Valor Flight Crew
Produced in partnership with ECHO (Every Coast Helicopter Operations), the Valor Flight Crew Podcast promotes the personnel and life-saving equipment behind helicopter air ambulance services.
Join hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider for in-depth interviews and expert insights from air medical personnel, pilots, communication specialists, and maintenance crews who play critical roles in airborne emergency response.
Both members of the ECHO team, Mike and Blake, have diverse backgrounds in public safety aviation and leadership, allowing them to bring unique perspectives and expertise to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 8 - Pre-hospital medicine across the pond
Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine.
In this episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, recorded live from the …
Episode 7 - ECHO FAST: Peer Support for Flight Crews in High-Stress Environments
Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine.
In this episode of the Valor Flight Crew podcast, we sit down with Darren…
Episode 6 - A Global Perspective: Topics and Trends in the HEMS Industry with Steve Soliz Part 2
Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine.
In this episode, hosts Blake Shrider and Mike Fadale sit down with Steve …
Episode 5 - A Global Perspective: Topics and Trends in the HEMS Industry with Steve Soliz Part 1
Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine.
In this episode, hosts Blake Shrider and Mike Fadale sit down with Steve …
Episode 4 - Surviving the Unthinkable: Rhett Draehn’s Journey Part 2
Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine.
In this two-part episode join hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider for an …
Episode 3 - Surviving the Unthinkable: Rhett Draehn’s Journey Part 1
Welcome to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine.
In this two-part episode join hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider for an …
Episode 2 - Shaping the Future of Flight Medicine: The Future Flight Crew Program
Welcome to another episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by Echo and proudly brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine.
Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s shapin…
Episode 1 - Critical Care in the Wild
Welcome to another episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Vertical Valor Magazine!
In today’s episode we are joined by a true innovator …
The Valor Flight Crew Podcast Introduction
Vertical HeliCASTS — your Vertical podcast network — is thrilled to announce the launch of The Valor Flight Crew Podcast, with the first episode streaming now.
The HeliCASTS podcast network, which lau…