The Good Flight
The world of professional drones spans from movie making, to drone racing, to industry to space - co-hosts Paul "NURK" Nurkkala and Jon "jonny_drones" Graham chat with countless guests from the professional drones and cinematographer worlds, telling stories of their good flights.
Episodes
21 episodes
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 20 - Holler FPV
Holler started his career in filming on the traditional side of the camera as an operator and eventually a DP. However, he's started to set his sights higher on flying professional FPV and cinelifters and in a very short time has built an incre...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 2
•
2:02:10
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 19 - RossHasADrone
The guys are back with, none other than Ross Beck from Ross Has A Drone. You've probably seen his "Golf Shot", listen and hear about how it happened. Find out how he started his FPV journey and hear some other stories along the way....
•
Season 4
•
Episode 1
•
2:15:58
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 18 - Tony Samaritano on how to start a drone lightshow company
Tony from Verge Aero swings by the podcast to tell us all about how he started his drone light show company, and where it's placed to be in the future. https://verge.aero/https://www.instagram.com/vergeaero/Follow our n...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 4
•
1:21:48
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 17 - Donovan Davis talks Behind the Scenes of the DJI FPV Launch
The DJI FPV Drone launched recently, and we met up with Donovan Davis, the foremost DJI product manager in the USA, and he breaks down the entire DJI FPV launch, answers questions, and explains a lot of what happens behind the scenes.Fo...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 3
•
1:46:26
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 17 - Gab707 and JET talk "Natural Selection"
Gabriel Kocher and Jordan Temkin stop by to talk about their experience with the Natural Selection tour and the amazing technology that was developed by Gabriel and team to make the livestreamed show possible. We think that this process and tec...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 2
•
1:46:50
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 16 - Mike Isler and Filming with Helicopters in NYC
Mike Isler is the head of production for Gotham Films, a New York Based Aerial and Aviation joint venture featuring helicopter as well as drone operations in the NYC area and beyond. Mike comes on to talk not only about the unique challenges of...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 1
•
2:13:05
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 15 - Drew Camden, President of Rotor Riot
After graduating with a bachelors of science in Engineering physics, our guest built a successful career as an engineering designer at General Motors and was well onto his way to achieving well in the traditional engineering market.
•
Season 2
•
Episode 9
•
1:50:03
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 14 - James Sykes Discusses Flying Drones in Hollywood
In this episode of the good flight, we chat with James Skyes, a Hollywood resident that has been flying drones since before it was cool, filming for major motion pictures as well as TV shows and live events. James was an awesome guest and has t...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 8
•
1:43:19
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 13 - Jordan Temkin the 2x World Champion of Drone Racing
Jordan Temkin has been a good friend of the show long before we've had a chance to have him on. The 2x world champion of drone racing with The Drone Racing League is an amazing ambassador for the sport and one of our closest friends. We're prou...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 7
•
1:43:49
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 12 - Joshua Bardwell Explains the YouTube Grind
In this episode of The Good Flight podcast, Joshua Bardwell explains to us what the YouTube grind is like and how much work it takes to get to building an entire FPV brand and sustaining yourself off just that as an income source. He's been an ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 6
•
1:32:58
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 11 - Gabriel Kocher's Journey into Drones
Dr. Gabriel Kocher, aka Gab707 is always innovating the world of FPV drones, and it's only ever for himself. What do we mean by that? When Gab has a problem that he wants to have solved, he goes out of his way and finds a way to solve it. His p...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 6
•
1:51:45
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 10 - How John Oliver Blew Up Jonny's Drone
This week on the podcast we have two guests. The first is Straw Hat Sam, creator of "Le Pigeon", which is a drone frame designed to carry a stripped down Black Magic Pocket Cinema 4k camera. Then, our second set of guests is your co-host Jonny ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 5
•
1:22:29
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 9 - Daniel Riley aka RCTestFlight
Daniel Riley aka RCTestFlight has been in the RC game from the very early days. Whether it was building foamies, flying super powered LED lights, or dropping pumpkins from an Alta X, Daniel has tried it all. We've always been inspired by his cr...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 4
•
1:39:24
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 8 - Breaking down the "Cinelifter" Craze
Cinelifters are a new class of FPV drone that have started up in the last year or two designed to carry heavier, higher quality cameras like the Black Magic Pocket Cinema or Red Komodo. We believe that this trend was initially kicked off with X...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 3
•
1:28:33
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 7 - Donovan Davis, DJI's Chief Pilot, Spills the Beans
Donovan Davis is the USA Product Specialist and Chief Pilot for all things DJI. Coming from a long background of RC hobbies, he's made his toys his career and now works directly for a company that has changed the face of consumer RC around the ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
2:27:55
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 6 - Andy Shen
Co-hosts Jon Graham and Paul Nurkkala sit down with Andy Shen, the master of all things cinewhoop, and cinelift. With over five years in the performance drone industry, Andy Shen is the master of designing amazing FPV drone platforms for uses r...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
1:49:41
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 5 - Where did we go?
Co-hosts Jon Graham and Paul Nurkkala have been away from the podcasting scene for a little bit. Life got busy over quarantine in ways that we didn't expect, and we are now back and ready to rock. Part of our problem was that we made the filmin...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 1
•
55:38
The Good Flight Podcast - Episode 4 - Max Tubman's D Stands for Drone
Co-hosts Jon Graham and Paul Nurkkala sit down with Max Tubman, an industry leader in building massive custom drones. Max describes his journey from playing with control line planes as a boy to becoming the CEO of BFD Systems™, one of the most ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 4
•
1:31:17
Episode 3 - Alex Kavanagh and the art of flying anywhere
Thank you, Alex Kavanagh (@drone.pilot)(@dronegear), for jumping on camera to discuss what it's like to travel the world with drones. In 2019 Alex and his fiance filmed in over 18 countries, like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Patagonia, and Switzerland...
•
1:18:14
Episode 2 - Analog vs Digital
In this episode, Jon and Paul discuss the pros and cons of analog and digital systems for both FPV and on cinema platforms! Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/tgfapplenurkSpotify: https://bit.ly/tgfspotifyRSSI link: https://bit...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 2
•
1:12:18
Episode 1- What is the good flight?
The world of professional drones spans from movie making, to drone racing, to industry to space - co-hosts Paul "NURK" Nurkkala and Jon "johnny_drones" Graham chat with countless guests from the professional drones and cinematographer worlds, t...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 1
•
1:03:29