Alex MacPhail Podcast

Franz Smit is a pilot and founder of PilotInsure, a leading loss of licence insurance company based in South Africa. Franz grew up in the small town of Tarkastad, in the Eastern Cape. As a young boy, he regularly watched airliners fly overhead en-route to Johannesburg. This captivated his imagination and drove him to pursue a career in flying.

Along the way Franz became a financial advisor and used his knowledge of aviation and insurance to dig deep into the world of “loss-of-license” cover for pilots. Franz is passionate about his alternative career in flying, serving aviation professionals, when they need it most.

After more than a decade Franz has become a well known name in the industry. During the Covid 19 pandemic, Franz used his network to arrange fly-in get togethers to support fellow pilots during the difficult times. The idea was to bring fellow pilots with their new business ventures and product offerings to a central venue, to help pilots sell their goods and services. Some of these businesses continue today.

Franz is passionate about his industry and gets fired up when talking about protecting a pilot’s number one asset, the flight medical and right to earn a living. As the title sponsor of this season of the podcast, Franz is keen to reach out and engage with pilots from all different disciplines of aviation, to ensure financial stability for their families.

This episode is proudly brought to you by PilotInsure. Reach out to PilotInsure to keep your destination alternate intact. Link to the episode in the first comments below.

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• https://www.instagram.com/alexmacphail99/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• www.alexmacphail.co.za

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Bruce Whitfield is a multiple award-winning financial journalists whose work on radio, television and print give them unique access to some of the biggest power brokers in the business and money. He also presents The Money Show on 702 and CapeTalk, hosts Taking Stock, a weekly TV show on eNCA, and is a Contributing Editor for Financial Mail.
Bruce has developed the ability to tell compelling stories about the political economy in a way that is creative and engaging. He is also a sought-after public speaker, MC and conference facilitator.

In this episode, Alex MacPhail talks to Bruce Whitfield about his book ‘The Upside of Down: How Chaos and Uncertainty Breed Opportunity in South Africa’, published by Pan Macmillan reflects the optimistic realism of his popular keynotes.Please enjoy this conversation and remember to reach out via social media channels with your questions. Send me your comments.

ALEX MACPHAIL
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMacPhail1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexmacphail99
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCztTx1LzCAnC4woeNOpU5-A
Website: http://www.alexmacphail.co.za
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BRUCE WHITFIELD
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/bruce-whitfield-42448738
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brucebusiness
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brucebusiness
Website: http://brucewhitfield.com
The Money Show with Bruce Whitfield - 702: https://www.702.co.za/shows/9/the-money-show-with-bruce-whitfield

Books by Bruce Whitfield
~The Upside of Down: How Chaos and Uncertainty Breed Opportunity in South Africa.Kindle Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-Uncertainty-Opportunity-Africa-ebook/dp/B08TZZKL24/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

In this episode my guest is Red Bull Air Race pilot, Patrick Davidson. Patrick grew up in Port Elizabeth in and around flying. His father Stewart is also a world-class pilot, and exposed Patrick to flying from a very young age.
At 12 years old, Patrick won his first contest, flying with a safety pilot. He later competed solo on his 17th birthday.
Patrick is a five-time South African Aerobatic Champ and joined the Red Bull Air Race Challenger series in 2018. He managed to earn a couple of pole positions and several podium positions during his first season.
What a great chat about discipline and perseverance. Please join this conversation as we discuss all things flying, from flying with Dad, flying competition aerobatics, flying war-birds to the Red Bull Air Race series and the future of Air Racing.
View this live interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwsG99iZ4M&t=213s
HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS
Do you want to improve your team performance? I will give your team the boost that is needed. The principle is called INCREMENTAL GAINS. Let me explain the 3 step process, in an exciting action-packed talk. A riveting discussion, tailored to your team needs, covering formation aerobatics, international ultra-long haul flights and how it applies to your team.
Get in touch with Alex:

• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website: www.alexmacphail.co.za

This was a fascinating conversation with the Deputy Commanding Officer of the Snowbirds, Canadian Forces aerobatic display team, Lt Col Denis Bandet.
The 9-ship aerobatic team are flown by Royal Canadian Air Force pilots while the ground and support staff come from all arms of service. Denis has recently stepped down as leader, after spending several years with the Snowbirds. Join me for this exciting conversation.
The conversation moved around all aspects of Royal Canadian Air Force lifestyle and career. Denis is a former F18 fighter pilot and is now serving his second tour with the Snowbirds. His former position in the team was number 6. We talked about the role of the team and how they select new pilots. We touched on the selection process over a two week period.
The intense training schedule for this large and capable formation team will give new members at least 100 flights in their training. Interesting, they have a purpose designed training program for "over water" displays. The depth perception is quite different and they treat this as a whole different display.
Snowbirds website:

• http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/s...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowbirds

Snowbirds Public Affairs Officer:

• https://cfsnowbirds.smugmug.com/2020-...

Canadian Aviation Films:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0npFW...

AirshowStuffVideos:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQkm2...

HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS:

Do you want to improve your team performance? I will give your team the boost that is needed. The principle is called INCREMENTAL GAINS. Let me explain the 3 step process, in an exciting action-packed talk. A riveting discussion, tailored to your team needs, covering formation aerobatics, international ultra-long haul flights and how it applies to your team.
Get in touch with Alex:

• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website: www.alexmacphail.co.za

In this episode Alex MacPhail talks to Warren Ingram, understanding his background growing up in Cape Town and how he got into thinking that he could be a professional basketball player but ended up becoming a financial advisor and with an investment company. Warren is an award-winning Wealth Manager, author, public speaker and also the co-founder of Galileo Capital.
Warren brought out his new book recently hot-off-the-press, Global Investing Made Easy, and that follows on from his other two books. The first book is about how to Become Your Own Financial Advisor. He also has a podcast called Honest Money where he answers your questions about what it is to invest, from basic ideas to complex things in investing.
Please enjoy this conversation and remember to reach out via social media channels with your questions.
ALEX MACPHAIL
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMacPhail1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexmacphail99
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCztTx1LzCAnC4woeNOpU5-A
Website: http://www.alexmacphail.co.za
Alex MacPhail Podcast - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/
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WARREN INGRAMEmail: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarrenIngram
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warren-ingram-b08b571
Galileo Capital - Website: https://galileocapital.co.za/

PODCAST by Warren Ingram
Honest Money - Twitter: https://twitter.com/honestmoneypod
Honest Money - Website: https://honestmoney.co.za/podcast/
Honest Money - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvV8y06gG7A3_Ibk15T_FQ
BOOKS by Warren Ingram
~Global Investing Made Easy: Your Wealth-creating Guide to International Markets
Kindle Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Global-Investing-Made-Easy-wealth-creating-ebook/dp/B09D7VV4NZ
Google Books: https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Global_Investing_Made_Easy.html?id=Frc-EAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y

~Become Your Own Financial Advisor: The real secrets to becoming financially independent Kindle Edition: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TKCPJS6/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
Google Books: https://books.google.co.za/books?id=i0efDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions