Fly Cool Shit - An Aviation Podcast About Flying Cool Shit Mark Pollard & Jeff Petrocelli

Welcome back! This week Mark and Jeff talk about Mark’s dream of flying with the Blue Angels, and how that will get him to do a contest. We talk contests, ferrying Extras and how drafty they are inside, more Nationals talk and so much more!

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Welcome back! This week we have IAC Nationals Contest Director, Shad Coulson on the podcast. Shad is coming off a very successful 2023 Nationals and wanted to come on to chat about Nationals this year. We talk about what it takes to put on an event like Nationals, as well as some changes to the rules for the week of flying. Shad has some great plans to make Nationals an even better event year after year. We hope you enjoy this one!

Thank you to LIFT Aviation! Head to www.liftaviationusa.com and use the promo code FLYCOOLSHIT at checkout for 25% off most items.

Thank you to Fly Good Merch! Head to www.flygoodmerch.com and use the promo code AKRO for 10% off the entire website.

Welcome back! This week we catch up on random things. We talk about the unlimited category, the IAC, hobbies versus careers and so much more. MSU gets a GB1, and we mourn the loss of Olivier Masurel. Olivier was such a fantastic human being and was loved by so many. This episode is dedicated to his memory.

Welcome back! This week we have former Advanced Team Member, Marco Bouw back on the podcast. This was a really fun episode where we talk Sukhoi’s, and Marcos's plans and thoughts from Nationals, going forward through 2024 and beyond, and so much more with him. Jeff and Marco debated the state of the unlimited category which was interesting as well. Hope you enjoy it!

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Welcome back! This week we talk about the contest season being in full effect right now. Borrego looked like a huge success, and we have Ottowa Kansas, Sebring, and Tracy coming up. Jeff got back from Union City TN at another acro camp which sounded very productive. We talk LIFT helmet and comms a bit, and we get into shoes because Mark jacked his foot up and has to wear funky shoes. We talk a bit about SnF 2024, RJ Gritter, airshow acts, Nationals, IAC and so much more!

Thank you to LIFT Aviation! Head to www.liftaviationusa.com and use the promo code FLYCOOLSHIT at checkout for 25% off most items

Thank you to Fly Good Merch! Head to www.flygoodmerch.com and use the promo code AKRO for 10% off the entire website

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Hello all! We are back this week with Sun N Fun 2024 well underway. The biggest news so far of Sun N Fun for us is that the LIFT AV2.1 helmet is officially available for purchase! Also available is the Elevated apparel series from LIFT. Go check both of them out! We talk about performers like RJ Gritter and Greg Koontz flying Decathlons and Xtreme Decathlons respectively. Both are great acts. We talk about airshow performers, the good old days, sponsorships, etc. This was a fun episode and we save the best for last, a long overdue interview with Todd and Braydn Lentz from LIFT Aviation. We talk about helmet development, communication setups, the Elevated apparel line, and so much more. We really hope you enjoy this one!

Thank you to LIFT Aviation! Head over to www.liftaviationusa.com and use the promo code FLYCOOLSHIT for 25% off most items!

Thank you to Fly Good Merch! Head to www.flygoodmerch.com and use the promo code AKRO at checkout for 10% off the entire website!