Avination, welcome back to episode 59 of the Pilot to Pilot podcast featuring Gene Reynolds. Gene has pretty much seen it all as a helicopter pilot. He has flown in the army (special ops) and as a civilian pilot in many facets.
- Some of the main topics Gene and I talk about are...
- How the movie Top Gun led him to want to become a military pilot
- How a medical issue messed up his flight slot for the military.
- How and why he joined the warrant officer flight program.
- Talk about the differences between military training vs civilian.
- How Helicopters don’t naturally want to fly.
- We talk about what happens when you fall behind in military helicopter training.
- Why we need high-quality CFI’s to stay as a CFI.
- Gene talks about his deployments
- Gene shares some war stories.
- Gene talks about how he had TEN tours in the military.
- Gene talks about flying Special Ops.
- We talk about how someone can make a career in commercial helicopter flying.
- Gene talks about the path to getting your dream helicopter job.
- Talk about the importance of maintaining networking and not burning any bridges.
- Talks about mentoring military helicopter pilots on how to transfer into the civilian world.
Happy Flying,
Justin
