Level Plane Field

Denise Jennings believes her passion for aviation was inherited from her father who flew the PB4Y in World War II. Nearly two decades after he passed, Denise took her first flight lesson and later, obtained her Commercial License and Instrument Rating. She has been flying her Mooney 201 for over 25 years. She is the Business Development Manager at PacMin, Inc. , an aviation and aerospace marketing...

Airports are one of the most important infrastructures in any physical location, given how vital it is in maintaining an area's connectivity to the rest of the world. This is why airport management is of the utmost importance. There are so many factors that determine whether or not an airport manager can keep that ship running. Brendan O'Reilly , the Airport Manager of Fullerton Municipal Airport,...

If you dream of becoming an airplane pilot, you will have to go through a lot of schooling and training, and you will need dedication. In this episode, host David Yu talks with Delta Air Lines pilot Seth Kolasinski about his love for aviation and the challenges he faced through the 2001 and 2008 recessions. Seth also talks about his career in aviation under Delta, his early years in school hustlin...

What does it entail to get a private pilot’s license? David Yu of Level Plane Field welcomes you to his podcast of the same name. In this episode, he gives us a view of the exciting things ahead in the show. As a Certified Financial Planner, David works with various airline pilots with their long-term financial plan as far and as well as their investment management. With this, he also shares the f...

An airline pilot for over 30 years, Gerald Higginbotham started his career at Eastern Airlines and Trans World Airlines and is now as a captain at American Airlines. On top of that, he is also the Founder and the President of Captain’s Millionaires , an e-Learning platform that develops people to reach their full potential and close the wealth income gap between the rich and poor. Gerald shares ho...

A career in aviation may seem too far off for some, but through our guest, many have been introduced to various careers in the aviation world. Steve Smith , activities director and aviation instructor at Canyon High School at Orange Unified School District, is someone who was able to create and build an aviation pathway program from scratch where he now teaches ground school. In this episode, Stev...

Many of us are passionate about many things. While combining work with a passion of yours is already an amazing feat, how much more if you can combine a number of them together? J. Bruce Camino , the Principal Architect over at Development One Incorporated in Santa Ana, is someone who is able to do that. Known as “The Flying Architect,” J. Bruce has managed to combine his love for aviation and arc...