The Pilot Project Podcast
By Bryan Morrison
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Episodes: 105
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Welcome to The Pilot Project Podcast, your premier source for stories and insights from pilots in the RCAF and mission aviation - brought to you by Skies Magazine! Whether you're an aspiring aviator, navigating flight training, or simply fascinated by the world of military and mission aviation, this podcast is your guide. We sit down with pilots and aviation professionals to hear their thrilling experiences, lessons learned, and expert advice on resilience, training, and the skills needed to succeed in this exciting field. Strap in - we’re ready for departure!
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Episode 103: The Greener Grass: Flying the Cormorant in Gander, Flying the Airbus H145 with STARS, and returning to the RCAF to instruct on the Bell 412 Outlaw Part 2 - Troy Clarke
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May 26, 2026 |
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Episode 102: The Greener Grass: Flying the Cormorant in Gander, Flying the Airbus H145 with STARS, and returning to the RCAF to instruct on the Bell 412 Outlaw Part 1 - Troy Clarke
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May 19, 2026 |
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Episode 101: The Instructor Series: Instructing at 3CFFTS on the Bell 412 Outlaw and Op Lentus during the 2025 Manitoba Wildfires - Niels Olson
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May 12, 2026 |
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Episode 100: The Commander Series: Commanding the RCAF and Flying the CH-146 Griffon - Jamie Speiser-Blanchet
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May 05, 2026 |
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Episode 99: The King:Flying the CH-124 Sea King and life at sea with the Royal Canadian Navy Part 2 - Niels Olson
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Episode 98: The King:Flying the CH-124 Sea King and life at sea with the Royal Canadian Navy Part 1 - Niels Olson
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Episode 97: The SEEDCORN: flying the P-8A Poseidon in Scotland Part 2 - Matt Chretien and Dylan Gilje-Allan
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Episode 96: The SEEDCORN: flying the P-8A Poseidon in Scotland Part 1 - Matt Chretien and Dylan Gilje-Allan
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Episode 95: The Rescue Series: Rescue 901 and the MSC Baltic III Rescue on the CH-149 Cormorant Part 3 - Pete Wright and Greg Hudson
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Episode 94: The Rescue Series: Rescue 901 and the MSC Baltic III Rescue on the CH-149 Cormorant Part 2 - Pete Wright and Greg Hudson
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Episode 93: The Rescue Series: Rescue 901 and the MSC Baltic III Rescue on the CH-149 Cormorant Part 1 - Pete Wright and Greg Hudson
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Episode 92: The Double X: Women of Aviation Worldwide Week and flying the CC-130J Hercules Part 2 - Sam Behm
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Episode 91: The Double X: Women of Aviation Worldwide Week and flying the CC-130J Hercules Part 1 - Sam Behm
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Episode 90: The Bangseat: Ejecting from the CT-155 Hawk, instructing in Moose Jaw and Saudi Arabia, and flying the CC-295 Kingfisher Part 2 - Rock Veilleux
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Episode 89: The Bangseat: Ejecting from the CT-155 Hawk, instructing in Moose Jaw and Saudi Arabia, and flying the CC-295 Kingfisher Part 1 - Rock Veilleux
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Episode 88: The Last Canadian: Flying with the Americans on the CH-47 Chinook during the fall of Afghanistan Part 3 - Ian Wookey
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Episode 87: The Last Canadian: Flying with the Americans on the CH-47 Chinook during the fall of Afghanistan Part 2 - Ian Wookey
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Episode 86: The Last Canadian: Flying with the Americans on the CH-47 Chinook during the fall of Afghanistan Part 1 - Ian Wookey
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Episode 85: The YouTuber: Mattfrom103, the Outcast 903 accident, and flying the CH-149 Cormorant with 103 SAR Squadron Part 2 - Matt Neri
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Episode 84: The YouTuber: Mattfrom103, the Outcast 903 accident, and flying the CH-149 Cormorant with 103 SAR Squadron Part 1 - Matt Neri
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Episode 83: The Christmas Drop: Taking part in Operation Christmas Drop and flying the CC-130J Hercules Part 2 - Anthony Element-Malouin
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Episode 82: The Christmas Drop: Taking part in Operation Christmas Drop and flying the CC-130J Hercules Part 1 - Anthony Element-Malouin
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Episode 81: The Rescue Series: Mountain missions and max-range hoists on the CH-149 Cormorant Part 2 - John Livingston
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Episode 80: The Rescue Series: Mountain missions and max-range hoists on the CH-149 Cormorant Part 1 - John Livingston
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Episode 79: The Gunner: Life of a USAF Aerial Gunner and flying on the AC130H Spectre Gunship and the HH-60G PAVEHAWK Part 2 - Anthony Dyer
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Episode 78: The Gunner: Life of a USAF Aerial Gunner and flying on the AC130H Spectre Gunship and the HH-60G PAVEHAWK Part 1 - Anthony Dyer
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Episode 77: The Veteran Series: Cold War Remembrance and the famous flight in the MiG-29 Part 2 - Bob Wade
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Episode 76: The Veteran Series: Cold War Remembrance and the famous flight in the MiG-29 Part 1 - Bob Wade
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Episode 75: The Tandem Rotor: Inside CH-147F Chinook Operations with 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron Part 2 – Ian Wookey
