#71 - Seabee Owner and Former Fighter Pilot Jim Whalley
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Jim Whalley is a retired FA-18 hornet pilot, graduate of the Empire Test Pilots School and co-founder of a successful aeronautical industries company Nova Systems. But coolest thing of all, he owns a great example of a Republic Seabee flying boat!
On today’s episode, I speak with the man of the moment, Peter Killin, who has the enviable job of ferrying one of the last WW2 era four engine flying boats, Hawaii Mars to her final resting place in Victoria BC..
Retracing the steps of an historic flight around Australia 100 years ago, David Geers and Cathy Babis are on a journey around our great nation in a Searey Amphibian.