Episode 84 of the Pilot the Pilot Podcast

takes off now.

My name is Ilia Sabanen. I'm a pilot currently living in the US. I'm a commercial pilot and an advanced ground and structure currently I'm a candidate for a CFI.

I was born in Russia and Soviet Union and I moved to the US eight years ago.

I want to share with American pilots, American general aviation population, the story of how it looks like in Russia.

And it doesn't look really good.

spoiler alert.

What is going on Avi Nation and welcome back to the Pilot

Podcast.

My name is Justin Seams and I am your host. Have you ever wondered what

general aviation is like in other countries? Specifically Russia? Well today is

the opportunity to find out. I am talking with my buddy I am he is from Russia he has moved to the out. I am talking with my buddy Ilia. He is from Russia. He has moved to the

states to further his flying career and to fly for fun and to do more training and to get more

ratings. But we dive into what it was like flying in Russia, how he found his flight school, how he first found it out and figured out how to fly an airplane with skis in Siberia.

So it's a great episode. It's something that I was just truly honored that he reached out to me to share some of the stories to talk about the differences and talk about some of the great things and the great opportunities that we have in the United States for general aviation and

aviation in general.

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