Police Helicopter Pilot Eric Weidner
Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts
Steven D Gould
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this interview we talk police air support. Ever wonder what it's like to chase down a bad guy from the air? Fire a gun from a chopper? Be blinded by a green lazer while flying? Eric Weidner has the answer to all these questions and more! Really fun chat that gives you a peak into the life of a police pilot.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to the podcast. In this episode I sit down and interview a retired police helicopter pilot. |
| 0:08.0 | I found this to be so interesting. His name is Eric Widener. He flew for Ontario, California, which is a pretty good size city of a couple hundred thousand people. |
| 0:18.0 | It's just, it was just fascinating because I have no idea or I had no idea what the cops up in the helicopters were doing how you become a helicopter pilot can you be a cop and then become one or do they are doing only hire military guys that I've already flown? |
| 0:33.1 | He answers all those questions and a lot more. |
| 0:35.4 | It was really fascinating and fun. |
| 0:38.5 | I had a bunch of questions from listeners that you wanted me to ask him, |
| 0:42.2 | and he just kind of answered them as we |
| 0:44.1 | had a conversation for just under an hour so I didn't actually have to really ask |
| 0:47.1 | too many listener questions at all so it was a really time. I had a blast and also I want to let you know I started a YouTube |
| 0:57.2 | sorry I started a Facebook page for the podcast you can just type in things please see first-hand accounts it should pop up |
| 1:03.8 | if you want to go ahead and join that I'd like to start a little community around the |
| 1:06.6 | podcast just interact with you guys that way like I'm going to post a video of a |
| 1:10.8 | helicopter crashing that we talk about the the episode. So I'll do that when I refer to things in |
| 1:15.5 | episodes, all this post up on the Facebook page so you guys can check it out. We can interact there. |
| 1:20.4 | Or you can keep sending me emails. Either way, both are great. I love hearing from you guys and it's |
| 1:26.7 | been great. The podcast is still going strong, still climbing, and I'm just super happy about it and very thankful for everybody that listens. |
| 1:34.8 | So without further ado here is episode number 15. |
| 1:38.6 | This is Things Police See. |
| 1:42.4 | First and accounts with your host. This is Things Police See. |
| 1:42.8 | First-An Accounts, with your host Steve Gold. Eric, thank you for coming on podcast my man. No problem, glad to be here. So you were |
| 1:58.8 | introduced to me through the first interview I ever did, Rob McCreary. You grew up with Rob or you know Rob somehow, correct? |
| 2:05.8 | Yeah, I knew Rob as an acquaintance because you worked for a neighboring agency and then I was in canines when he got into canines so got to know |
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