Adventure Flying

Tim Sheehy is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, a retired Navy Seal, a multi-engine seaplane pilot, and the CEO of Bridger Aerospace.
Bridger specializes in aerial firefighting, primarily the ground to air reconnaissance and organization of assets in the air, as well as providing support using their "Super Scooper" seaplanes.
Wildfires are one of the most devastating economic and environmental issues of our time, and the type of flying that is required to control them is arguably the most demanding in all of aviation. In this episode of Adventure Flying, Tim discusses how seaplanes have made a tremendous contribution to fighting fires by air, as well as how they've added to the adventure. Here is what else is needed to better contain wildfires, and how he went from Navy Seal to running an aerial firefighting company.

Erika Armstrong aka "A Chick In the Cockpit" is one of the leading voices in the aviation community. Having flown close to 30 different aircraft, from charters for the World Wide Wrestling Federation to corporate business travel around the globe, Erika has countless stories that any aviator would find edifying.

For this episode of the Adventure Flying podcast, Erika focuses on the moment when she found herself flying beneath the runway at Telluride Regional Airport. It was a scary situation that was completely avoidable, and her goal in this episode is to share her mistakes.

We also couldn't let Erika go without asking her to reflect on the future of aviation -- as an instructor and someone who has seen the aerospace industry evolve over the years, what does she see that excites her about the technology being presented today? What are potentially the drawbacks?

These are Erika's insights from her adventures in the air, which pilots of all skill levels will hopefully find valuable for the next time they take to the skies. This is Adventure Flying.

Brad Launchpad Marzari is Reporter at large for the Airplane Geeks Podcast and has been a pilot for over 20 years. He learned to fly on a US Air Force Base in Germany, and it didn't take him 100 hours to get some incredible adventures underneath his belt.
In this episode of the Adventure Flying Podcast, Launchpad describes two of his most memorable experiences flying. The first was something of an unusual trip across the Swiss Alps in a PA-28.
The second was flying into Zurich International Airport in a GA Aircraft, when he had just received his pilot's license.

In this episode of the Adventure Flying Podcast, we interviewed Jason Miller, host of The Finer Points aviation podcast. In addition to hosting The Finer Points, Jason is a 2-time CFI of the year and is one of the most prominent flight instructors in the United States. Since both ICON and Jason promote Adventure Flying, ICON in the A5, and Jason through his Finer Points Airplane Camps, we asked Jason for his perspective on how he teaches adventure flying safely.
How does he teach operating in the low-altitude flying environment?

What has been his most challenging adventure, and how did that shape his personal minimums?

How did he, someone who had no connection to aviation, become a pilot in the first place?
Listen to the latest episode of the Adventure Flying Podcast from ICON Aircraft.

Peter Weber starred on a season of ABC's "The Bachelor" and also he has close to 5,000 hours as an airline pilot. Listen to what makes flying so special to him, when he realized he was born to become a pilot, and what he says is his greatest adventure.