Winged Victory w/ Rob and Scott
The National Museum of WWII Aviation in Colorado Springs. Exploring the people and their stories behind the Warbirds of WWII and beyond. With hosts Rob Gale and Scott Klaers @scottklaers Produced/Edited by William Stephenson @lilboots_2of4
Episodes
41 episodes
From Mercury to Apollo, the Incredible Life of our Lead Historian: Winged Victory Ep 41
Rob and Scott sit down with Gene Pfeffer and talk about his time as a meteorologist in the service, including working at Cape Canaveral during the Gemini and Apollo missions as well as his roles of curator and lead historian at the National Mus...
From Missile Capsules to Titan IV Launch Controller - An Original Volunteer Story: W.V. Ep 40
This week Rob and Scott sit down with a founding volunteer, Reece Stephenson and talk about his career in Missile Silo's, Cape Canaveral Titan launches and being a founding volunteer of the museum.#warbirds #museum #flying #podcas...
A Marine's TBM Legacy: Honoring His Father Through the Museum Winged Victory Ep 39
Scott and guest host Nicole Bertola sit down with veteran and friend of the museum and talk about his fathers legacy flying TBM's and more throughout several wars as well as how he has been able to share his fathers story through the museum.&nb...
Re-building Our K-12 Program - The Man Leading the Next Generation: Winged Victory Ep 38
Rob and Scott sit down with the Museums K-12 lead instructor, Travis Arnold. The 3 of them have a very interesting conversation on the state of teaching WWII history in today's schools and the steps the Museum is taking to help fill that ...
Controlling Air Traffic and Managing Airports: How He Built a Museum Winged Victory Ep 37
Rob and Scott sit down with Board member Mark Earle. Mark talks about his origins with the museum as well as his role in getting the Silent Wings glider museum established in Lubbock and the importance of the glider roles in WWII....
One Last Flight: The P-38 Legend Who Refused to Quit! Winged Victory Ep 36
Rob and Scott sit down with a very special guest with strong ties to the museum, Randy Royal and they talk about his dad, Frank Royal, and his heroics during the war in the South Pacific, his amazing tie to The National Museum of WWII Aviation ...
Saving the Bent Winged Bird: The Man who Recovered the Museum F3A Corsair; Winged Victory Ep 35
Rob and Scott sit down with Warbird recoverer and enthusiast Lex Cralley and they talk about warbird recoveries, the F3A Corsair in particular, attempting the restoration of the Corsair and finally getting to see it fly for the first time!<...
Mastering the Bent-Wing Bird, A Lifetime of Warbird Experience: Winged Victory Ep 34
Rob and Scott sit down with Warbird and newest Corsair Pilot Philippe Barker. Philippe flies out of Houston and has flown our museum TBM and is now piloting the Brewster F3A Corsair. We talk about where he came from and what is it l...
Tracing a WWII Hero: How a French Village Kept My Uncles Story Alive! Winged Victory Ep. 33
Rob and Scott sit down with Nick Cressy and discuss his families story in WWII, particularly his uncle who crewed on a B-26 in Europe and how one French Village still commemorates his ultimate sacrifice for their freedom today!#warbirds ...
The Movie Star B-25: Doolittle Anniversary Special w/ Full Start-up; Winged Victory Ep 32
On the 84th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Scott sits down with Bill Klaers (Rob is busy living his best life) and they talk about taking the B-25 off of multiple aircraft carriers for various commemorations and even the movie Pear...
The Rescue Manual: Analyzing the Latest High-Profile Saves; Winged Victory Ep 31
Rob and Scott once again sit down with Julio "Zorrro" Lopez Jr. and Mark Brush, but this time we talk current events that relate to their prior missions and training. The F-15 crew rescue in Iran and the Artemis II Integrity capsule recov...
Modern Tech, Vintage Iron: The N3N Flight sim overview; Winged Victory Ep 30
In this special episode Rob shows off a unique attraction at The National Museum of WWII Aviation in Colorado Springs, CO., the N3N simulator. From its origins as a training plane in WWII to its current, more modern iteration of an introd...
