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Fighter Pilot Podcast

Flying F/A-18 Hornet Post-maintenance Check Flights at FRCSW

Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

Personal Journals, Technology, History, Aviation, Society & Culture, Leisure, Government

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

This week, guest cohost Ken 'Primetime' Katz turns the tables and asks our usual host Vincent 'Jell-O' Aiello to explain his role at the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest and what it is like to fly a post-maintenance check flight in F/A-18 Hornets. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0

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0:04.9

for busy adults going back to school. After all, NU was founded by a U.S. Navy veteran.

0:09.5

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0:13.7

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0:18.3

service members can advance their careers. NU is a yellow ribbon school and accepts the post-911

0:23.2

GI Bill while offering veterans help to cover what the GI Bill may not. To find out more,

0:27.7

visit nu.edu-forthslash-v-e-t. When I was there, I thought every F-18 pilot in the flu

0:35.2

should come through and spend a couple hours here, because when you see how many components

0:40.0

are inside, how many hours and hours or sometimes days, just to put on a landing gear maybe,

0:45.6

I think there's a lot of value in people having that appreciation.

0:57.8

Welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast. I am your occasional host, Ken Katz,

1:13.5

call sign, prime time. Today, our guest is well-known to all Fighter Pilot Podcast listeners.

1:20.4

Welcome, Jello. Thanks, prime time. Yeah, you got the tables swapped on me here, huh?

1:26.3

Well, before we get to the interview, how did you and I end up on the opposite sides of the mic

1:30.4

for? Well, I think it's because you and I were chatting via what, text or email, and I said,

1:37.7

hey, Ken, I'm trying to have something come out every Monday now, and I don't really have

1:43.0

anything to you have anything, and you said no, but what if I interview you? Yeah, I thought you've

1:47.8

certainly have a lot of interesting stuff to say, and not all of it has been said, so I figured

1:53.4

that it'd be a good thing to do. Well, that is very true, and I'm glad to sit on this side of it,

1:58.8

and hopefully be able to relax. Usually, I have to think about what to say next, and where we're

2:03.2

going with the conversation, so I'm just going to crack open a cold one and let's go. Let's do it.

2:08.3

So what's doing in your life these days? Well, if you're listening to the show lately, Ken,

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