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So There I Was
par Chuck Newton and Pete Harmon
So There I Was” is a weekly aviation podcast and YouTube show featuring true pilot stories from fighter pilots, airline captains, helicopter pilots, and other military and civilian aviators. “So – There I was.” It’s how ALL great aviation tales begin! Join hosts Fig and Repete as they bring in some great aviation raconteurs to relate the glamorous, hilarious, poignant, tragic, and incredible tales of aviation. Fig and Repete met more than 30 years ago as Marine Attack pilots in Marine Attack Squadron VMA‑223 flying the AV‑8B Harrier II. Both have since gone on to careers in the majors.…
Épisodes
Doober and Whiskey-6 Take Over the Watch on YL-37 Episode 236
29 oct. 2026 · 1 h 35
Doober and Whiskey-6 take over the watch on YL-37, a combat-veteran Marine UH-34D. Fifty-four bullet holes, one crossbow story, and zero chance of saying no.
Why Smart Pilots Do Dumb Things Episode 235
22 oct. 2026 · 1 h 31
Why Smart Pilots Do Dumb Things is the title of Heater’s paper. It helped save the Red Eagles. However, this episode opens with a different lesson: never look at your ten o’clock at Groom Lake. CJ “Heater” Heatley is back! We promoted him to four-star admiral on the spot. The check is in the mail.…
Clara Ship! Episode 234
15 oct. 2026 · 1 h 45
“Clara Ship” is what A-6 Intruder pilot Duker radioed when he couldn’t even see the carrier. Forget the ball. He couldn’t find the boat. Duker went from zero stick time to Navy jets through ROTC at USC. In flight school, food poisoning hit so hard his instructors debated flying him home in a…
Unbreakable Wings Episode 233
8 oct. 2026 · 1 h 37
Navy P-3 pilot Derek "DA" Adametz beat a collapsed lung and Hodgkin's lymphoma, then fought the waiver board all the way to squadron command.
If You're Gonna Blow Up Episode 232
1 oct. 2026 · 1 h 53
F-100 pilot Ike flew 195 combat missions with an iron sight and nerves of steel. He takes us from night close air support to a 50-pound-fuel landing to the 1986 Libya raid.
Guns Are Where It's At Episode 231
24 sept. 2026 · 1 h 23
Retired Marine Lt. Col. Tim "Monk" Miller nearly punched out mid-nap over Ramadi, then built the Strike Fighter League, where guns are where it's at.
Rope Trick Episode 230
17 sept. 2026 · 1 h 28
Vietnam-era Huey pilot RoadRunner joins RePete and Kemo for combat missions, near-disasters, and the Rope Trick — a Thailand R&R story he never fully explains.
A Thousandth of an Inch of Trouble Episode 229
10 sept. 2026 · 40 min
This week's episode is a lighter one. It's just Fig and RePete, no guest, trading stories while juggling schedules and a certain eye surgery on the calendar. Before the flying talk starts, Fig recaps a fundraiser for YL-37, the effort to keep a UH-34 Marine helicopter flying as a living memorial.…
Semper Gumby: Remembering Sticks Episode 228
3 sept. 2026 · 1 h 10
This week's episode honors Coast Guard rescue pilot John "Sticks" Hall with his brother-in-law's eulogy and son Tyler's letter, plus a night-divert tale from Stretch off the USS Midway.
I Never Exceeded 5' Episode 227
27 août 2026 · 1 h 37
5 Feet — that’s the altitude Roadrunner held on a self-appointed decoy mission in Vietnam, and it’s the heart of Episode 227. It’s also the reason he walked away with a Bronze Star. This week, RePete and Fig welcome Chuck Howard, callsign Roadrunner. He flew with the 175th Assault Helicopter…
Semper Paratus, Farewell Sticks Episode 226
21 août 2026 · 13 min
Farewell Sticks is the hardest episode we've ever had to record. On August 20th, we lost our friend, producer, and co-host John "Sticks" Hall in a small plane crash near Bristol, Maine. His son Tyler was flying with him and survived with minor injuries. We're not speculating on cause. Actually,…
Flight Path: He Who Dies with the Most Laugh Wrinkles Wins Episode 225
20 août 2026 · 1 h 36
Retired C-141 pilot and author Chill-Rob McD joins Fig and RePete for a night of Starlifter chaos: a Dutch roll at 35,000 feet, a mid-air fight with a runaway yaw damper, and a landing that ends in blown tires and a fifty-foot wall of flame. Add a gunpoint landing fee off the coast of Africa, a…
Race to the Shear Switch Episode 224
13 août 2026 · 1 h 33
Race to the Shear Switch is exactly what it sounds like. You either cut the cable, or the cable decides your night for you. On Episode 224, retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot Larry Hall makes that call for real. Actually, this episode opens rough. Co-host Fig joins fresh off a highway wreck,…
Coasties in Space Episode 223
6 août 2026 · 1 h 26
This week's Coast Guard aviation stories come courtesy of a special guest co-host: Deuce, a newly retired Coast Guard aviator (and, briefly, the service's senior space attorney). Sticks and Bago hold down the fort while Deuce walks through the Coast Guard's oddball, everything-service mission set…
Seeing it Through Episode 222
30 juil. 2026 · 1 h 26
An update on Fig's serious crash and injuries and an AMAZING story of heroism under fire in Vietnam!
Lt. Jones Needs a Ride Episode 221
23 juil. 2026 · 39 min
RePete opens the show and a call with Sticks about buying an airplane. Apparently, Sticks needed an airplane-shaped hole in his finances! Before that, two quick health check-ins: Fig is nursing an eye injury (prescription: beach time, not flight time). Meanwhile, Bago is recovering from a…
Fig's Health Update
18 juil. 2026 · 8 min
Fig was involved in a serious crash on Thursday - 16 July. A Short update on his condition.
Putty, Lawman, Gallo and Candyman Episode 220
16 juil. 2026 · 32 min
Putty talks Camp Bastion Attack in Sept of 2012, Lawman describes the most legitimate ejection ever made and Candyman talks traffic tickets in a war zone!
Put a Booger on the Winshield Episode 219
9 juil. 2026 · 1 h 40
Marine Corps aviator Maui (call sign Cobra-31) joins RePete and Fig for stories spanning three decades of naval aviation: serving under Colonel Don Conroy — the real-life inspiration for The Great Santini — flying Huey gunships out of Marble Mountain, a hair-raising New Year's Eve medevac,…
Harrier Sundown: Monster and Rizzo’s Stories Episode 218
2 juil. 2026 · 36 min
In Episode 218 of So There I Was, Fig & RePete bring listeners two stories recorded live at the Harrier Sundown gathering in North Carolina. First up is "Monster," one of the earliest Marine aviators selected for the AV-8B Harrier program back in 1984. He recounts the chaos of being handed the…