04/21/24 Brett Major
Al Malmberg welcomes Brett Major to the program. Brett is a top one-percent in the field of aircraft maintenance and inspection. He's not only provided his services to the military and the Department of of Defense, but also most of the major air carriers in the United States. He is considered an a…
04/14/24 Michael Schweiss
You know the old saying, "Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door?" Sunday morning on The World of Aviation, our guest did exactly that, but it wasn't a mouse trap, he saw a need for better hanger doors. Michael Schweiss is a Minnesota kid who started Schweiss Doors,…
04/07/24 Paul Dye
Al Malmberg spoke to Paul Dye who grew up in Minnesota, learned how to fly at the Anoka County Airport, went to the University of Minnesota to get his aeronautical engineering degree. From there, he went to work for NASA in many capacities, including working as Flight Director for 39-shuttle miss…
03/31/24 Jim Goodall
Al Malmberg learns how an SR-71 BlackBird spy plane ended up in front of the Minnesota Air National Guard at Fort Snelling. Jim Goodall was an E-3 at the time with the guard, and was the driving force behind this. How does a Staff Sargent pull this off? How was the move itself pulled off?
03/24/24 Katelynn Conover & Micah Larson
03/17/24 Curt Brown
Al Malmberg visited with Curt Brown who flew six shuttle missions with NASA. He also had an illustrious career in the U.S. Air Force flying A-10's and F-16's. After serving his country he flew for many years with Sun Country Airlines.
03/10/24 Charles Tilghman
Al Malmberg spent the hour with Charles Tilghman, pilot extraordinaire. Charles has been flying old warbirds for a long, long time. In fact, among his other accomplishments, he was the first pilot in command of "Doc", the 2nd restored B-29. Join Al and Charles to hear about his remarkable life in …
03/03/24 Spencer Jost
If you've wondered what it's like to take a discovery flight at Thunderbird Aviation, tune in to The World of Aviation Sunday morning when we talk with Spencer Jost. Spencer went on his flight this past summer. He had never been up in any type of plane and he was a bit apprehensive before going up…
02/25/24 Stewart Dawson
When you think of old warbird pilots still flying today just a handful of names come to mind. One of those is Stewart Dawson. Stew has been flying for 50-years and has flown just about every warbird you can think of, plus he's flown in the Reno air Races some 18 times. Stew taxi'd in and shared his…
02/18/24 Carl Andersen
In the past week we all saw the coverage of a horrific plane crash on I-75 in Florida. It seems every evening's newscast showed the damaged plane with flames billowing toward the sky. But, what about the number of planes that lose an engine and make an emergency landing safely with no one injured.…