Announcing Jell-O's Memoir: 'Through the Yellow Visor'

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like you know more about Fighter Pilot Podcast guests than you do its founder and host, Jell-O?

Now is your chance to read his story: Through the Yellow Visor, The Life and (Mis)Adventures of a US Navy Fighter Pilot.

From 8-y-o attending his first airshow through 43-year old Commander learning to fly the F-16 Viper with the many trials and tribulations along the way—it's all here in gripping detail.

Through the Yellow Visor is now available on Amazon digitally and in print (hardcover or paperback). For a personalized copy, signed by Jell-O himself, visit the book's landing page.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast. I am your host, Vincent Aiello, and unlike most weeks, it's just me on this special episode because I have an exciting announcement.
0:15.4	Today is April 1st, 2025, and after nearly five years of writing, I am happy to announce my memoir,
0:22.9	Through the Yellow Viser, The Life and Misadventures of a U.S. Navy fighter pilot,
0:27.1	is finally available for purchase on Amazon.
0:30.1	No joke, this has been a long time coming, and the only thing more exciting than being
0:34.5	done is the knowledge that now you can read and enjoy my story.
0:39.4	Through the Yellow Viser starts with my first air show at eight years old and features various
0:44.0	highlights throughout my youth to when in high school actually I decided to pursue becoming a fighter pilot.
0:50.2	As you'll learn in the story, I encountered obstacles and hurdles right from the get-go,
0:54.4	just trying to find my way into the military.
0:56.8	And then flight school, well, it started off great, but then I struggled in various phases of jet training.
1:01.9	Nearly all of Chapter 7 is devoted to my very first carrier qualification
1:05.7	as I tried to land a TA4J Skyhawk on USS Carl Vinson back in 1995.
1:12.7	And let me tell you, it was not easy or pretty.
1:15.0	I barely qualified.
1:16.7	Ultimately, though, this is a perseverance story as I prevail and eventually was assigned
1:21.4	the F.A.18 Hornet, which was a dream come true.
1:23.8	I read about being selected for Top Gun and going through instructor training
1:28.0	in the aptly named murder board process, not once but twice. You'll read how my call sign
1:34.0	Jello came about and when I began wearing my signature yellow visor. Along the way, I meet a girl and
1:40.3	start a family, learning to balance home life with long deployments and a wartime footing.
1:45.1	I talk about the 2005 USS Nimitz deployment, and especially that dreadful night off
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