Show Notes
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!
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