safety aviation, truly started a legacy that has been handed down to us and we must in turn hand it down to the next generation. One of the goals of our podcast is to honor those in the public safety aviation industry who came before us and on this episode, we are doing just that

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Join us as  we sit down and chat with Terry Miyauchi, the Customer Solutions Manager, Parapublic, for Bell Helicopters.

Terry's aviation career spans more than 30 years, where he served both as an Army Aviator and as a law enforcement pilot. Terry's public safety career culminated as commander of the Arizona Department of Public Safety Aviation Unit, where he lead a unit of over 40 personnel and a fleet of 15 aircraft.

Terry will give us an update on the Bell 505 program and talk to us about how Bell continues to lead the industry in customer support and satisfaction.

This special episode is sponsored by the @bellflight Bell 505 Helicopter Program.

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 In this episode, where we sit down with Bryan Smith, the Airborne Public Safety Association Safety Program Manager. Bryan is an extremely experienced law enforcement aviatior, who currently serves as the chief pilot for a Florida sheriff's department.

We think this is going to be a valuable episode for anyone working for an agency that is implementing an aviation safety program in their unit. Bryan is definitely an invaluable resource and we are honored to have him on the podcast!

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In this episode we chat with Airframe and Powerplant mechanic Aaron Boulias. Everyone in aviation knows the mission cannot go on without maintainers. Aaron talks about his time as a A&P Mechanic and his progression through the career field. 

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On this episode, we sit down and chat with Major Brian Harris, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and host of The Low Level Hell Podcast. We discuss the mission similarities between military and law enforcement helicopters as it relates to reconnaissance and close air support operations. We also discuss Brian's career flying both the OH-58D 'Kiowa Warrior' and AH-64 'Apache,' supporting combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Major Harris also discusses being shot during a flight while deployed as well as losing Hydraulics while on a night flight under NVGs.  

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