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Back to SearchEpisode 10: The Wait: Training Delays and how we'll fix them - Colin and Morty
Episode 10
What are the wait times like in the RCAF pilot training system? Are they long? What is being done to make them shorter? We'll answer these questions…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 9: The Valkyrie: Tac Hel, Mali, and the CH-147F Chinook - Jackie
Episode 9
On January 20th, 2019 Al-Qaeda forces conducted a complex attack on a FOB in Aguelhok, Mali which left several UN peacekeepers dead and others wounde…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 8: The Explorer: Arctic flying and the CC-138 Twin Otter - Ryan
Episode 8
What is it like to fly over the Arctic in a twin engine aircraft? How do you succeed in competitive flight training as a group and an individual? Rya…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 7: The Grunt: Tac Hel and the CH-146 Griffon - Pete
Episode 7
What is it like to fly at 15 feet over the deserts of Iraq? How about aiding in disaster relief when the fires struck Fort McMurray? Pete shares his …
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 6: The Teacher: Part 5 - Phase III Fast Jet Training and the CT-155 Hawk - Jules
Episode 6
What does it take to make it in the intense world of fast jet flight training in Moose Jaw? What does courage and honesty have to do with excelling i…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 5: The Teacher: Part 4 - Phase III Multi-Engine Training and the C90B King Air - Dan
Episode 5
What does it take to excel in Phase III multi-engine flight training in Portage la Prairie? How can you stay positive even when you don’t get the job…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 4: The Teacher: Part 3 - Phase III Helicopter Flight Training and the Bell 206 and Bell 412 - Vic
Episode 4
What does it take to make it through Phase III Helicopter flight training in the RCAF? Phase III Helo instructor Vic Weston shares his experiences w…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 3: A Very Special Deployed Christmas Episode: Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, and home - Greg, Rob, Mom, and Jack
Episode 3
What is it like to be deployed at Christmas? How do CAF members stay positive when they are away from family? Do they get Christmas dinner in the des…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 2: The Teacher: Part 2 - Phase II Flight Training and the CT-156 Harvard II - Lauren
Episode 2
What does it take to make it through Phase II Flight Training at Moose Jaw? What is it like to fly into Baghdad in a C-17? How do you takeoff in for…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 1: The Teacher: Part 1 - Phase I Flight Training and the G120A Grob - Dawn
Episode 1
Is Phase I a weeding out process? What does it take to pass?
After taking part in over 60 rescues, instructing on the Phase III helicopter course an…
3 years, 10 months ago