SocialFlight Live & Cockpit2Cowl

Colonel Keith Reeves flew the B-2 Stealth Bomber in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom, instructed in the Formal Training Unit, and served as the deputy commander of the 509th Operations Group. In addition to being an accomplished military and commercial pilot, he is an avid General Aviation pilot and former CFI, flying his VANS RV-8. He has over 3000 military hours, 2800 Commercial Aviation ho...

If you love strange, quirky and amazing planes…then the SUPER GUPPY is for you! It’s NASA’s one-of-a-kind widebody transport aircraft that can haul larger loads than even a C-5 Galaxy! Join Ray Heineman, Chief of Aircraft Operations and Instructor Pilot of the SUPER GUPPY, and Dave Elliott, Flight Engineer for the Super Guppy for a deep dive into this AMAZING AIRCRAFT. “SocialFlight Live!” is a li...

JB Brown is a unique pilot with experience on some of the most amazing aircraft that the United States has ever developed. Following Air Force tours flying the F-4 Phantom and F-5 Tiger, he was selected to attend the United States Air Force Test Pilot School and went on to test the A-7 Corsair II, the F-15 Strike Eagle, the F-117 Stealth Fighter and the F-22 Raptor. In 1994 he joined the Lockheed...

Adam and Kara White are the creative force behind the Emmy-Award Winning series The Restorers & the spectacular Emmy-award-winning Space Chase USA, as well as Red Tail Reborn, Rise Above: WASP, Beyond the Powder, and Resistance, among many other projects. Hear their story and what goes into these amazing films! “SocialFlight Live!” is a live broadcast dedicated to supporting General Aviation p...

WE MISS YOU TREAT! With the permission of his family, here is some behind-the-scenes footage of my time getting to know Treat in preparation for his first appearance on SocialFlight Live. Treat was an actor, writer and passionate aviator who has appeared on film, stage and television in over 120 credits. He was a pilot for over 50 years, having owned a bunch of different aircraft including a Navaj...

Against a landscape of 50 year old general aviation aircraft designs, there is one company that continues to innovate and release new aircraft at a staggering pace, and they do it with STYLE. Tecnam’s story as a family-owned company is fascinating, and David Copeland knows both Tecnam and the general aviation industry like few others. He is a veteran executive with experience ranging from Raytheon...

Nearly 50 years ago, Burt Rutan turned the experimental aircraft community on its head with the VariViggen, a two-seat pusher aircraft with a canard hanging out in front. In 2004, he broke the final frontier with back-to-back flights of SpaceShipOne which became the first privately built, flown and funded manned craft to reach space. “SocialFlight Live!” is a live broadcast dedicated to supporting...

Col. Kim "Killer Chick” Campbell was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism after successfully recovering her battle-damaged aircraft following an intense close air support mission during which she was hit by a surface to air missile. She is a retired Colonel who served in the Air Force for over 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. She has flown 1,800 hours in the A-...

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Reeves and Captain Cole Hamilton work together in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, flying the amazing UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopter. I met them at AirVenture earlier this year following their amazing demonstration airshow of the battlefield capabilities of the Blackhawk and I knew instantly that I had to share their stories here on SocialFlight Live! “SocialFlight...

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The Mach 3+ SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most famous aircraft to come out of the Lockheed Skunkworks. We discuss this amazing aircraft with USAF RSO Phil Soucy. Phil is a graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base and he served 20 years with the Air Force in a wide range of operational and technology positions. As a rated navigator he has over 2000 hours o...

In aviation history, there are only a handful of truly epic firsts: The first powered flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright, the first crossing of the Atlantic by Charles Lindberg, and the first supersonic flight by Chuck Yeager. In 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager achieved what many consider to be the last great terrestrial aeronautical achievement: piloting the Voyager aircraft on the first non-...

Andrew King grew up and honed his craft at The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a place that’s very special to me, because it’s also near where I grew up and it kicked off my own fascination with flying. If you’ve never been there, The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in upstate New York features weekly airshows and displays of some of the most iconic antique aircraft in the world, including the Fokker Triplane. A...

