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Back to SearchEpisode 163- Johanna Hamne and Flying in the Land of 1,000 Lakes
World Cup Competition pilot Johanna Hamne had a very big year. She had a daughter, and when she was 8 months pregnant she broke the Nordic FAI record. That's not a mistype. She was 8 MONTHS pregnant …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 162- Clemens Ceipek and Flying Gliders, Seeking Understanding, and playing Chess in the Air
Clemens Ciepek is an Austrian Sailplane pilot who lives in Boulder, Colorado. He's the president of one of the premiere gliding clubs in the world and runs a website dedicated to spreading knowledge …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 161- Peter Zaccagnino and Adventure, Aviation, and taking risk
Peter Zaccagnino is an aviation Hall of Fame pilot; 4 X Air Racing Gold Champion; has flown over 23,000 hours in more than 270 aircraft, flight tested more than 685 and even built three of his own. P…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 160- Soaring Birds with Hannah Jane Williams
Hannah Jane Williams is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany. For eight years she's been studying soaring birds across the spectrum to figure …
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 159- Visualize the day
This week we're doing something a little different. It has been proven that our minds don't know the difference between a real experience and visualizing an experience. Olympic athletes, race car dri…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 158- Kirsty Cameron and Stacking the Odds
Kirsty Cameron has been a member of the British team many times. She's been flying high-end 2 line gliders for over 10 years and put a ton of energy and time into competition flying since she began f…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 157- Jonny Durand: riding Tsunamis, chasing records, comps and learning
Jonny Durand is a long-time Red Bull sponsored hang gliding pilot who's been ranked #1 in the world multiple times. We've all seen the incredible footage of Jonny flying the "tsunami" morning glory p…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 156- Eduardo Garza (Team Mex 1) and into the Crazy
Want to listen to some crazy stories? Eduardo Garza (Team Mex 1) competed in his second Red Bull X-Alps this year. Eduardo has also competed in two X-Pyr's, and he's done all of it while working full…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 155- Back to the beginning with Bill Belcourt
I've had my friend and mentor Bill Belcourt on my mind a lot lately. He managed to handily win the US XContest this season with a series of impressive, committing, deep flights in the Intermountain w…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 154- Going Big against the Odds with Thad Spencer
Thad hails from Minnesota, just sold a successful musical production company and is addicted to flying. The holy grail in the US has been the 200 mile mark, a distance very few pilots have pulled off…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago