“The Airline Pilot Guy” on What He’ll Remember Most Flying 30+ Years as a Pilot

04/16/21 • 41 min

Jeff Nielson is best known as “The Airline Pilot Guy” or “Captain Jeff” from the “Airline Pilot Guy” podcast. Having served seven years in the Air Force and an additional 30+ years as an airline pilot, we wanted to know what flights he remembers the most and why.

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Brad “Launchpad” Marzari on Flying a PA-28 Over the Swiss Alps

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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.
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