Airborne: The Air Race Podcast

Matthias and Flo join Alex for the final episode of the season. Discussing their new team environment and how the two German pilots came to join forces in the new iteration of the FAI Air Race World Championships. 

Episode 9 of the Airborne Podcast is the 2017 Air Race World Champion, Yoshi Muroya. Joining from his hangar in Fukushima, Alex MacPhail and Yoshi go into the early days of Yoshi's career and the changes he and his team made in order to take home the 2017 title.

Episode 8, coming close to the end of Season 1, Alex talks to Steve Jones about the plans and current changes for the GT race category from Training Camps and Academies to Raceplane modifications and more. 

Jimbo Reed, previous race team Technician and Technical Director for the Red Bull Air Race talks to Alex MacPhail about all things race planes and modifications. From previous projects working on Virgin Galactic and how he joined the Air Race circuit, to future race plane modifications, strap in!

Welcome to Episode 6 of Airborne, joining our host Alex MacPhail this week is Air Race Pilot Kevin Coleman. Kevin started flying at only 10 years old and talks about joining the airshow community within the USA, we also dive into the mix of testing a race plane in the lead up to the 2022 season.

Martin Sonka is the next AeroGP1 pilot to join Alex on the show. This week we talk about the differences between Edge and Extra race planes and flying within the Red Bull Air Race.

Melanie Astles is the second AeroGP1 pilot to join Alex on the show. This week we talk about setting up a new racing team from scratch, finding experts within the sport and more.  

Strap in for this one, in our longest episode yet, Alex MacPhail sits down with Air Race Director and US Navy Top Gun Adversary Jim DiMatteo. From landing on aircraft carriers with only one engine at night and being a Top Gun adversary in the US Navy, to bringing the Red Bull Air Race to New York and working with local aviation authorities.  We have multiple AeroGP1 pilots joining Alex over the coming weeks so send any questions you may have for them to our social media channels @theairrace. 

Joining our host Alex MacPhail this week is current and defending Air Race World Champion Matt Hall. Matt sits down to talk about his race preparation, how he joined the Air Race community and his plans for MHR into the future. Strap in, we are only just getting started.

Welcome to Episode 1 of Airborne, the World Championship Air Race Podcast. Joining our host, Alex MacPhail, is Race Series Director Willie Cruickshank. Strap in for an information packed discussion, including Launch Events, Training Camps and some very exciting news!To keep up to date with all future Air Race news, including team announcements and calendar dates make sure you Subscribe and follow us on Social Media.• Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheAirRace​•  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/TheAirRace​• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheAirRace​• For more information on the upcoming season or for business enquiries, visit https://www.wcairrace.com​ 

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