18: Rick Durden - ATP, CFI, Aviation Lawyer & Author
Release Date: 08/05/2015
28: Jeff Simon - FAA A&P IA, Aircraft Owner, Inventor & Social Flight Founder
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What does it take to become a pilot? Jeff Simon's love of aviation is taking him on a journey well beyond the cockpit. Jeff is a pilot, an aircraft owner, an FAA certified A & P mechanic and inspector, writer, and inventor. Jeff has spent the last 18 years promoting owner-assisted aircraft maintenance, holds several STCs (Supplemental Type Certificates) for aircraft modification and recently certified the FlexAlert multifunction annunciator to increase flight safety. Driven by a mission to get people flying more, Jeff is also the creator of SocialFlight.com and the free Social Flight...
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27: Jeremy Robertson - Former Airline, Now Private Pilot With Diabetes & Junior Doctor
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Jeremy Robertson started flying at age 15 in Canberra, Australia, completing his PPL at the end of high school and gaining his commercial licences via the University of New South Wales Bachelor of Aviation program. Jeremy has worked as a flying instructor, bush pilot, and an airline pilot. Accumulating 7,500 flying hours across aircraft ranging from ultralights to B747s before a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in 2010 ended his commercial flying career. Jeremy has recently graduating from The University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery and is currently working as a junior...
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26: Patrick Smith - Airline Pilot, Author & Aviation Pundit
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Patrick Smith is an airline pilot and the host of the popular website askthepilot.com. Patrick is also a published author and his book, COCKPIT CONFIDENTIAL is a New York Times bestseller. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television outlets, and his work is cited on a regular basis in print publications worldwide. He currently works as a first officer on the Boeing 767 and 757, flying both domestic and overseas routes. As well as aviation Patrick travels extensively in his spare time and so far has visited more than eighty countries. Visit The Show Notes Page For Patrick’s Episode...
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25: Robert DeLaurentis - ZEN Pilot, Author & Aviation Speaker
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Robert DeLaurentis, the “Zen Pilot”, is a noted aviation speaker and author with over 1400 flight hours. Robert has his Visual, Instrument and Multi-engine Ratings and holds a Commercial Pilot Certificate as well as an advanced graduate degree in Spiritual Psychology. Robert completed a circumnavigation of the planet in August 2015 where he visited 23 countries and 5 continents crossing 12 oceans and seas. This record setting flight in the Spirit of San Diego is the topic of his Amazon best seller called, "Zen Pilot, Flight of Passion and the Journey Within." Join us as Robert gives us...
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24: Karen Kahn - Retired Airline Captain, Speaker, Author, Career Counselor
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Join us as Karen Kahn gives us insight into her inspiring pilot journey. ...
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23: Colonel (ret) Richard Graham - Retired SR-71 Blackbird, USAF & Airline Pilot
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Join us as Richard Graham gives us insight into his inspiring pilot journey ...
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22: Brent Blue - FAA ATP Certified Pilot, Senior AME & Aeromedix Co-Founder
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What does it take to become a pilot?
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20: Colleen Mondor - Private Pilot, Alaska Aviation Writer & Author
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Colleen Mondor is a freelance writer and the author of The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska.
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19: John Laity - Microlight Pilot & 'Flying For Freedom' Co-Founder
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John Laity is a pilot Engineer & pilot with over 18 years flying experience in ultralights. ...
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18: Rick Durden - ATP, CFI, Aviation Lawyer & Author
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Rick Durden started flying in junior high school. He became a flight instructor during his first year of college and helped pay for college and law school by flight instructing and hauling air freight. ...
info_outlineRick Durden started flying in junior high school. He became a flight instructor during his first year of college and helped pay for college and law school by flight instructing and hauling air freight.
Holding an ATP with type ratings in the Douglas DC-3 and Cessna Citation 500 series. Rick splits his time between practicing aviation law and as an editor of Aviation Consumer magazine and AVweb, the Internet aviation magazine.
Rick has been a volunteer pilot for LightHawk, a public benefit flying organization that supports conservation efforts in North and Central America for 25 years and is also the author of the book The Thinking Pilot's Flight Manual or, How to Survive Flying Little Airplanes and Have a Ball Doing It, Vol I. Volume 2 will be released shortly.
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