Army veteran Brian joins the show to talk about the time he was in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. We get into what it feels like when an aircraft is going down, how long it took start to finish, how it could've been much worse, and more.
Feb 2023
Episode 8: Former Airbus VP of Flight Ops Del Livingston
Del Livingston is the former Vice President of Flight Operations for Airbus Helicopters, and a veteran of the Vietnam war. In this, we’ll speak with Del about his background flying Dustoff operations in Vietnam, including a harrowing rescue mission, the result of which sent him h ... Show More
48m 23s
Jan 2022
EP171: How To Properly Brag About the World's Fastest Plane and Losing My Mentor, Finding Peace
On this episode of Our American Stories, SR-71 Blackbird pilot, Bryan Shall, explains how much fun you can have when you're the fastest plane in the sky. LCpl. Tom Morton tells the story of Sgt. Joe L. Wrightsman not only being his mentor and squad leader, but also a hero of the ... Show More
38m 16s
Jan 2023
Rebel gunmen in Ugandan skies
Pilot Firoz Khimji witnessed his country's wars from above. Then conflict came for him.For most of his life, Uganda had been unstable, but he'd been able to train as a commercial pilot despite the violence. When qualified, Firoz took a job with Ugandan Airlines. This was the 1980 ... Show More
39m 19s