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Episode 74: The Tandem Rotor: Inside CH-147F Chinook Operations with 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron Part 1 – Ian Wookey
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Episode 73: The LIFT: Lead-In Fighter Training in Italy and flying the CF-18 Hornet and the T-346 Master Part 3 - Eli
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Episode 72: The LIFT: Lead-In Fighter Training in Italy and flying the CF-18 Hornet and the T-346 Master Part 2 - Brian "Humza" Kilroy
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Episode 71: The LIFT: Lead-In Fighter Training in Italy and flying the CF-18 Hornet and the T-346 Master Part 1 - Brian "Humza" Kilroy
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Episode 70: The Rescue: Air Tindi crash survivors in the NWT – Conducting a CC-130H Hercules rescue, Part 2 – Jason Shaw & Vincent C-Benoit
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Episode 69: The Rescue: Air Tindi crash survivors in the NWT – Conducting a CC-130H Hercules rescue, Part 1 – Jason Shaw & Vincent C-Benoit
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Episode 68: The Counter-Drug Ops: Flying SAR and counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean and flying the De Havilland Dash 8 for PAL Part 3 - Pat Lalande, Trevor Juby
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Episode 67: The Counter-Drug Ops: Flying SAR and counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean and flying the De Havilland Dash 8 for PAL Part 2 - Pat Lalande, Trevor Juby
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Episode 66: The Counter-Drug Ops: Flying SAR and counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean and flying the De Havilland Dash 8 for PAL Part 1 - Pat Lalande, Trevor Juby
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Episode 65: The Kingfisher: Developing, acquiring and flying the CC-295 Kingfisher Part 3 - Luc Coates, Francois Fasquelle, Dan Faux
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 64: The Kingfisher: Developing, acquiring and flying the CC-295 Kingfisher Part 2 - Luc Coates, Francois Fasquelle, Dan Faux
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Episode 63: The Kingfisher: Developing, acquiring and flying the CC-295 Kingfisher Part 1 - Luc Coates, Francois Fasquelle, Dan Faux
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Episode 62: The CAPCOM: Earning the Elsie MacGill Award, flying the CH-146 Griffon, and working with NASA in Houston Part 3 - Erin Edwards
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Episode 61: The CAPCOM: Earning the Elsie MacGill Award, flying the CH-146 Griffon, and working with NASA in Houston Part 2 - Erin Edwards
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Episode 60: The CAPCOM: Earning the Elsie MacGill Award, flying the CH-146 Griffon, and working with NASA in Houston Part 1 - Erin Edwards
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Episode 59: The Seeker: Fixed Wing Search and Rescue and flying the CC-115 Buffalo and CC-130H Hercules Part 2 - Dan Conway
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Episode 58: The Seeker: Fixed Wing Search and Rescue and flying the CC-115 Buffalo and CC-130H Hercules Part 1 - Dan Conway
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Episode 57: The Culture: The Evolution of Culture in the Canadian Armed Forces and flying the CH-146 Griffon Part 3 - Jeannot Boucher
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Episode 56: The Culture: The Evolution of Culture in the Canadian Armed Forces and flying the CH-146 Griffon Part 2 - Jeannot Boucher
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Episode 55: The Culture: The Evolution of Culture in the Canadian Armed Forces and flying the CH-146 Griffon Part 1 - Jeannot Boucher
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May 27, 2025 |
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Episode 54: The Jet Jockey: Supersonic Stories: Flying the CF-188 Hornet in the Cold War Part 2 - Dan "Alf" McWilliams
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May 20, 2025 |
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Episode 53: The Jet Jockey: Tutor Tales: Flying and instructing on the CT-114 Tutor Part 1 - Dan "Alf" McWilliams
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May 13, 2025 |
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Episode 52: The Commander: Commanding the RCAF and flying the CF-188 Hornet Part 2 - Eric Kenny
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May 06, 2025 |
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Episode 51: The Commander: Commanding the RCAF and flying the CF-188 Hornet Part 1 - Eric Kenny
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Episode 50: The Inferno: Aerial Firefighting in the Palisades Fires in California and flying the Canadair CL-415 Part 2 - Pascal Duclos
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Episode 49: The Inferno: Aerial Firefighting in the Palisades Fires in California and flying the Canadair CL-415 Part 1 - Pascal Duclos
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Episode 48: The Div Commander: Commanding 1 Canadian Air Division as it prepares for the future and flying the CH-146 Griffon and CH-147 Chinook Part 3 - Chris McKenna
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Episode 47: The Div Commander: Commanding 1 Canadian Air Division as it prepares for the future and flying the CH-146 Griffon and CH-147 Chinook Part 2 - Chris McKenna
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 46: The Div Commander: Commanding 1 Canadian Air Division as it prepares for the future and flying the CH-146 Griffon and CH-147 Chinook Part 1 - Chris McKenna
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Episode 45: The Merge: Changes to the podcast, air-to-air photography, and aviation publishing Part 2 - Mike Reyno
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Episode 44: The Merge: Changes to the podcast, air-to-air photography, and aviation publishing Part 1 - Mike Reyno
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Episode 43: The Service Couple: Being an RCAF aircrew service couple and flying in the CH-149 Cormorant and the CP-140M Aurora - Paul and McKayla Goddard
