Naval Air: Recent Episodes

Mike in Corona

A podcast about Naval Aviation starting with the early 80’s.

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Scott tells about his time forward deployed to Japan with HSL-37. 1 hour 49 minutes.

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Your hosts talk about Scott’s involvement with the test and evaluation of potential new sub-hunting gear for the SH-2F. 1 hour 17 minutes.

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In this episode, we discuss Scott’s first deployment with HSL-37. 1 hour 13 minutes.

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In a first for this podcast, your hosts devote an episode to answering questions from a listener’s email. All feedback is welcomed and we are more than willing to answer your questions, so drop us a line. 1 hour 7 minutes.

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Your hosts discuss Scott’s workups and his first deployment with HSL-37. 1 hour 16 minutes.

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Your hosts discuss Scott’s arrival at HSL-37 aboard NAS Barbers Point in Hawaii. 1 hour 22 minutes.

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Mike and Scott continue comparing & contrasting their time at the Fleet Replacement Squadron. 1 hour 30 minutes.

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Mike and Scott talk about making it to the Fleet Replacement Squadron for LAMPS Mk I on the west coast: HSL-31. 1 hour 54 minutes.

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Mike and Scott compare notes on AW Common Core. Not very exciting if you weren’t there, probably less so if you were. 1 hour.

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Mike and Scott compare their respective attendance to the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape course in Warner Springs, CA. 1 hour 42 minutes.

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Your hosts talk about their time at the Search and Rescue School operated by HC-1 at NAS North Island in the Summer of 1983. 2 hours 5 minutes.

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Your hosts Mike and Scott compare memories of their time at the Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator ‘A’ School in Millington, TN. 1 hour 34 minutes.

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Your hosts Mike and Scott compare memories of their time at Naval Aircrewman Candidate School in Pensacola Florida. 1 hour 31 minutes.

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Episodes resume after a 10-year hiatus with your hosts comparing their respective experiences in Navy Basic Training. The tone is more like reminiscing than a point-by-point comparison. 1 hour 18 minutes.

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In our fourth third show with this guest, we are still talking about the Training Pipeline for a Student Naval Aviator (SNA). We start discussing his final destination and his time at The RAG. We also get a little bit of an update on SERE School.

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A third show with a guest, we are still talking about the Training Pipeline for a Student Naval Aviator (SNA). We continue to discuss the guest’s personal experiences in Advanced flight training (Helicopter).

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In our second show with a guest, we continue to run down the Training Pipeline for a Student Naval Aviator (SNA). We discuss the guest’s personal experiences in Advanced flight training (Helicopter).

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In this first show with a guest, we run down the Training Pipeline for a Student Naval Aviator (SNA). We also discuss the guest’s personal experiences with the first couple stops in the pipeline.

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Fulfilling listener requests, I give a rundown of my last year on Active Duty in the Navy.

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A look at what an HSL (LAMPS MK I) Detachment from the early 1980’s does on a deployment. The BG responds the TWA hijacking, Australia, and the Tiger Cruise.

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A look at what an HSL (LAMPS MK I) Detachment from the early 1980’s does on a deployment. Singapore, “Crossing the Line”, and Diego Garcia.

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A look at what an HSL (LAMPS MK I) Detachment from the early 1980’s does on a deployment. Reminiscing with the Cruise Book.

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A look at what an HSL (LAMPS MK I) Detachment from the early 1980’s does on a deployment. Departure Day, Hawaii, and the Philippines.

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A look at the preparations an HSL (LAMPS MK I) Detachment from the early 1980’s makes to get ready for a deployment.

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A little more in-depth look at an HSL (LAMPS MK I) squadron from the early 1980’s.

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The first look at what goes on in the Fleet Squadron.

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A quick rundown of what it was like for the host to spend the Holidays while on Active Duty.

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More talk of the last stop on the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s, The RAG.

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A description of the last stop on the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s, The RAG.

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A description of the next stop on the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s, AW Common Core.

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A description of the next stop on the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Training.

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A description of the third stop on the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s, SAR School

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A description of the second stop on the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s, AW ‘A’ School

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A description of the first stop on the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s, Naval Aircrewman Candidate School

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An introduction to the podcast and a description of the training pipeline for an AW in the U.S. Navy in the early 80’s.