In 2023, British Airways launched the Speedbird Pilot Academy, the first time in many years since British Airways had launched a fully funded cadet scheme, giving the realistic option for anyone aged 18-55 to become a pilot. Remaining committed

Elevate (Her) Aviation Ambassador Katherine Moloney

Oct 18th, 2023 54m 42s

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Katherine Moloney is the Marketing Director of Transair Flight Equipment, an Aviation Ambassador for the Department for Transport two years running and a private

Speed of Sound, Sound of Mind - Roger Cruickshank DFC

Jun 12th, 2023 1h 9m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Roger Cruickshank is a former Eurofighter Typhoon pilot who served in the Royal Air Force for 21 years, completing 2 front line tours. He has been deployed operat

Captain Chris - An Aviation Life!

Feb 18th, 2022 1h 3m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Chris, or "Captain Chris" is an International Airbus A330/A350 Training Captain and Examiner, having logged over 25,000 flying hours, flying for 6 different air

Air Race Competitor 24 - Ben Murphy

Jan 10th, 2022 1h 24m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Ben Murphy is a former Royal Air Force front line fighter pilot, who also served as leader of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows. Having h

Not just flying helicopters - but the privilege of saving a life

Dec 8th, 2021 1h 9m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) My guest and old friend in this interview developed a flying career after leaving the military, having completed multiple high intensity tours in conflict

Taking on Gravity - Richard Browning

Nov 20th, 2021 1h 22m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Richard Browning is a former oil trader and Royal Marines reservist who, over the period of several years, created a concept that would enable us to break the b

Tornado - In The Eye Of The Storm

Jul 26th, 2021 1h 13m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) He is one of the best known aviation personalities out there, a journalist, broadcaster and author of 16 acclaimed books including the book that set me on

Aerobility Charity - If I can fly an aeroplane, what else can I do?

May 16th, 2021 1h 38m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Being able to take flight and pilot an aircraft is something that any pilot feels incredibly privileged to do. The airborne environment is one that I’ve often

Jumbo-sized dreams!

Jan 26th, 2021 1h 3m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) There can be few passenger aircraft more iconic than the mighty jumbo 747 - an engineering marvel and one of the most successful airliners ever built. I’v

Gliding - it's the closest you can come to being a bird...

Dec 11th, 2020 1h 30m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Have you ever looked up at the sky and seen a bird of prey circling effortlessly, feeling the air with its wings - truly ‘free as a bird’? Most people at

Birds of War

Nov 10th, 2020 2h 7m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Aviation is such a diverse profession and pastime and every person that has ever taken flight will remember one or two really special moments from their a

Women in Aviation International - redraw the balance

Oct 7th, 2020 1h 48m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) In this episode, we go “international” and speak with no less than 4 guests! All of them are inspirational characters, with some awesome backgrounds; from

Rory on Air! An Alternative Aviation Journey...

Sep 5th, 2020 1h 1m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Rory is a former BBC sound man who, over a period of 10 years, self-funded his dream to become a professional pilot. Putting his previous career to good u

Top Gun!

Jul 31st, 2020 1h 4m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) It could be argued that any true pilot will LOVE Top Gun! For those not old enough to remember it, or for those that haven’t seen it, you HAVE to check ou

'Plane Old Ben' - Waiter to Wings!

Jun 30th, 2020 1h

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Becoming an Airline Pilot can be a real "journey" with lots of twists and turns along the way. In this episode we interview Ben, or 'Plane Old Ben' as he'

Best Of British.

May 30th, 2020 1h 7m

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Once upon a time (and many years ago!) I stared upward in awe at the red, white and blue streams of smoke trailing behind the blazing red aircraft as they

Lightning Strikes.

May 7th, 2020 53m 59s

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) Once upon a time, a young lad from Stoke had a dream to become a fighter pilot. However, he was told by his school careers teacher that "...people from ar

The Sky Was The Limit.

Apr 25th, 2020 50m 19s

If you enjoy this episode, please consider showing your support at this link :) I was a small child with a big dream - a dream to become a fighter pilot. In my way stood countless challenges, obstacles and many disappointments, but I

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