In this Episode, Pitchlock Pete and Fast Eddie join the Military Aviation Museum Director Mike Potter. The guys talk warbirds and the 75h Anniversary of the Goxhill Tower. Enjoy and look for us this year at Warbirds over the Beach 2017.
Mr. Mike Potter - Military Aviation Museum Director
In this Episode, Pitchlock Pete and Fast Eddie join Warbird Radio Host Matt Jolley for Aviation Safety Month. We participated in the second half of his show hosted on Warbird Radio and we had a great time with Matt. Enjoy and look for some great syndicated aviation shows on Warbird Radio.
In this Episode, Pitchlock Pete and Chopper Mike talk about the upcoming HBO mini-series "The Mighty Eighth" and the history during WWII. The second part of this episode is an interview recorded from the Military Aviation Museum owner and pilot Mr. Jerry Yagen.
In this Hangardeck Podcast Episode, Pitchlock Pete was able to have the privilege to talk with Mike Dale in his hangar at the Culpeper airport about his amazing Percival P-56 Provost. There are only 4 airworthy articles left in the world and his in an amazing restoration. Thanks for listening and stayed tuned for more great episodes.
In this Episode, Pitchlock Pete and Whitey have the pleasure of interviewing Art Nalls and his unique Sea Harrier Aircraft from the Nalls Aviation Hangar at the St. Mary's airport in Southern Maryland.
Art provides to be an undisputed expert on Harrier Jump Jets and has a cadre of experts that work with Art to provide a really awesome experience for aviation enthusiasts to appreciate during his airshow routines.
This interview is an in-depth history of how Art has acquired on how he has come to operate the Harrier Jet. Read more about Art Nalls and Nalls Aviation on their website Here.
In this episode of The Hangardeck Podcast, “Pitchlock” Pete and Fast Eddie talk with US Navy Captain (ret.) Mike "Gintac" Ginter who has coordinated and leads a Warbird formation through the most guarded airspace in the United States. Gintac outlines his plan and the history behind this awesome historic event and it was a true pleasure to join the guys and be a part of a great organization with really awesome aviators.
The Potomac Flight over the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery is in honor of DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and pays tribute to the services and sacrifices veterans have made to secure our nation’s freedom. This annual ceremonial formation flight is visible from Alexandria, Arlington and Rosslyn, VA. The Culpeper Air Fest serves as a home base for the ground-breaking flight.
In its day, the Texan represented the cutting edge of aviation technology, a mere 35 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight on a North Carolina beach. Over 15,000 “Texans” were built between 1938 and 1947, and approximately 400 are still flying today.
We are proud to support and bring this episode to our fans. We look forward to bringing many more veteran based episodes for your listening enjoyment. This ceremonial formation flight will be visible from Alexandria, Arlington and Rosslyn, VA. Culpeper Air Fest will serve as a home base for the ground-breaking flight.
The Hangardeck Podcast team with Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Buzz Lockwood.
In this episode of The Hangardeck Podcast, “Pitchlock” Pete, Fast Eddie and Raging Rick talk with Vietnam veteran Buzz Lockwood. Lockwood is a decorated helicopter pilot. During his 2 ½ tours in Vietnam Lockwood received 3 purple hearts among other medals honoring his bravery during service.
Lockwood faced many hardships during his service, including being shot down a total of 13 times. Regarding his medals Lockwood was extremely humble stating, “There were tens of thousands of acts of valor, bravery, and courage done by Americans every day during the war – only a few people got recognized, most acts went unrewarded.”
He added that he would gladly return all three of his purple hearts, in turn for not having to endure what he did to get them, stating the hearts were basically rewarding any near death experience. Lockwood graduated from Fort Rutgers Alabama flight school, and three months later he was in Vietnam. He flew a light observation helicopter, nicknamed a Loach by the military men.
The loach helicopters took part in “Hunt and Kill” team, described less harshly by media as “Pink Teams” for the red and white pendants the aircrafts had. The Pink Teams were made up of three aircrafts – two gunships, and one scout. Lockwood flew scout, his job was to fly extremely low to the ground and locate the enemy for the gunships in his team.
Lockwood was one of the brave men who volunteered to be in the war, he was not drafted. Also he volunteered to fly scout, which was a very dangerous job. Regardless of his voluntary service Lockwood expressed, “Not wanted to fight in a war, not wanting to be in a shooting match, or to kill someone – There isn’t anything unpatriotic about that.’
Lockwood shared much of his Vietnam experience with The Hangardeck Podcast, stating that he feels dealing with such an experience is much easier if he can talk about it.
In this episode, Pitchlock Pete and Fast Eddie are on location for the 2016 Culpeper Air Fest. The guys set up location and interviewed many performers and event coordinators at the Air Fest. In this interview, the guys talk with Pilot Kevin Russo who performs around the country at airshows in his T-6 Texan.
Kevin is in his 18th year flying air shows with his SNJ-6/T-6 aircraft. His aircraft is a restored SNJ-6 the aircraft was built in 1944 and delivered to Pensacola NAS FL in August 1945. Kevin purchased the aircraft 21 years ago and restored it back to the Pensacola colors you see today. Kevin’s SNJ-6 is thought to be the lowest time Texan around with only 3,000 hours.
In this on site segment, Pitchlock Pete joins the SNJ Charlie Flight Element and chats about the low ceiling level with "Pappy", "Hollywood", "Jackie", "Cooler", and "Will". Also, a brief "before the show" chat with Chuck Tippett from The Flying Circus.
