Rebroadcast: the F-117 Nighthawk

Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

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

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

For Thanksgiving week here in the U.S., we are pausing our usual schedule and instead rebroadcasting a listener favorite: the episode 072 interview from February 2020 about the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk with Robert "Robson" Donaldson.

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The fighter pilot podcast is sponsored by L3 Harris throughout the month of November as we honor
0:05.2	veterans and salute the brave service members dedicated to defending our freedoms. L3
0:10.3	Harris is honored to support the military aviator community, both active and veteran, not just today,
0:15.6	but every day. Explore their cutting-edge technologies currently in production and design for today's fighter pilots by visiting L3Harris.com.
0:24.6	L3 Harris, power defense with the trusted disruptor.
0:32.9	Hello and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast, the internet show that explores the fascinating world of air combat, the aircraft, the weapon systems, and most importantly, the people.
0:41.9	I am your host, Vincent Aiello, and as you regular listeners know, we typically release a new
0:47.1	episode every Monday, at least we have been throughout this year, 2004.
0:51.7	Well, this being Thanksgiving week, I have decided to take a little break.
0:55.3	And instead, we are going to re-release one of your favorite episodes, at least according to
1:00.6	a survey we did before our episode 100 celebration. It is episode 72 on the F-117 Nighthawk.
1:09.0	It features Major Robert Donaldson. He's retired from the Michigan Air National
1:13.4	Guard. He talks about his F-117 experiences. And since this is a rerun, we're just going to the
1:18.9	interview. We're not going to do all the before and after talk that we did way back when this
1:22.7	first aired in February 2020, just before COVID. Remember that? Good old days.
1:28.0	Yeah, anyway.
1:29.0	We'll have a listen to this one again.
1:31.2	It is a favorite of most of you listeners,
1:33.3	and we will be back next week with a brand new episode as usual.
1:36.9	So enjoy this.
1:37.9	Happy Thanksgiving,
1:38.8	and we'll see you next time here on the Fighter Pilot podcast.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.