Hello and welcome to the Merge, a podcast from BVR Productions that explores fascinating military aviation stories one season at a time.

I am your host, Vincent Aillon.

During our inaugural season of this show, we explored the June 2008 mid-air collision between two fighter jets participating in a routine training exercise

near Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada.

Tragically, the FAA 18 Hornet pilot died in the crash, and we heard from his widow

on the final episode of that season.

But listeners have since asked what became of the crew of the F5 Tiger 2 who survived?

We heard their stories from that fateful day, but what became of the pilot of the F5 Tiger 2 who survived? We heard their stories from that fateful day,

but what became of the pilot and the midshipman in the day,

weeks, months, and even years since the mishap?

How did the mishap change their lives?

Well, joining me here on after the merge, as we're calling it, season one,

are Tony Roy, Calsine Sloppy, who piloted the F5 that day, and Andy Christopher, who was briefly called O'Toole, but now he's better known as VizCAP, they join us here on After the Merge. Gentlemen, welcome back to the show. Thanks for having us, fellow. Yeah, good to be here. Awesome. All right. Well, so first off, I trust by now,

you both listen to season one. Sloppy, I'll start with you. How did we do retelling the events

of June 13, 2008, compared to your recollection of that day's events? It was an impressive job.

I'm not trying to smoke up your ear, but it was intense. it was intense to listen to. I thought my wife was really

blown away. My friends and family would listen to it, said the same thing. Um, you know, the

detail you were able to go into. And, you know, the, the picture you're able to draw with everybody's

perspective was, you know, I've, I've told my part of it a hundred

times, but hearing it all together was pretty neat and satisfying.

Okay.

Well, the one comment we got more often than anything was they wish there were visuals

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