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Pilot stories and aviation adventures from Canada. From mountain and float flying stories, to warbirds and airshows, and flight training and career discussions. Flying BC takes listeners on a journey into the world of west coast flying and beyond. Hosted by Warwick Patterson.
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Jessica James: Lost Car Rescue TV Co-star and Pilot
3 mai 2023 · 23 min
If you’re like me, anything aviation related on TV will attract my attention. When a show combines classic cars and vintage taildraggers…I’m doubly hooked! On this new episode of Flying BC I speak with Jessica James, co-star and pilot on History Channels’ Lost Car Rescue TV show. Jessica flies a…
Airventure 2022: Jason McDowell, Luke Penner, Steve Thorne
27 juil. 2022 · 16 min
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 Flying BC on Instagram @flyingbritishcolumbia…
5 In the Sky: Around the World with the Porter Family
25 juil. 2022 · 26 min
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. You can find out more information and donate…
BC AERO: General Aviation Disaster Airlift
22 avr. 2022 · 46 min
"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 flooding in November 2021, General Aviation…
Dominique Prinet: Flying to Extremes in Canada’s North
28 mars 2022 · 52 min
"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 everything from Cessna 180’s to Single…
Competition Aerobatics: Christian Baxter and Mark Cunningham
27 nov. 2021 · 1 h 13
"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 spectacle from the perspective of a crowd,…
Peter Grimm: Flying Seaplanes on the West Coast
18 oct. 2021 · 1 h 01
"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 plane pilot on the West Coast, this episode is…
Linden Hoover: Flying in Antarctica and Northern Canada
6 avr. 2021 · 37 min
"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 him...we were, like, 'uh oh'. He's says, I'm…
Christine Gervais: COPA's Strength in Numbers
24 mars 2021 · 45 min
"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. And a lot of that is due to strength in…
Katie Cowley: Adventures of a new Commercial Pilot
2 mars 2021 · 57 min
"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 this episode of Flying BC, I chat with my…
Michael Wilton: Tips for Buying and Selling an Aircraft
23 févr. 2021 · 60 min
"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 Aircraft Sales, and his job is to help pilots…
Anna Serbinenko: Sky Dancer
16 févr. 2021 · 53 min
"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 Flight Centre, and a Transport Canada Pilot…
Dave Hadfield: 5000 miles in a Spitfire
2 févr. 2021 · 1 h 28
"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 of Canada, home of the Michael Potter…
Kimberly Lysak: Flight Instruction is Broken
19 janv. 2021 · 56 min
"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 Flight Instruction and Aviation Training…
Vignesh Rajasekar: Inspiring Young People into Aviation
6 janv. 2021 · 39 min
"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 Rajasekar has already accomplished a lot in…
Bonus: Story from Tight Floats and Tailwinds
24 déc. 2020 · 9 min
"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 Floats and Tailwinds. Patreon supporters…
W.T. (Tim) Cole: Bush Pilot to Bureaucrat and Back
13 déc. 2020 · 1 h 12
“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 career starting in the 60’s at the legendary…
Greg McDougall: Harbour Air and the Electric Beaver
12 oct. 2020 · 1 h 01
"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 aspiring float plane pilot, and a fan of…
Geoff Latter (Part 2): Learning to fly a Yak-50
25 sept. 2020 · 41 min
"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." Part 2 of our discussion with Geoff Latter,…
Geoff Latter (Part 1): Aerobatics, developing a show routine, and the business of airshows.
25 sept. 2020 · 39 min
"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 pilot flying a Nanchang CJ-6 and now a…