Tyson Weihs: CEO & Co-founder of ForeFlight

Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Justin Siems

Leisure, Hobbies, Business, Aviation, Careers

4.9 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Avination, welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast. Today, I am talking with Tyson Weihs, the co-founder and CEO of ForeFlight. This episode has been #interviewgoals since I started the podcast two years ago. So, to have the ability to sit down with Tyson and talk about ForeFlight was a great experience. Tyson was very open about ForeFlight, we talked about the beginning, where they are now and what the future of ForeFlight holds.

On Tuesday, August 27 I'm going to post this live to everyone as well as a giveaway announcement. ForeFlight will be giving away THREE gift cards that can be used on existing or new ForeFlight accounts. All you have to do is follow @pilottopilot and @teamforeflight onInstagramm, and comment on my post your favorite part of the episode.

What Tyson and I talked about...

Why Tyson stumbled into a career in aviation.
How the dot com crash led to a career in aviation.
Tyson had a fascination with aviation as a younger kid.
Flying flight simulators at a younger age.
Tysons grandfather was a bombardier on a B-24 in the Pacific.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Episode 71 of a pilot the pilot podcast takes off now.
0:04.0	So hi, my name is Tyson Weiss, I'm the co-founder and CEO of Foreflight. We make apps for pilots.
0:17.0	Today's episode is brought to you by AOPAs Pilot Protection Services. As disciplined and meticulous pilots, we are always striving to achieve that perfect flight from engine startup to shutdown.
0:28.0	However, even the most experienced pilot can get distracted by a passenger or have a momentary bout of information
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0:41.0	to you.
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0:46.7	are there to help protect you when things don't go as planned.
0:50.0	It's available only to AOPA members
0:52.0	and over 64,000 members already participate.
0:55.2	So go check them out before your next flight at AOP.org backslash PPS.
1:02.0	What is going on, aviation, and welcome back to the Pilot
1:05.0	the Pilot Podcast. My name is Justin Seams and I am your host. In today's
1:08.9	episode I'm talking with Tyson Weiss. Tyson is the co-founder and CEO of Foreflight and we talk pretty much anything and
1:16.3	everything for flight. We get into the down and dirty. We talk about the beginning. We talk about
1:21.1	how it was started, why it was started the process of
1:23.5	starting foreflight. We also talk about where they are today, the current status of
1:26.9	foreflight, and then we go into the future. I asked Tyson what his ultimate goal of
1:31.2	foreflight will be and how they can serve the aviation community best.
1:35.2	Aviation, I hope you enjoy today's episode. We're also teaming up with Foreflight to give away three gift cards.
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