Dan Schwinn founded Avidyne in 1995 to develop modern avionics that were intuitively easy to use, allowing pilots to focus on flying the airplane, instead of pushing a lot of buttons. As logical as this may seem today, it wasn’t always the case, and we have Dan to thank for much of that as he was one of the brave pioneers of the “glass cockpit” era, and he did this at a time when FAA certification...

Lt. Col. Christine Kelley, call sign “Grinder”, was the first woman to fly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in 2015. Prior to the F-35, she flew the F-15E Strike Eagle in combat, accruing more than 2,800 flight hours and 500 combat hours during her 20 years of service in the United States Air Force. She also led the first combat mission planned, briefed, launched, and flown entirely by women in 2011....

Dave co-founded MotoArt, creating some of the most iconic aviation furniture and art pieces in the world. The adventures of launching MotoArt was featured in the Discovery Channel series “Wingnuts”, a spectacular and engaging “reality tv” classic. Dave went on to expand the business and make his passion accessible to everyone through PlaneTags, where you can get your own piece of aviation history...

If you want to own a warbird, there’s one man on the top of everyone’s list, and that is Mark Clark, President of Courtesy Aircraft Sales. Mark has been an aircraft broker for over 45 years and has sold in excess of 2,900 aircraft to date, specializing in historic military aircraft. As a pilot, Mark has logged over 7,500 hours in more than 125 types of aircraft, including more than 1,800 hours in...

Captain Thad Darger is a 4th generation military veteran and 3rd generation military pilot with nearly 3,000 flight hours in the T-38 Talon, B-1 Bomber, and F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter. Thad flew multiple combat missions over Yugoslavia in the Stealth Fighter in 1999, during Operation Allied Force, attacking multiple strategic targets during the conflict. “SocialFlight Live!” is a live broadca...

Capt Brian Udell tells his harrowing story of ejecting from an F-15 fighter, flying at well over 800mph! Capt Udell's accomplishments go far beyond his dramatic ejection and heroic recovery. Brian has been passing aviation milestones since he began flying. He began flying at only nine years old, he took his first cross-country flight at age ten, soloed at age 16, and received his Private Pilots Ce...

The NASA astronaut class of 1978 Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel. Meredith Bagby's new book "THE NEW GUYS" Details these amazing individuals & goes behind the scenes in the Challenger Disaster. “SocialFlight Live!” is a live broadcast dedicated to supporting General Aviation pilots and enthusiasts during these challenging times. Register at SocialFlightLive.com to join the...

"Conditioning" vs "Training"? What does your recurrent flight training look like. Gold Seal CFI and "Probable Cause" channel host, Dan Gryder, says training like the airlines could SAVE YOUR LIFE. We talk to Dan about his thoughts on flight training and how can transform the way we approach flight safety in the world of General Aviation! “SocialFlight Live!” is a live broadcast dedicated to suppor...

Mike Busch on the Aircraft Mechanic Shortage

The students of the UMass Aeronautics Team had to build their program from the ground up. They have NEVER BEFORE built an aircraft that was able to fly and compete in the prestigious AIAA International Design, Build, Fly Challenge...until NOW! In their ROOKIE year, they accomplished an amazing feat with a team of newcomers and a budget of less than $10k (compared to teams with budgets approaching...

On September 11th, 2001, Major Heather “Lucky” Penney accepted a one-way mission in an unarmed F-16 Fighting Falcon to intercept and down United Airlines Flight 93, believed to be headed to the U.S. Capitol. Following 9/11, Major Penney served two combat tours of duty in the Iraq war. That story is available HERE: https://youtu.be/KMea4dXY56Q She is currently a Senior Resident Fellow at the Mitche...

Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Doremus (NOAA Corps) flies the WP-3D Orion directly into the most violent hurricanes in the world to help gather storm data that saves lives. He is a Boston native and graduate of Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. He has over 4,100hrs of flight time in NOAA aircraft, to include time in the Twin Otter, Turbo Commander and the WP-3D Orion hurricane hunter aircraf...