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Episode 42: The Wing Commander: Commanding 15 Wing Moose Jaw and flying the CH-146 Griffon Part 2 - Dan Coutts
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Episode 41: The Wing Commander: Commanding 15 Wing Moose Jaw and flying the CH-146 Griffon Part 1 - Dan Coutts
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Episode 40: The Knight: The Fighter Force and the CF-188 Hornet - Fred
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Episode 39: The Holiday: Deploying at Christmas on the CC-130J Super Hercules - Mike B
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Episode 38: The Operator: Changing from SOF to Pilot - Ben
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Episode 37: The Veteran: Remembrance Day and a Career to Remember Part 2 - Duncan
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Episode 36: The Veteran: Remembrance Day and a Career to Remember Part 1 - Duncan
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Episode 35: The Selection: The Canadian Forces Aircrew Selection Test Part 2 - Dave
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Episode 34: The Selection: The Canadian Forces Aircrew Selection Test Part 1 - Dave
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Episode 33: The Leader: Part 2 - Developing Coaching Leaders in the RCAF- Scott C
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Episode 32: The Leader: Part 1 - Developing Coaching Leaders in the RCAF- Scott C
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Episode 31: The Cormorant Trophy: Conducting a Rescue in the CH-146 Griffon- Paula
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Episode 30: The Watcher: Afghanistan Stories and The IAI Heron - Carson
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Episode 29: The Student: Part 2 - Life on Phase III Mult-Engine and the C-90B King Air - Scott
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Episode 28: The Phoenix - From the Ashes to the Airwaves, the return of the show! - Bryan and Melissa
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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In-Flight Announcement: A short pause
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Episode 27: The Guardian: Helicopter Search and Rescue in the RCAF and the CH-149 Cormorant - Paul
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Remembrance Day: Tactical Airlift and the CC-130H, Remembering the Fallen - Mike H
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Episode 25: The Advance Party: Flying with the Snowbirds, Ejecting from the CT-114 Tutor, and Remembering Jenn Casey - Rich
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Episode 24: The Deployment: Afghanistan Stories - Greg
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Military Family Appreciation Day: Spouse Perspectives - Melissa, Janet, McKayla, Lyndsay
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Remembering September 11, 2001: Canadian perspectives - Rob, Shelley, Bert
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Episode 21: The teacher, The Snowbird, The Student: A life as a pilot in the RCAF - Blake
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Episode 20: The Recruiter: Everything you want to know about joining the RCAF as a Pilot - Paul
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Episode 19: The Sailor: Maritime Helicopter and the CH-148 Cyclone - Corey
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Episode 18: The Hunter: Long Range Patrol and the CP-140M Aurora - Davis
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Episode 17: The Freeze: Everything you want to know about the DEO Pilot Hiring Freeze - John
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Episode 16: The Hauler: Air Mobility, Tactical Airlift, and the CC-130J Super Hercules - Skye
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Episode 15: The Student: Part 1 - Life on Phase I and the Grob G-120A – Scott
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Episode 14: The Support: Combat Support, the CH-146 Griffon and Thomas “Toast” McQueen – Vic
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 13: The Cost: My journey with PTSD, anxiety, and mental health in the RCAF - Bryan and Melissa
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May 09, 2023 |
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Episode 12: The Heavy: Air Mobility, Strategic Airlift and the CC-177 Globemaster III - John
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Episode 11: The Tanker: Air Mobility, Air-to-Air Refuelling and the CC-150 Polaris - Jeff
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Episode 10: The Wait: Training Delays and how we'll fix them - Colin and Morty
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Episode 9: The Valkyrie: Tac Hel, Mali, and the CH-147F Chinook - Jackie
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 8: The Explorer: Arctic flying and the CC-138 Twin Otter - Ryan
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Episode 7: The Grunt: Tac Hel and the CH-146 Griffon - Pete
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Episode 6: The Teacher: Part 5 - Phase III Fast Jet Training and the CT-155 Hawk - Jules
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Episode 5: The Teacher: Part 4 - Phase III Multi-Engine Training and the C90B King Air - Dan
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Episode 4: The Teacher: Part 3 - Phase III Helicopter Flight Training and the Bell 206 and Bell 412 - Vic
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Episode 3: A Very Special Deployed Christmas Episode: Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, and home - Greg, Rob, Mom, and Jack
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Episode 2: The Teacher: Part 2 - Phase II Flight Training and the CT-156 Harvard II - Lauren
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Episode 1: The Teacher: Part 1 - Phase I Flight Training and the G120A Grob - Dawn
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 0: The Pilot Episode - Trailer and Introduction - Bryan
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Nov 15, 2022 |