Warbirds - Tales From Above

Budd Wentz and Klaus Hahn have themselves quite a day......  TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 1:35 Show Content - 2:00 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Last Mission - wbuddwentz.com LCDR John Hiltz - Military Hall of Honor Budd Wentz Portrait Gallery Dogfights - Luftwaffe's Deadliest Mission - History Channel Vintage News - Sonderkommando Elbe - By Brad Smithfield

After completing 35 missions over occupied Europe, Robert Trimble isn't done yet. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 1:57 Show Content - 2:22 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal The Daily Mail - The WW2 American B-24 Pilot Turned Spy - By Daniel Bates DOD MWR Libraries - Beyond the Call - By Lee Trimble and Jeremy Dronfield 493rd Bomb Group Mission List Rum Rummer - B24BestWeb.com The Last but the Best - 493rd Bomb Group Website - Debach Pronunciation Captain Robert Matlock "Bob" Trimble - Findagrave.com Email Me:  dan@talesfromabove.com

What started as a promotion for Patreon turned into a "how to" regarding how my show is produced.  Many folks have asked in the past about the nuts and bolts of Warbirds, and the general steps involved in getting a podcast going. This one may or may not be for you.  There's no traditional "story" in this one.  But for those that want a deep look in to how I publish each episode, as well as the infrastructure involved, this is for you. Time Stamps Intro:  0:00 - 10:47 Show Content: 10:53 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface ATR Microphone - USB/XLR Interface Sound Assured Pop-Filter Rotatable Microphone Arm XLR Cable - 6 Foot Audacity Recording Software Auphonic Productions - File Rendering and Processing Envato Market - Formerly Audio Jungle (Music Selections) Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com

There's more to this guys story than is normally published. Apparently, people just like to report the shock and awe. That's fine and all, but on this show, we dig. We give the reasons why this man could pull-off such a feat. And with style and ease to-boot. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 4:00 Show Content - 4:24 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Captain William Overstreet - The Independent - By Phil Davison To Fly and Fight - Interview with Captain William Overstreet Bonanza Plane Goes Under Eiffel Tower - Robert Moriarty In case you're wondering, this guy is a veteran combat pilot of Vietnam. If fact, he was the youngest to fly the F-4. The running joke is that this is a mandatory maneuver when leaving Paris. Email me:  dan@talesfromabove.com  

Their name was coined not only for their losses, but for the psychological strain that they were forced to endure. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 2:12 Show Content - 2:36 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal National WWII Museum New Orleans - The 100th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group - The Ragged Irregulars Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com

How long was the longest dogfight?  It's debatable, but this one is certainly in the running.  Captain Elmer Royce Williams takes on 6 Migs by himself.  That, of course, is what the plethora of internet articles will tell you.  While Williams is certainly a hero of hero's, he received some great help from some men that are rarely talked about. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 5:51 Mail Call - 6:36 - 14:19 Show Content - 14:23 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Homeland Magazine - Captain E. Royce Williams - The Forgotten Hero - By CJ Machado The Wall of Valor Project - John Davidson Middleton The Wall of Valor Project - David M. Rowlands Panther vs. Mig - Inside the Cold War Dogfight that Officially Never Happened - By Marc Liebman Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

None of these airmen should have survived the war, yet they all lived to tell their story. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 01:33 Mail Call - 02:52 - 07:45 Show Content - 08:11 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Wordpress.com - RCAF No. 403 Squadron - Pilot Officer's James Elmer Abbott's Miraculous Escape Vandruff.com - Jean Vandruff Autobiogrophy Excerpt An Anonymous Czech Prisoner who Saved an American B-17 Bomber in WWII - Outono.net Militarytimes.com - Michael Arooth James Howell Howard - CMOHS.org James H. Howard - Homeofheros.com - By Andrew A. Rooney Alan Magee - Wikipedia Email Me:  dan@talesfromabove.com  

Don't look down.  But bring your chute just in case... LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Warhistoryonline.com - James Allen Ward - By Russell Hughes Victoriacrossonline.co.uk - Norman Cyril Jackson VC Mail Call - Chesterton Radio - YouTube Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

Wrapping up our week at the Reno Air Races, and firing on all cylinders. LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Lonnie Ortega Aviation Art Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

It's the last Reno Air Races.  We were there, and received a whole lot of the unexpected. LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Lonnie Ortega Aviation Art Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com Mail Call - AFRS WWII Radio    

Take the worst airplane you can find along with a horrible scenario.  Then pair it with three heroic pilots, and see what happens. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Warfare History Network - Heroic Airacobras of the Cactus Air Force - By Patrick J. Chaisson Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

You'll find the greatest men in the most unlikely of places..... LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

Take those pictures and cut those birds to fit.  Meet the airmen that helped gather the intel so our boys could take back France, and meet one man who helped keep those birds in the air. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Historyofwar.org - 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group Patton's Eyes in the Sky - By Tom Ivie Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com    

The second installment of the P2 Neptune and their crew during the Cold War.   LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! JIM LUND CONTACT INFORMATION Lake Tables by Phoenix Aero Jim Lund Phoenixaero@outlook.com 701-388-2564 (text only) Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

Sub-hunting over the Med has never been so much fun.... LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! JIM LUND CONTACT INFORMATION Lake Tables by Phoenix Aero Jim Lund Phoenixaero@outlook.com 701-388-2564 (text only) Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com  

Here comes the second half of Movie Reviews, and I even threw a sound byte somewhere in here for a little comedy-relief.   Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me:  dan@talesfromabove.com

It's time to analyze some of Hollywoods flicks.  But let's be real, some we watch simply for the airplanes, some are the greatest movies of all-time, and others we wish would be burned in a dumpster fire. Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me:  dan@talesfromabove.com  

Rudolph Hess makes a twilight solo flight across allied lines and over the North Sea to try and negotiate peace.  What are the odds of his success? Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me:  dan@talesfromabove.com REFERENCES 80 Years on, the Mysterious Flight of Rudolph Hess - By Dr. James Crossland Will We Ever Know Why Rudolph Hess Flew to Scotland? - By Brian Handwerk The Rudolph Hess Flight - 10 Conspiracies - The History Press

Boy, it sure would have been nice to hear this man's voice in our aviation headsets.  At least we got to hear him on TV for more than 3 decades.  Enjoy this weeks early release of LTJG Bob Barker.  There's also a surprise celebrity at the end.  Spoiler alert, don't click on any references below :) Feeling Generous?  Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me:  dan@talesfromabove.com REFERENCES Avgeekery.com - The Unexpected Naval Aviator - Bill Walton Deland Naval Air Museum Aviation Geek Club - Dario Leone  

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