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Welcome to the Mike in the Front podcast!
Join your host, Mike, a Canadian professional airline pilot as he discusses his adventures in aviation and talks to friends, mentors, colleagues, and other professionals in the industry that he has met during his career. The mission of the Mike In The Front podcast is to share the passion for aviation and encourage others to achieve their goals.
Whether you're a professional pilot, student pilot, avgeek, aviation professional, or just want to learn something new, we're happy to have you aboard!
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Recent Episodes
S1E13 EP 13 - Sophie at Nav Canada: Aviation Weather Expert Part 1
Predicting and planning for the weather is a skill that is essential to aviation safety. Luckily for us, Nav Canada employs a team of weather experts who along with forecasters at Environment Canada,…
EP 12 - Leon Evans: The Steward of the Lancaster
Mike sits down with Captain (Retired... sort of...) Leon Evans for a conversation about flying the legend that is the Avro Lancaster. As long time Chief Pilot at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and…
EP 11 - Growing Up Together - Captain Rashid Nazir
Rashid and Mike share a lot in common in terms of their journey through the Canadian aviation industry. Initially working on a Beech 1900, they cut their teeth together as they battled adverse…
EP 10 - Dancing with a Legend: Dave Hadfield & the Spitfire
Dave Hadfield comes from an iconic family when it comes to Canadian aviation. With eight pilots and counting in the family, Dave enjoyed a successful career as an airline pilot retiring on the Boeing…
S1E9 EP 09 - Captain Damar Walker
Captain Damar Walker started out like any other prospective airline captain in aviation. With a goal and dream in mind he started flight training in hopes of one day flying jets. Now, after a…
S1E8 EP 08 - Learning to Fly — Getting Your Private Pilot Licence
Do you dream about flying? Ever wanted to become a pilot? “How do I become a pilot?” is a question professional pilots get all the time. Whether you want to become a professional pilot or just fly…
S1E7 EP 07 - Adam at Nav Canada
Nav Canada is Canada's air navigation service provider. They deliver air traffic services, design and maintain essential airspace systems, and ensure the safe movement of aircraft. How? with skilled…
EP 06 - Cold War Fighters with Ted Climenhaga
A life well lived in airplanes. Mike sits down to talk with his tailwheel mentor retired Captain Ted Climenhaga. Listen in as Ted recounts his flying career from 1960s RCAF flying in the CF-100…
S1E5 EP 05 - Lost Aviator Coffee
Red eye to Rome anyone? Mike chats with Steve Zago from Lost Aviator Coffee about how two furloughed airline pilots started a business by pivoting to roasting coffee in the face of a global pandemic.…
S1E4 EP 04 - Taildraggers to Supersonic with Bill McBride
Mike sits down with his friend and experienced aviator, Bill McBride to talk about Bill’s experience in flying almost 50 different types of aircraft. Bill shares his experience as a warbird pilot,…
S1E3 EP 03 - My Harvard Journey
Welcome to Episode 03 where we discuss how Mike accomplished a career long goal of getting checked out in the North American T6 Harvard. This was a journey that was over a decade in the making and…
S1E2 EP 02 - Jason at Infinite Flight
In episode 02, Jason Rosewell joins us from Infinite Flight to talk about the world of mobile flight sim, airplane ownership, and the humbling experience of learning by making a mistake. Follow us…
S1E1 EP 01 - The "Pilot" Episode
In our first episode, Mike introduces himself, the origin of "Mike in the Front", the goals of the podcast and what to expect as he shares his passion for aviation Follow us on Instagram at…
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Mike In The Front has published 13 episodes since November 2025, covering topics in Aviation, Business.
Mike In The Front is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 59m.
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