Full Throttle U: Inside California Aeronautical University's Flight Team

Podcast: The Future in Flight Podcast · Creative Relay Media

Opublikowano: 2026-03-19

🎧 Episode Summary This episode takes you on an incredible journey through aviation excellence and history. We kick things off rolling down the runway with California Aeronautical University's competitive flight team—a squad that’s climbed from 20th place at nationals in 2022 to seriously eyeing a top-10 finish. Along the way, they take to the skies cross-country in “Little Red,” a 1965 Cessna 150, competing in NIFA events while building a culture rooted in safety, discipline, and sportsmanship. That commitment has earned them four consecutive Red Baron Team Sportsmanship Awards. Then, host Shawn Staerker is joined by his daughter El...