This week’s show is dedicated to the memory of Retired Navy Captain James “Sinzy” Sinz. A former Commanding Officer of both Repete and this week’s guest, Pester, Sinzy was an exceptional leader who cared deeply about setting the example, providing guidance when needed, and helping his Sailors and Marines whenever he could. Capt Sinz’s obituary can be found here. Captain Sinz: Fair Winds and Following Seas, Sir. Rest well knowing […]
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Spaz joins Fig & Repete to tell of his time with the VMA-331 Bumble Bees before the squadron was “flamed-out” (Decommissioned); some of his time in 223; and what happened to cause him to return a Harrier to the tax-payers in many thousands of pieces. Spaz has some great stories to share and is not shy about doing so. Not always a patient man, he describes himself as caffeinated at […]
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This is the second half of our interview with Chaz – Navy S-3 Pilot and now Retired from the majors. Chaz has had an amazing career and is a raconteur extraordinaire! From hilarious to tragic and everything in between. Enjoy the show and please write us with any comments and questions at Fig@SoThereIWas.us or Repete@SoThereIWas.us.
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Chaz joins Fig & Repete to tell of his adventures as the child of a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer; learning to fly and making life decisions based on recruitment posters! Now retired from the majors, Chaz is a font of aviation lore. We spent a little less than two hours together and realized we were only about half-way through, at best. This interview is split into two shows – the first […]
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Luke Joins hosts Fig & Repete to talk about his journey from the midwest to the Naval Academy. He tells how he became a Marine heavy helicopter pilot and Harrier pilot. He recounts a couple of brushes with disaster and how he avoided jumping out of a Harrier right before leaving active duty. There is a saying in aviation: It’s better to be lucky than good. But when your luck […]
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Sinbad joins hosts Fig & Repete to recount flying low and fast; terrorizing livestock and breaking glass. But it was a good enough show to get him a ‘free pass’ from the local highway patrol 35 years later! Going ‘green’ on a maintenance check flight gets a new meaning!
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Join Fig & Repete as they welcome “Auto” for more fun aviation stories. The real story behind Auto’s callsign. There’s a saying in aviation about landing gear up: There are those who have and those who will. In this episode there’s a story about one who . . . did.
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Join hosts Fig & Repete as they welcome Sleeper to expound on his callsign and some of the other antics. More naked stories crop up. You can’t make this stuff up!
Read moreSo there I was… It’s how every great aviation tale begins. Join Fig and Repete – two former Harrier pilots as they kick off the show that will tell funny, harrowing, tragic and incredible stories in aviation. This first episode is more of a ‘get to know us’ show and was done to iron out some kinks in the process of getting underway. It is posted in its entirety, warts […]
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Join hosts Fig & Repete as they invite aviation professionals from all over to recount their experiences. The latest episode will appear right below this intro. You can subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Android, iHeart Radio, Stitcher or ANYWHERE you get your podcasts! If you want to subscribe with your pod-catcher software – enter this URL in your Podcast Playing App: https://sothereiwas.us/feed/podcast So There I Was […]
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