The Hangardeck Podcast

In this episode of The Hangardeck Podcast, “Pitchlock” Pete, Fast Eddie and Raging Rick talk with Vietnam veteran Buzz Lockwood.  Lockwood is a decorated helicopter pilot. During his 2 ½ tours in Vietnam Lockwood received 3 purple hearts among other medals honoring his bravery during service. Lockwood faced many hardships during his service, including being shot down a total of 13 times. Regarding his medals Lockwood was extremely humble stating, “There were tens of thousands of acts of valor, bravery, and courage done by Americans every day during the war – only a few people got recognized, most acts went unrewarded.” He added that he would gladly return all three of his purple hearts, in turn for not having to endure what he did to get them, stating the hearts were basically rewarding any near death experience. Lockwood graduated from Fort Rutgers Alabama flight school, and three months later he was in Vietnam. He flew a light observation helicopter, nicknamed a Loach by the military men. The loach helicopt

In this episode, Pitchlock Pete and Fast Eddie are on location for the 2016 Culpeper Air Fest.  The guys set up location and interviewed many performers and event coordinators at the Air Fest.  In this interview, the guys talk with Pilot Kevin Russo who performs around the country at airshows in his T-6 Texan.  Kevin is in his 18th year flying air shows with his SNJ-6/T-6 aircraft. His aircraft is a restored SNJ-6 the aircraft was built in 1944 and delivered to Pensacola NAS FL in August 1945. Kevin purchased the aircraft 21 years ago and restored it back to the Pensacola colors you see today. Kevin’s SNJ-6 is thought to be the lowest time Texan around with only 3,000 hours.

In this on site segment, Pitchlock Pete joins SNJ-6 Charlie Flight Element and chats about the low ceiling level with "Pappy", "Hollywood", "Jackie", "Cooler", and "Will".  Also, a briefly chatting with Chuck from The Flying Circus.

In this Episode Segment, Uncut and Raw with WWII B-24 Pilot Easly Smith. A MUST Listen and pay respect to our Veterans of this great nation.  This man is a HERO and we are happy to bring this short segment of his background.

In this episode, The Hangardeck Podcast interviews the Fighter Factory Maintenance Leadership team.  Standby and Hold On as TK and the boys tell us how it is with Warbird Maintenance.

In this Video Podcast episode, Pitchlock Pete and Whitey are on location for an interview with former F-14 Skipper and Topgun Instructor Dave "Bio" Baranek.  He is an accomplished author of his first hand accounts in the US Navy and the books are Topgun Days and Before TopGun Days respectively.  Check out Bio at You can find his books on

In this episode, The Hangardeck Podcast Interviews Aircraft Artist and Painter Shayne Meder - and then we discuss the preliminary news release from the Southwest Engine Failure.

In this episode, Pitchlock Pete and Jackscrew Jesse give unedited views of the most recent Samsung Galaxy 7 Lithium Battery issue regarding aviation and also talk about US Military Air to Air Intercepts with Fighter Jets.     

In this Episode of the Hangardeck Podcast, the team has the privilege to interview aviation and aerospace expert pilot Wolfgang Czaia.  Wolfgang discusses the first production jet fighter, the ME-262, and the history, flying characteristics and how many reproduction aircraft are flying today.  It’s an amazing discussion that we guarantee to satisfy your itch for unique aviation discussions.  We have been working on this episode and are very proud to bring our audience this special interview with Wolfgang.   Wolfgang flies the aircraft once a year at the Military Aviation Museum – “Warbirds over the Beach” so if you are an aviation enthusiast, you MUST see this first hand.     The Hangardeck Podcast would like to thank our audience for the continued support on our venture. We reached a milestone of over 12,000 downloads and continue to grow our audience. The Hangardeck Podcast Team continues to strive and bring great interviews for the aviation enthusiast.  Tell us how we are doing by dropping Pitchlock Pete a

In this Episode of The Hangardeck Podcast, we have the privilege of talking with WWII Luftwaffe pilot Hans Meyer. Hans Meyer was born in 1927 and grew up in Brandenburg, Germany. Ever since his youth he was interested in aviation, so at the age of 14, Hans joined the Flieger-HJ and learned to fly the Schneider SG-38 (Flying Glider). When he was 16, he earned himself the Glider Pilot Proficiency Badge ‘C’ level and signed up for the Luftwaffe a year later in 1944 to become a fighter pilot. After Hans completed his flight training in Werneuchen with the Messerschmitt Bf 109, he was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 54 “Grünherz” and was stationed on the Eastern Front. There he distinguished himself as a fighter pilot and was credited with a total of 5 air victories. Tune into more great Episodes of The Hangardeck Podcast.

Aviation Enthusiast Matthew McArthur from Melbourne, Australia Skype's into The Hangardeck Podcast to discuss Antarctic Aviation and the History of flying in this unforgiving environment.  Matthew's expert commentary is quite fascinating and enthusiastic as he describes the history and his experiences while working there. Matthew also is the host and creator of the Ice Coffee Podcast and discusses his passion about Antarctic exploration and base his content on my his extensive research on the topic and his own experiences working as a diver at Scott Base.  During Matthew's time on the ice he flew in a range of types not normally a transport option to Australian civilians and found himself spending time at the sea ice runway and local helipads as much as he could where he could combine his passion for Aviation and the Antarctic. Tune into Matthew at his podcast - 

A great State of the Hangardeck Podcast Union.  Tune into the explosion of the Podcast this year and our discussion on our upcoming events and our relationships with the Military Aviation Museum and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum.  We are also introducing our new Co-Host "Jackscrew Jesse" Olmstead to the show. 

