Vertical Guidance

Episode #14: Rob Haglund, Former Delta Airlines Captain

On this week's podcast, we hosted Rob Haglund. Rob had a very long and successful aviation career. He started out his professional career with Delta at age 25. He worked

Episode 13: TRAVIS WELLIK, Cirrus Aircraft Sales Engineer Technical Expert on the Vision Jet

In this week's episode, we were honored to host UND alumni Travis Wellik. Travis goes over the vast opportunities within an aviation career. We also discuss how you could

Episode #12: TIPS ON HOW TO PASS A CHECKRIDE/STAGE CHECK with Owen Poborski and Trent Cardott

On this weeks episode we host UND Standards Department Pilots Owen Poborsky and Trent Cardott. They are conducting UND stage checks at all levels (except CFI) so they see

Episode #11 Jake McLaughlin, FedEx First Officer based in Hong Kong, UND Alum

Believe it or not… we made it to our 11th episode! On this weeks podcast we host Jake McLaughlin. He is a young FedEx pilot based in Hong Kong. We discuss how Jake was ab

Episode #10: Dan Malott, UND Professor, Sun Country First Officer, Entrepreneur

On this weeks episode we had the privilege to host Dan Mallot. Dan is currently a First Officer for Sun Country Airlines, a UND professor, and a business owner. Dan’s bus

Episode #9: Tyler Barry. Airline Pilot, CFI/CFII/MEI, Former Lead Flight Instructor

On this weeks episode we host Tyler Barry, a regional airline pilot(not SkyWest). There are a variety of topics discussed about airline pilot life and how the regional ca

Episode #8: Chatham Harris on opportunities in Corporate Aviation, King Air and Citation Driver

In this week's episode, we host Chatham Harris! Chatham is a UND graduate and has vast experience in the corporate industry. He is a fantastic example of someone that ove

Episode #7: Abby Jarve and Emme Miller

This week on the podcast we are joined by Emme Miller and Abby Jarve.  Abby is currently a First Officer at Skywest and Emme is working on her ATC and UAS majors. Abby wa

Episode #6: Captain Jeff Frane, FedEx Captain, Former Air Force Pilot

This week on the podcast we sit down with Jeff Frane a former Air Force pilot and now a Check Airman for FedEx. This former UND graduate goes over his journey to becoming

Episode #5: Zach Dabrowski, UND Lead Flight Instructor

On this week's podcast, we host Zach Dabrowski. We wanted to keep going on another week of advice for newer UND students. We discuss topics ranging from UNDs new Training

Episode #4: A Group of UND Friends go over what You Need to Know About Coming to UND as a Aviation Freshman

In this week's episode, we have Jack Kuiper, Sam Beder, Kyle Moser, and Christoph Webber on the Podcast. We go into information that we wish we knew as incoming freshmen

Episode #3: David Campos, Former UND CFI, Skywest First Officer

This week on the Vertical Guidance Podcast we dive into how Dave was able to make it to the regionals so quickly. He talks about different tips and tricks he used to get

Episode #2 Mike Trost CFI, Piper Aircraft Ambassador, just a good dude

This weeks guest on Vertical Guidance is Mike Trost. Although Mike’s aviation career just recently started, he has had some awesome experiences including some Alaska Flyi

Episode #1: Dan Klaver, former CFI, UND Standards Department, SkyWest

On the very first episode of the Vertical Guidance Podcast, we talk to Dan Klaver on a variety of topics. We think Dan offers great advice on how to handle "checkride anx