Flying the Big Iron: A Master Pilot's History Winged Victory Ep 29
Rob and Scott sit down with with renowned pilot Ian Wayman and talk about full circle moments of starting his career in firefighting planes, to flying with the airlines, flying various Warbirds and smaller planes, to returning back to the firef...
The Restoration Dream, Joining the Team at Westpac: Winged Victory Ep 28
Nicole Bertola returns to the Podcast after having taken a giant leap in her professional life. She has changed careers and taken a position as a restorer at Westpac Restorations. Rob and Scott talk to her about that transition, the...
How To Survive Oshkosh: Lessons from a 40 Year Veteran Winged Victory Ep 27
Rob and Scott sit down with Greg and Mary Kaminski and talk about 40 years of Oshkosh, Minnesota museum scene and talk about the Vast difference of Gregs uncle piloting a B-17 in Europe at the beginning of the war to his father waist Gunning in...
Assigned as a "War Criminal": the Brutal Reality of SERE Training. Winged Victory Ep 26
Rob sits down with fan favorite guests Colonel Julio R. "ZORRO" Lopez Jr. and Mark Brush and talk about the grueling SERE training of survival, evading and navigating capture.#warbirds #museum #flying #ww2 #airplane #pilot #...
The Legend of Bill "Dude" Barclay: Reno's Golden Age and the Super Corsair Winged Victory Ep 25
Rob and Scott sit down once again with an Icon in the warbird industry, Bill "Dude" Barclay and talk about the Golden age of the Reno Air Races and what it was like to crew on the Super Corsair through crew chiefing for a P-51 Mustang!#...
The Marine One Pilot that had to fly a T-34 with a Broken Arm: Winged Victory Ep 24
Rob and Scott sit down once again and talk with Arnie "E-Bunny" Easterly about various stories ranging from a harrowing training incident, to an amazing rescue, to even telling a sitting President no! #warbirds #museum #flyi...
First Generation Firepower: Flying the Origins of the Modern Gunship Winged Victory Ep 23
Rob and Scott sit down with docent Kent Michaelson and talk about flying the original DC3 gunship "Spooky" in Vietnam, electronic warfare missions and even playing aerial DJ to our troops over the beaches of Vietnam!#warbirds ...
Eyes in the Sky: Leading the Charge in Modern Helicopter Operations. Winged Victory 22
Rob and Scott sit down with Mark Brush and have a conversation about Helicopter Gunnery, recovery operation of a downed airliner, working on Warbids, Racing and building bikes and everything that comes with all of that.
Winged Victory 21: Preserving the Flame, One Volunteer's path Through Aviation History
Rob and Scott sit down with Maggie Sullivan and talk about her path from getting to know veterans on a real personal level, to volunteering the museum and keeping them flying to crewing on the B-29 Fifi and a DC-3 and how her grandfathers story...
Winged Victory 20: The Giant of the Skies, Inside the C-5 Galaxy with a Heavy Lift Pilot
In our 20th Episode, brought to you by The National Museum of WWII Aviation in Colorado Springs and new sponsor Blazingaviation.com, Rob and Scott sit down with museum pilot, docent and historian and talk about his time flying the C-5 Galaxy as...
Winged Victory Ep 19 From Off-Road Racing to the Aviation Industry: Meet your Host Scott Klaers
This week Rob sits down with Scott Klaers and gets to know his Co-Host a bit. From starting out racing Superlites to Nissan Master Tech to Warbird Restorer as well as talking about the state of Warbird restorations today, find out a...
Winged Victory Ep 18: Iain Wayman
Rob and Scott sit down with "Little" Iain Wayman and talk about growing up flying airplanes. From soloing Gliders at 14 to Flying a DC-3 across the Atlantic for D-Day Invasion commemoration to firefighting from the skies, this 30 most int...
Winged Victory Episode 17: ZORRO!
We start off the New Year with Rob and Scott sitting down with Colonel Julio R. "ZORRO" Lopez Jr. and having an exhilarating conversation about deployments and various helicopter rescues that might just have you falling out of your seat!&...