Our first Podcast from the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum with our Special Guest Mr. Dave Elliott.  Dave is the Program Manager for the NASA Super Guppy Transport Aircraft.  This episode The Hangardeck Podcast team continue the discussion with Dave on the specifics of the aircraft, history and unique cargo that the aircraft is designed to transport. The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum staff was extremely hospitable and welcoming to the team.  We look forward to monthly Podcast Recordings with a unique guests supporting diverse aviation topics. 

The Hangardeck Podcast Team Traveled to Virginia Beach to participate in the Warbirds Over the Beach 2016 Airshow.  We were fortunate to witness the first flight of Messerschmitt Bf-109G.  First, we have to say, Jerry is an amazing host and provided us with the opportunity to record some amazing people he has flying and working with these unique aircraft.  This episode we recorded on Saturday May 21, 2016 with SNJ Pilots "Jackie" and "Cooler" who were flying the photography shoot aircraft this weekend in formation to help capture rare Warbird formation footage for the Military Aviation Museum.    

The Hangardeck Podcast Team Traveled to Virginia Beach to participate in the Warbirds Over the Beach 2016 Airshow.  We were fortunate to witness the first flight of Jerry Yagen's Messerschmitt Bf-109G.  First, we have to say, Jerry is an amazing host and provided us with the opportunity to record some amazing people he has flying and working with these unique aircraft.  This episode we recorded Saturday May 21, 2016 with General Manager "TK" and talk about the and his maintenance team.  The Fighter Factory is the restoration & maintenance facility of the , a recently built hangar located on the grounds of the Virginia Beach Airport located in Pungo, VA.  The Team maintains and restores WW2 & WW1 military aircraft. With a large inventory of flying vintage aircraft from both the First World War and the Second World War and also other vintage aircraft from from the Korean war . Military warbirds, fighters, bombers, training aircraft and liaison planes. Go and see all these warbirds restored to their fo

The Hangardeck Podcast Team Traveled to Virginia Beach to participate in the Warbirds Over the Beach 2016 Airshow.  We were fortunate to witness the first flight of Jerry Yagen's Messerschmitt Bf-109G.  First, we have to say, Jerry is an amazing host and provided us with the opportunity to record some amazing people he has flying and working with these unique aircraft.  This episode we recorded on Saturday May 21, 2016 with Pilot John "Pappy" Mays.  Pappy discusses his time at the Military Aviation Museum. John, "Pappy" Mazza has been flying his entire life; as a matter of fact he took his first plane ride at the age of 1 Month.  When Pappy was nine years old he was given a check ride by an FAA flight examiner and passed the check ride for a private pilot's license due to Pappy being only nine years old. On his 16th birthday, he soloed and went on to et his commercial license, single engine land, multi-engine land and instrument rating.  Today, Pappy has over 4,500 hours in over 40 different aircraft, flying

The Hangardeck Podcast Team Traveled to Virginia Beach to participate in the Warbirds Over the Beach 2016 Airshow.  We were fortunate to witness the first flight of Jerry Yagen's Messerschmitt Bf-109G.  First, we have to say, Jerry is an amazing host and provided us with the opportunity to record some amazing people he has flying and working with these unique aircraft.  This exclusive interview took place with Mr. Jerry Yagen on Sunday, May 22, 2016.

The Hangardeck Podcast Team Traveled to Virginia Beach to participate in the Warbirds Over the Beach 2016 Airshow.  We were fortunate to witness the first flight of Messerschmidt Bf-109G.  First, we have to say, Jerry is an amazing host and provided us with the opportunity to record some amazing people he has flying and working with these unique aircraft.  This episode we recorded on Sunday, May 22, 2016 with Pilot Rick Volker.  Rick explains the flight characteristics of the BF-109G on it's first flight on May 20, 2016.

In this Episode of the Hangar Deck Podcast, the team discusses the Flying US Navy Helicopters with CDR Sam Maroon (ret.).  Sam discusses dynamics of flying large carrier based helicopters to include water landings.  Listen to this great Episode and thanks for supporting our Podcast.  

In this Episode of the Hangar Deck Podcast, the team discusses the Russian SU-24 being shot down over the Turkey Syria Border. A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border on 24 November 2015. According to Turkey, the aircraft whose nationality was unknown at the time was fired upon while in Turkish airspace because it violated the border up to a depth 1.36 miles for about 17 seconds after being warned to change its heading 10 times over a period of five minutes. The Russia Defense Ministry denied the aircraft ever left Syrian airspace, counter-claiming that their satellite data showed that the Sukhoi was about 1,100 yards inside Syrian airspace when it was shot down. The US State Department said that the US independently confirmed that the aircraft's flight path violated Turkish territory, and that the Turks gave multiple warnings to the pilot, to which they received no response. Russian president Vladimir Putin said that the US knew the