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Fighter Pilot Podcast

Leadership and the USS Gerald R Ford with "Yank"

Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

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

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Retired U.S. Navy Captain J.J. "Yank" Cummings joins FPP cohost Matt "Flounder" Arny to talk Tomcats, flight school, surface warfare, nuclear power, Top Gun: Maverick, and above all, how to lead when in charge of the first ship in a new class of aircraft carriers that has had its share of bad press.

Visit jjcummingsleadership.com to learn more about Yank and his exploits since leaving uniform service.



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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

options, masters degrees, and doctoral programs in the most high-demand fields so veterans and

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. The Navy on the ship completely erased the whiteboard

0:35.1

and started from scratch. They made a brand new ship from STEM the Stern, reactor plants new,

0:40.8

flight deck design, dual banner data, the weapons elevators, supply elevators,

0:44.5

the crew conference, the kitchens, everything. Not revolutionary to evolutionary.

0:48.8

And brand new design that's going to be game-changing, hit that cliche for the Navy, but it's amazing

0:53.2

the way it's designed.

1:13.8

Hello and welcome to the Fighter Pilot podcast. I'm your host Vincent Iolo and this week we are

1:19.0

in between numbered episodes once again. So like last week, we have a guest co-host to join us

1:25.5

and this time instead of Ken Katz, it's Matt Arnie. How you doing there Flounder?

1:29.6

I'm great. How you doing there, Jello? Not too bad, all things considered. What's new in your world?

1:34.9

Well, first of all, I tell you for the people who aren't seeing you, you look quite distinguished

1:38.7

nowadays. I like what you get going on there. Well, yeah, I don't know if you've been keeping up

1:43.5

with the show if we've talked lately, but I'm in a little bit of a kerfluffle with the FAA,

1:48.4

so I figure if I'm not flying, I'm going to grow beard, but I don't know how people do it. It's

1:52.0

getting really itchy. Yeah, well, I went back and forth on that in my sabbatical, and so I've

1:56.9

settled on this kind of close-shaven one, because I just frankly don't want to shave anymore every day,

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