In this Episode Segment, Uncut and Raw with WWII B-24 Pilot Easly Smith. A MUST Listen and pay respect to our Veterans of this great nation. This man is a HERO and we are happy to bring this short segment of his background.
The Fighter Factory - VA Beach
In this episode, The Hangardeck Podcast interviews the Fighter Factory Maintenance Leadership team in the Navy Hangar at the Military Aviation Museum at the Biplanes and Triplanes airshow 2016. Standby and Hold On as TK and the boys tell us how it is with Warbird Maintenance. This episode is tagged explicit for language.
In this Podcast episode, Pitchlock Pete and Whitey are on location for an interview with former F-14 Skipper and Topgun Instructor Dave "Bio" Baranek. He is an accomplished author of his first hand accounts in the US Navy and the books are Topgun Days and Before TopGun Days respectively. Check out Bio at http://www.topgunbio.com/ You can find his books on Amazon.com.
In this episode, The Hangardeck Podcast Interviews Aircraft Artist and Painter Shayne Meder - founder and Aritist at www.flygirlpainters.com and then we discuss the preliminary news release from the Southwest Engine Failure.
In this episode, Pitchlock Pete and Jackscrew Jesse give unedited views of the most recent Samsung Galaxy 7 Lithium Battery issue regarding aviation and also talk about US Military Air to Air Intercepts with Fighter Jets.
Wolfgang with the Fighter Factory Manager "TK" with the Military Aviation Museum's ME-262.
In this Episode of the Hangardeck Podcast, the team has the privilege to interview aviation and aerospace expert Test Pilot Wolfgang Czaia. Wolfgang discusses the first production jet fighter, the ME-262, and the history, flying characteristics and how many reproduction aircraft are flying today. It’s an amazing discussion that we guarantee to satisfy your itch for unique aviation discussions.
We have been working on this episode and are very proud to bring our audience this special interview with Wolfgang. Wolfgang flies the aircraft once a year at the Military Aviation Museum – “Warbirds over the Beach” so if you are an aviation enthusiast, you MUST see this first hand.
The Hangardeck Podcast would like to thank our audience for the continued support on our venture. We reached a milestone of over 12,000 downloads and continue to grow our audience.
The Hangardeck Podcast Team continues to strive and bring great interviews for the aviation enthusiast. Tell us how we are doing by dropping Pitchlock Pete a direct comment at info@thehangardeck.com.
Video Credit: Fight To fly - This is a compilation of video and a few photographs I was able to capture and compile for video. I had originally attempted this a year ago, shortly after its delivery to Jerry Yagen, however, technical issues crept up, preventing me from finishing it until now.
WWII Luftwaffe Pilot Mr. Hans Meyer back in the seat of the BF-109G
In this Episode of The Hangardeck Podcast, we have the privilege of talking with WWII Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 Pilot Hans Meyer.
Hans Meyer was born in 1927 and grew up in Brandenburg, Germany. Ever since his youth he was interested in aviation, so at the age of 14, Hans joined the Flieger-HJ and learned to fly the Schneider SG-38 (Flying Glider). When he was 16, he earned himself the Glider Pilot Proficiency Badge ‘C’ level and signed up for the Luftwaffe a year later in 1944 to become a fighter pilot.
After Hans completed his flight training in Werneuchen with the Messerschmitt Bf 109, he was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 54 “Grünherz” and was stationed on the Eastern Front. There he distinguished himself as a fighter pilot and was credited with a total of 5 air victories.
Look for his Book "One Soldier From The Other Side" by Hans Meyer and Lar Stampe.
Tune in to more great Episodes at The Hangardeck Podcast.
Matthew McArthur in the harshest aviation environment on the Planet Earth.
Aviation Enthusiast Matthew McArthur from Melbourne, Australia Skype's into The Hangardeck Podcast to discuss Antarctic Aviation and the History of flying in this unforgiving environment. Matthew's expert commentary is quite fascinating and enthusiastic as he describes the history and his experiences while working there.
Matthew also is the host and creator of the Ice Coffee Podcast and discusses his passion about Antarctic exploration and base his content on my his extensive research on the topic and his own experiences working as a diver at Scott Base.
During Matthew's time on the ice he flew in a range of types not normally a transport option to Australian civilians and found himself spending time at the sea ice runway and local helipads as much as he could where he could combine his passion for Aviation and the Antarctic.
Tune into Matthew at his podcast - The Ice Coffee Podcast.
A great State of the Hangardeck Podcast Union. Tune into the explosion of the Podcast this year and our discussion on our upcoming events and our relationships with the Military Aviation Museum and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum.
We are also introducing our new Co-Host "Jackscrew Jesse" Olmstead to the show.
Our first Podcast from the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum with our Special Guest Mr. Dave Elliott. Dave is the Program Manager for the NASA Super Guppy Transport Aircraft. This episode The Hangardeck Podcast team continue the discussion with Dave on the specifics of the aircraft, history and unique cargo that the aircraft is designed to transport.
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum staff was extremely hospitable and welcoming to the team. We look forward to monthly Podcast Recordings with a unique guests supporting diverse aviation topics.
The Hangardeck Podcast Team Traveled to Virginia Beach to participate in the Warbirds Over the Beach 2016 Airshow. We were fortunate to witness the first flight of Jerry Yagen's Messerschmitt Bf-109G. First, we have to say, Jerry is an amazing host and provided us with the opportunity to record some amazing people he has flying and working with these unique aircraft.
This episode we recorded on Saturday May 21, 2016 with SNJ Pilots "Jackie" and "Cooler" who were flying the photography shoot aircraft this weekend in formation to help capture rare Warbird formation footage for the Military Aviation Museum.
