The Untold Basics Podcast - Shane “Captain TK” Tillekeratne: United States Army Veteran, Major US Legacy Airlines Captain, Certified Flight Instructor, Husband, Car and Motorcycle enthusiast, and my friend

Shane “Captain TK” Tillekeratne: United States Army Veteran, Major US Legacy Airlines Captain, Certified Flight Instructor, Husband, Car and Motorcycle enthusiast, and my friend

12/22/21 • 110 min

Nick sits down with Shane “Captain TK” Tillekeratne, who is a United States Army Veteran, Major US Legacy Airlines Captain, Certified Flight Instructor, Husband, and Car and Motorcycle enthusiast.
Shane shares his amazing life stories of immigrating from Sri Lanka into the United States as a child, growing up and making the decision to join the United States Army out of high school. Before he knew it, 19 year old Shane was sent to the Middle East right after the horrific 9/11/2001 event took place in the United States. Shane takes us through his Army career and explains in depth about his time as an Aircrew member flying in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
Shane explains his flight training experience and the process from teaching students how to fly to becoming a Captain of a Boeing 737 for a Major US Legacy Airlines. Shane also offers motivating information on why student pilots should finish their training for a long and succesful career in the Aviation Industry!
Shane and Nick also talk talk about Civil Air Patrol and what it means for them to volunteer and give back.
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Are you a fisherman or an avid outdoorsman!?
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Nick also explains how you can complete Native Trout Challenges in 6 other states and how to get your journey started in fly fishing!
Websites mentioned in this episode:
Western Native Trout Initiative
California Heritage Trout Challenge
Nevada Native Fish-Slam Program
New Mexico Trout Challenge
Utah Cutthroat Slam
Wyoming Cutthroat Slam
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