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.…
02/11/24 Jim Rasmussen
Al Malmberg visits with Jim Rasmussen who was a navigator on board a B-17 bomber during World War II. Jim flew 32-missions with the "bloody 100th" bomb group of the 8th Air Force depicted in the Spielberg/Hanks series "Masters of the Air." He was invited by the producers to go to Hollywood for the …
02/04/24 Steve Anderson
Al Malmberg welcomes Steve Anderson, the President of the 8th Air Force Historical Society of Minnesota, to the show. They analyze the new series "Masters of the Air" produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg as a follow up to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific." This is the story of the heroes o…
01/28/24 Alan Ripa
Al Malmberg gets to know Alan Ripa who started flying in sail planes at the young age of 16, getting his private pilot's license when he was 17. Alan has been involved in the Commemorative Air Force for several years in different capacities. He's a multi-talented individual. He's also a professiona…
01/21/24 Cheri Rolfing
Al Malmberg welcomes Cheri Rolfing to the show. Cheri is a Delta Airlines Captain and like everyone else who flies, she thoroughly enjoys sharing the gift of flight with everyone, especially girls. In fact, Cheri was significantly involved in starting the organization Women in Aviation Stars of th…