Mike In The Front

EP 15 - Mike Tryggvason & Air Race X (Season 1 Finale!)

Mike Tryggvason was raised in a family passionate about aviation. As one of Canada’s first astronauts, Mike’s dad, Bjarni Tryggvason instilled a love of airplanes and aer

EP 14 - Sophie at Nav Canada: Part 2 Your Questions Answered!

Mike, Sophie, and Jason are back for Part 2! In this episode Sophie answers listener aviation weather questions and also tells us what it really means when an aviation fo

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 forec

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

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 a

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

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 flyi

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 prof

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

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 RC

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 t

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 expe

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

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 m

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 Follo