Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider

Valor Flight Crew

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Produced in partnership with ECHO (Every Coast Helicopter Operations), the Valor Flight Crew Podcast promotes the personnel and life-saving equipment behind helicopter air ambulance services. Join hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider for in-depth interviews and expert insights from air medical personnel, pilots, communication specialists, and maintenance crews who play critical roles in airborne emergency response. Both members of the ECHO team, Mike and Blake, have diverse backgrounds in public safety aviation and leadership, allowing them to bring unique perspectives and expertise to the Valo...

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Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider

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11 nov 2026

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Episode 10 - Fit for Shift: What Pilots Wish Crews Knew (and Vice Versa!) Part 2 16.04.2025 1:07:54

Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine . In this episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, Blake and Mike sit down with pilots Gene Reynolds and Matt Johnson for an honest, behind-the-scenes conversation about what really makes air ambulance operations run smoothly. It’s all about communication, trust, and teamw...

Episode 9 - Fit for Shift: What Pilots Wish Crews Knew (and Vice Versa!) Part 1 09.04.2025 1:09:31

Episode 8 - Pre-hospital medicine across the pond 02.04.2025 43:51

Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine . In this episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, recorded live from the annual Public Safety Aviation Conference in Richmond, Virginia, Blake Shrider and Mike Fidale sit down with a special guest from across the Atlantic: Paula Burke, a paramedic with Ireland’s National...

Episode 7 - ECHO FAST: Peer Support for Flight Crews in High-Stress Environments 26.03.2025 57:47

Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine . In this episode of the Valor Flight Crew podcast, we sit down with Darren and Deb from the ECHO Flight Crew Assistance and Support Team (FAST) to explore the vital work they’re doing in supporting flight crew members. They dive into the origins of FAST, its mission to pr...

Episode 6 - A Global Perspective: Topics and Trends in the HEMS Industry with Steve Soliz Part 2 19.03.2025 56:51

Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine . In this episode, hosts Blake Shrider and Mike Fadale sit down with Steve Soliz from Bell. Steve takes us through his unique journey—from serving as a medic to becoming a nurse, and now, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of public safety aviation. We dive into...

Episode 5 - A Global Perspective: Topics and Trends in the HEMS Industry with Steve Soliz Part 1 12.03.2025 1:01:16

Episode 4 - Surviving the Unthinkable: Rhett Draehn’s Journey Part 2 05.03.2025 55:17

Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine . In this two-part episode join hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider for an in depth interview with Rhett Draehn. Rhett is paramedic, and the current safety director at CareFlite in Texas. His story is nothing short of extraordinary. Back in 2012, Rhett and his crew were inv...

Episode 3 - Surviving the Unthinkable: Rhett Draehn’s Journey Part 1 26.02.2025 58:45

Episode 2 - Shaping the Future of Flight Medicine: The Future Flight Crew Program 19.02.2025 1:17:51

Welcome to another episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by Echo and proudly brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine . Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s shaping the future of the air medical industry—the Future Flight Crew (FFC) Program. This initiative has become a game-changer for aspiring flight clinicians, and we have an incredible lineup of guests rea...

Episode 1 - Critical Care in the Wild 12.02.2025 1:06:41

Welcome to another episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine ! In today’s episode we are joined by a true innovator in search-and-rescue and emergency medical services: Miles Randell, president of Technical Evacuation Advanced Aero Medical—better known as TEAAM. Miles brings a wealth of experience as he shares th...

The Valor Flight Crew Podcast Introduction 11.02.2025 33:15

Vertical HeliCASTS — your Vertical podcast network — is thrilled to announce the launch of The Valor Flight Crew Podcast, with the first episode streaming now. The HeliCASTS podcast network, which launched in the fall of 2023, is part of MHM Publishing’s growing family of multimedia offerings. The Valor Flight Crew Podcast is now the fifth podcast on the HeliCASTS network, alongside The Hangar Z P...