Peter Grimm: Flying Seaplanes on the West Coast

James Marasa: Out of the clouds, into the trees: "I could feel the trees smacking the bottom of the airplane. It was like a machine gun sound. And then, all of a sudden, they went back into the cloud." 178 seconds to live. Just under three minutes. If you're a pilot you've no doubt heard the statistic.... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

29 min listen

Pilot Prospects, Procedures and Priorities - Welcome to Flying BC: "Never ignore the gut feeling...the hairs on the back of your neck. If it doesn't feel right, stop. Ask yourself why. If you still can't figure it out, don't do it." - Kevin Maher On this episode we introduce the podcast hosts and veer off into discussio... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

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Angie Tanton: Flying overseas and off-the-grid: "When I started feeling like I was overwhelmed...my brain went automatically to private pilot school default. Hands and feet. I disconnected the autopilot, and I flew it raw." Angie Tanton is a pilot with a penchant for flying in the overseas, off-the-gr... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

41 min listen

Rob "Scratch" Mitchell: Snowbird Leader, CF-18 Demo Pilot, and Film Producer: "I remember that moment. There was 22 sets of eyes just staring at me, and they all said the same thing, 'What do we do now, Boss?' That's when the penny dropped for me that, ah, this is what leadership is about." Rob "Scratch" Mitchell's 20-year career ... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

50 min listen

Steve Thorne on creating Flight Chops, and how he stays safe flying 50+ different aircraft.: "The way we do it at the museum is we brief the plan and we fly the brief, and we don't improvise. It says on the board in real big letters that never gets erased...No Improvising." Steve Thorne, perhaps better known as Flight Chops, has over 300,000 sub... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

51 min listen

Bonus Episode: "Scratch" Mitchell Q&A: Special bonus episode with former Snowbirds Lead and CF-18 Demo Pilot, Rob "Scratch" Mitchell. He answers listener questions about how the Snowbirds create their show routine, how aerobatic pilots adapt to new airports, whether he prefers solo or team ... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

11 min listen

Helmets in Flight: Discussing safety in warbirds and GA aircraft, with Flight Chops, Kevin Maher, and Ryan Van Haren.: "You know, it would be embarassing to get out of an upside-down SuperCub with a bent-up prop and a scuff on my helmet. But it would be better than not getting out and having to pull me out and waking up three months later with a brain injury." - Steve Th... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

47 min listen

Vignesh Rajasekar: Inspiring Young People into Aviation: "So if you have the love of aviation and you want to spread it among youngsters, and have people come into aviation, I don't think there's a better place to start than in schools. One person joins and then all of a sudden you have a huge class." Vignesh ... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

39 min listen

Linden Hoover: Flying in Antarctica and Northern Canada: "So we flew all the drums out, and laid them on the blue ice, and then we went back with pictures. We were all so happy because, you know, 100 drums, we did a good job and it looked really nice. And just the way he looked at the pictures when we showed h... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

37 min listen

Geoff Latter (Part 2): Learning to fly a Yak-50: "This is one of only a few planes that I've flown where it has such a high degree of thrust to weight that you can do a maneuver like a tail slide; decide you don't like the tail slide, apply power, and fly out of the tail slide while going backwards." P... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

41 min listen

W.T. (Tim) Cole: Bush Pilot to Bureaucrat and Back: “It’s pretty intimidating for an Ontario farm boy to be out there saying, holy mackerel I’m just about at the tip of mainland North America and everything rests on this big ol’ round engine.” W.T. (Tim) Cole takes us on a journey through his aviation car... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

72 min listen

Greg McDougall: Harbour Air and the Electric Beaver: "There's certainly an economic aspect to it, an environmental aspect to it, there's a disruptive aspect to it. There's a whole bunch of things that make it (electric aircraft) make sense for us." - Greg McDougall, CEO and Founder, Harbour Air As an aspir... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

61 min listen

Geoff Latter (Part 1): Aerobatics, developing a show routine, and the business of airshows.: "I know that airplane pretty well, but it doesn't matter. We go through the same process every year as if you're coming to a new aircraft. Because the only way to train proficiency, is to be disciplined." Geoff Latter is an airline captain and an airshow... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

