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Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Daniel Baker: FlightAware CEO

Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Justin Siems

Leisure, Hobbies, Business, Aviation, Careers

4.9938 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

FlightAware CEO Daniel Baker shares why he created FlightAware and why he became a pilot.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Episode 23 of the Pilot the Pilot Podcast takes off now.

0:04.0

Hi Avi Nation, my name is Daniel Baker, I'm the founder and CEO of Flight Aware. I've been

0:14.9

flying for more than 15 years and running Flight Aware for more than 10 and so I've

0:20.6

really had more than a decade of being able to do what I love, which is both

0:24.9

five planes and work with technology around airplanes.

0:29.0

What is going on, Navy Nation, and welcome back to the Pilot the pilot podcast episode number 23 featuring the

0:35.2

flight aware CEO Daniel Baker I'm so excited to talk with Daniel today and just tell his

0:40.7

story some of the things in this episode that we talk about are how crazy it is to think

0:44.6

that there used to be a time where we didn't track our flights, what it was like learning to fly in a class

0:49.3

Charlie airport, what frustrated him most in his training, why he loved instrument flying, how shiny jet

0:55.7

syndrome is a real thing, and no matter how safe of a pilot you are, there will always be a time

1:00.9

you have to deal with some kind of failure and how important it is to be prepared

1:05.1

for any and every situation.

1:07.8

I'm excited to announce my Patreon giveaway.

1:09.6

I'm going to be giving away a four flight

1:13.0

a flight-aware enterprise weather subscription

1:15.4

and also some flight-aware swag.

1:17.4

I am so excited for this.

1:18.7

I'm so excited to give this away to my Patreon subscribers.

1:21.4

If you're interested in becoming a Patreon supporter, head Patreon.com slash pilot to pilot. To enter all you have to do

1:27.1

is give $1 a month and you are entered. You get as many entries as you give

1:32.4

monthly so if you give monthly.

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