Buck Windham is the author of Hogs in the Sand, A-10 pilot, and an airline pilot. He has been in aviation since he was 15 years old. He kept a careful journal during his time in the military during desert storm, and now that journal has been turned into a bestselling book that inspires people all over the world to enter the military and the aviation world. This book will become a historical account of something that many of us have lived through ourselves.
In this episode, we talk about Buck’s experience being deployed and his experience converting his journal into a book. We also talk about the lessons he took from his time in the military and applied to working as an airline pilot.
This is an episode you don’t want to miss! And Buck’s book needs to be on the reading list of every single pilot or aviation enthusiast.
5:45 – What Buck learned from turning his journal into a book
7:45 – How the fighter pilots adapted to the Gulf War, after mostly training for combat in Europe
11:12 – “You have a bag of luck and a bag of experience. You try not to drain the luck before you fill the bag of experience.”
14:55 – The morale and comradery during desert storm, and what it was like to be in the airforce in a time when the most senior officers had not yet seen combat
21:13 – Anecdotes from Buck’s book
26:01 – Lessons Buck brought from the military into his current job working for an airline
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