#61 Jim "Guido" DiMatteo - Air Race Director and Top Gun Adversary
Alex MacPhail Podcast
English - May 25, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Management teams high performance entrepreneurship management flying aviation pilot business sport racing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode Alex interviews Captain Jim "Guido" DiMatteo, a world-class pilot who spent 25 years flying fighters in the U.S. Navy. He logged more than 5,000 hours flying the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, A-4 Skyhawk, F-5N Tiger II and F-16N Fighting Falcon. He commanded Top Gun adversary squadrons on both coasts and led the foundation stood up by the Commander Naval Air Forces to organise the Centennial of Naval Aviation Celebrations in 2011.
DiMatteo retired in 2013 and currently serves as the Race Director for the popular World Championship Air Race (WCAR) and as vice president of flight operations, features and attractions for the world’s largest aviation event, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. His deep background and connections in aviation and his experience organizing and managing large-scale events make him an ideal speaker for events around the world.
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