FPP051 - SR-71 Blackbird
Fighter Pilot Podcast
Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2019
⏱️ 81 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks to our sponsor National University. |
| 0:02.3 | National University knows how important flexibility is for busy adults going back to school. |
| 0:06.8 | After all, NU was founded by a U.S. Navy veteran. |
| 0:09.6 | That's why NU offers year-round enrollment as well as four and eight-week online |
| 0:13.5 | course options, master's degrees and doctoral programs in the most high-demand |
| 0:17.2 | field so veterans and service members can advance their careers. |
| 0:20.1 | NU is a yellow ribbon school and accepts the post-911 GI Bill while offering veterans help to cover what the G-I-Bill may not. |
| 0:27.0 | To find out more, visit NU.ED |
| 0:32.0 | Hey everyone, just a quick note before we begin the episode. This |
| 0:35.8 | interview was recorded in April of 2019 and aired as episode 51 in July of that |
| 0:41.1 | year. Well we just learned that on May 20th, |
| 0:44.3 | 2023, that our guest on this episode, |
| 0:47.2 | Major Brian Punchee-Sholl passed away at the age of 75. |
| 0:51.9 | Our hearts are broken, and naturally our thoughts and prayers go out to his |
| 0:54.9 | family and any squadron mates. And in a moment you'll hear us carry on like we do on this show |
| 1:00.1 | having a great time. In fact it was an awesome. Flew up to Sacramento and rented a car and drove up and spent the afternoon interviewing Punche. We really had a good time. And the last time I saw him was in September of 22 at the Reno Air Races and so we're just heartbroken and |
| 1:16.2 | we want you to know before you enjoy this episode that our guest Brian Schall is |
| 1:20.8 | gone. Rest in peace, Spunchy. |
| 1:25.0 | This is the Fighter Pilot Podcast episode 51. |
| 1:28.8 | This week, forget the small talk. |
| 1:30.7 | We're going straight to the interview |
| 1:32.3 | with the guest many |
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