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
48 episodes
From Vintage Sci-Fi Blockbusters to our Hangar; The Story of our Master Model Builder: W.V. Ep 47
Rob and Scott sit down with Master Model builder Steve Carricato and talk about his journey becoming a top flight model builder. We discuss his time in movie modeling. Also he talks about the many newer processes of building very ex...
The Heartbeat of our Volunteer Army: Leading over 250 Dedicated People Winged Victory Ep 46
Rob and Scott sit with museum volunteer coordinator and development director Crystal Ross and they discuss the ins and outs of keeping a volunteer run museum staffed as well as trying to find partnerships to help fund the museum and museum proj...
Reuniting the Only Three Flying Helldivers: The Rarest Gathering in Aviation History WV Ep 45
Rob and Scott sit down and talk about the impending gathering of the three flying Curtiss Helldivers at The National Museum of WWII Aviation in Colorado Springs scheduled for August 20. They talk about the planes, the pilots and the amoun...
Celebrating Freedom in the Skies: The Stories and Planes of our 4th of July Event; W.V. Ep 44
Join producer William Stephenson as he traverses the many sights and sounds of the National Museum of WWII Aviation in Colorado Springs' annual 4th of July event. Hear Rob Gale and Reese Stephenson interview many familiar faces as well as...
WInged Vicory "Classic" Episode 1: Charlie "Tuna" Hainline
The boys are off this week so we thought it would be the perfect time to revisit the episode that started it all, Charlie "Tuna" Hainline and Rob talk about flying jets in the service then transitioning to WWII planes after.#warbirds #m...
Inside the Doolittle Raid; A real B-25 co-pilot explores the Dick Cole story: Winged Victory Ep 43
Rob and Scott sit down and discuss the Doolittle Raid from the perspective of Dick Coles book, "Dick Cole's War" by Dennis R. Okerstrom as well as his time in the CBI flying "The Hump". Also Scott goes on a bit of a rant about some people...
Running Our Simulators and College Internships, the Mastermind Behind the Scenes: W.V.Ep 42
Rob and Scott sit down with Vern Patterson and talk about developing the museums simulators with the college internship program, being an Air Force Meteorologist and restoring the link trainer.#warbirds #museum #flying #podcast&nb...
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...