The Inspired Pilot Podcast

What does it take to become a pilot?

Jeff Simon's love of aviation is taking him on a journey well beyond the cockpit. Jeff is a pilot, an aircraft owner, an FAA certified A & P mechanic and inspecto…

Jeremy Robertson started flying at age 15 in Canberra, Australia, completing his PPL at the end of high school and gaining his commercial licences via the University of New South Wales Bachelor of Av…

Patrick Smith is an airline pilot and the host of the popular website askthepilot.com.

Patrick is also a published author and his book, COCKPIT CONFIDENTIAL is a New York Times bestseller.

He has app…

Robert DeLaurentis, the “Zen Pilot”, is a noted aviation speaker and author with over 1400 flight hours.

Robert has his Visual, Instrument and Multi-engine Ratings and holds a Commercial Pilot Certif…

Join us as Karen Kahn gives us insight into her inspiring pilot journey.

Karen Kahn piloted her first flight at the age of 19 and then 9 years later, in 1977, was one of the first woman hired by a ma…

Join us as Richard Graham gives us insight into his inspiring pilot journey

After his first solo flight in 1962, with his father as the instructor, Rich Graham was hooked on a flying career. After 25…

What does it take to become a pilot?

Join us as Brent Blue gives us insight into his inspiring pilot journey.

Brent Blue is a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner who introduced Digital Pulse Oximetry to…

Colleen Mondor is a freelance writer and the author of The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska.

Colleen contributes regularly to Alaska Dispatch News, writing about Alaska …

John Laity is a pilot Engineer & pilot with over 18 years flying experience in ultralights.

He co-founded Flying for Freedom in 2010 in response to the large number of injured and wounded veterans…

Rick Durden started flying in junior high school. He became a flight instructor during his first year of college and helped pay for college and law school by flight instructing and hauling air freigh…

Owen Zupp gives us insight into his inspiring pilot journey.

Owen Zupp’s passion for flight began in childhood and now he possesses over 17,000 hours on a wide range of aircraft. 

Owen’s career has i…

Rod Rakic shares his inspiring pilot journey.

Rod Rakic is committed to helping aviation work better. He’s a co-founder at OpenAirplane, which makes renting an airplane as easy as renting a car.

Rod’…

Dean Siracusa Shares His Inspiring Pilot Journey.

Dean Siracusa is a 2000hr FAA Single Engine Land and instrument rated   pilot, Inventor and Serial Entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas in the U.S.

In…

Kathy McCullough shares her inspiring pilot journey.

At the age of age 16 Kathy McCullough Flying career choice, was not wholly supported by her parents.  However by the end of college, Kathy had pur…

Mike Lesser gives us insight into his inspiring pilot journey.

Mike Lesser was a frustrated pilot his whole life, but after completing his university degree there was nothing else he wanted to do exc…

Maria Langer gives us insight into her inspiring pilot journey.

Maria Langer is a commercial helicopter pilot and the owner/operator of Flying M Air, LLC based in Washington State in the United State…

Join us as Lauren Richardson gives us insight into her inspiring pilot journey.

Lauren has been flying since she waved goodbye to her teens and is enjoying her fifth season of flying aerobatics along…

Join us as Polly Vacher gives us insight into her inspiring pilot journey.

It may have been over 20 years since Polly Vacher MBE gained her pilots licence but she’s packed a lot of flying into those …

Join us as Mike Weeks gives us insight into his inspiring pilot journey.

Mike Weeks is a Cadet First Officer with Monarch Airlines, based out of Luton Airport in the UK.

An Airbus A320 & A321 pilot, …

Join us as Don Sebastian gives us insight into his inspiring pilot journey.

Don Sebastian’s interest in aviation as with many,  started as a young boy building model aeroplanes.

Through many twists a…