39 min listen

Kimberly Lysak: Flight Instruction is Broken: "Does your instructor have a mentor? Does your instructor have someone more knowledgeable, more skilled than they are, that they are unafraid to ask questions to?" Kimberly Lysak is a Class 1 instructor, holds an ATPL, and is ICAO-certified in Advanced F... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

56 min listen

Bonus: Story from Tight Floats and Tailwinds: "The men we were picking up were jubilant about finally getting out after many weeks of solitude. Not so for the men we were leaving behind..." On this bonus episode, W.T. (Tim) Cole reads one of the many bush flying stories from his book & memoir, Tight... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

9 min listen

Anna Serbinenko: Sky Dancer: "If a commercial flight test is not successful, it's typically not a question of stick and rudder skills or knowledge. More often than not it's the lack of attention to detail." Anna Serbinenko is an airshow performer, Chief Flight Instructor at Canadian... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

53 min listen

Dave Hadfield: 5000 miles in a Spitfire: "The ideal candidate is someone who's got some Tiger Moth time or Stearman. Those two airplanes are exceptional initial experience trainers because they tend to amplify your faults without killing you." Dave Hadfield is the Chief Pilot at Vintage Wings o... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

88 min listen

Katie Cowley: Adventures of a new Commercial Pilot: "So I sat down in the roughest water I think I've ever landed in, and it's not that big of a plane so it was pretty big waves for those little floats. And I landed so far from the camp because I just wanted to be down on the water sooner than later." On... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

57 min listen

Michael Wilton: Tips for Buying and Selling an Aircraft: "One of the things we recommend for all clients if you're going to purchase in the US, is to send a Canadian Maintenance Engineer down across the border to view the aircraft and do your pre-buy for you." Michael Wilton is the President of FlightSimple Ai... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

60 min listen

Dominique Prinet: Flying to Extremes in Canada’s North: "I heard a big crunch and then the scenery disappeared! I couldn't figure out why everything was gone all of a sudden, and it took me a while to realize I was looking at the bottom of the lake!" Dominique Prinet was a bush pilot in the late 60’s, flying ... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

52 min listen

Peter Grimm: Flying Seaplanes on the West Coast: "Your decision-making skills, everything, it benefits drastically by making the step into the float plane world." Peter Grimm is the President and Chief Pilot at Van City Seaplanes in Vancouver, BC. If you've ever wondered what it takes to be a float pla... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

61 min listen

Christine Gervais: COPA's Strength in Numbers: "People don't necessarily know that this doesn't have to be a career. This can be something that is an add-on to your life...a fantastic add-on to your life." In North America, we enjoy a freedom of the skies that is the envy of the rest of the world. An... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

45 min listen

Competition Aerobatics: Christian Baxter and Mark Cunningham: "You can't expect perfection, but you can strive for precision, and I think they are two different things." If airshow flying is the flashy rockstar of aviation, competition aerobatics is the soloist in the orchestra. One is all about the show and the sp... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

73 min listen

Airventure 2022: Jason McDowell, Luke Penner, Steve Thorne: In this special edition of Flying BC from EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2022, we catch up with Jason McDowell (@cessnateur), Luke Penner (@harvsairinverted) and Steve Thorne (@flightchops) to get their take on the world's greatest aviation gathering. Follow Fly... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

16 min listen

Jessica James: Lost Car Rescue TV Co-star and Pilot by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

23 min listen

BC AERO: General Aviation Disaster Airlift: "Our 206 landed in the community and they were on rations because nobody knew about them. We found out about them so we put a bunch of stuff together and flew it out to them. They were literally crying." When parts of British Columbia were cut off due to... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

46 min listen

5 In the Sky: Around the World with the Porter Family: The 5 members of the Porter family are going to fly around-the-world in a single engine aircraft and raise $1 million for the global charity SOS Children's Villages. Flying BC caught up with them right before they departed Vancouver for the first leg. Y... by Flying BC - Pilot Stories and Aviation Adventures

26 min listen

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