The Hangar Z Podcast

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Episode 136 - The Loma Linda Children’s Hospital Cops for Kids Fly-In with Doug Brimmer and Ian Crocker Part II Feb 16, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.

In this two-part series, we sit down to talk about a multi-agency public interaction event designed to bring positive law enforcement interaction to ill children and their families at the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital.

To discuss the Loma Linda Children’s Hospital Cops for Kids Fly-In we speak with Doug Brimmer from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and Ian Crocker from the Riverside Police Department in California.

Deputy Doug Brimmer has served the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department for over 28 years. His passion for law enforcement began early on as he was raised in a military, law enforcement, and aviation family. Following the heroic footsteps of his father, Vic Brimmer, Doug passionately pursued the same law enforcement and aviation career as his father.

After serving two years in the jail system and eight years on patrol he was assigned to Sheriff's Aviation in 2011.

While in aviation, he flew for two years as a tactical flight officer, eight years as a patrol helicopter pilot, and two years as a rescue helicopter pilot.

He has conducted well over 70 live hoist rescue missions throughout San Bernardino County. While at aviation, he also serves as a recruitment team member for the department, a coordinator for the Aero Squadron and volunteers on the boards for both the Sheriff's Historical Society and the California Law Enforcement Historical Society.

Ian Crocker was born and raised in Redlands, California. In 2008 he graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cal State San Bernardino. While in college, Crocker also began working in mental health programs for at-risk youth. In 2012, he took the first step in pursuing his dream job. He entered the Extended Academy at San Bernardino Valley College while working full time during the day.

The extended academy took a year to complete. He received his basic POST in August of 2013 and was hired by Riverside Police Department in October of 2013.

Crocker worked patrol. He was selected as a School Resource Officer. and was also selected to be a collateral member of their SWAT Sniper Team. In 2020, Crocker was selected as a tactical flight officer briefly before testing, interviewing, and being selected as pilot.

Thank you to sponsors CNC Technologies, Summit Aviation, and Astronautics Corporation of America.

Episode 135 - The Loma Linda Children’s Hospital Cops for Kids Fly-In with Doug Brimmer and Ian Crocker Part I Feb 14, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.

To discuss the Loma Linda Children’s Hospital Cops for Kids Fly-In, we speak with Doug Brimmer from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and Ian Crocker from the Riverside Police Department in California.

Deputy Doug Brimmer has served the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department for over 28 years. His passion for law enforcement began early on as he was raised in a military, law enforcement and aviation family. Following the heroic footsteps of his father, Vic Brimmer, Doug passionately pursued the same law enforcement and aviation career as his father.

After serving two years in the jail system and eight years on patrol he was assigned to Sheriff's Aviation in 2011.

While in aviation, he flew for two years as a tactical flight officer, eight years as a patrol helicopter pilot and two years as a rescue helicopter pilot.

Ian Crocker was born and raised in Redlands, California. In 2008, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cal State San Bernardino. While in college, Crocker also began working in mental health programs for at-risk youth. In 2012, Crocker took the first step in pursuing his dream job.

He entered the Extended Academy at San Bernardino Valley College while working full time during the day. The extended academy took a year to complete. He received his basic POST in August of 2013 and was hired by Riverside Police Department in October of 2013.

Thank you to sponsors Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing, Summit Aviation, and Precision Aviation Group.

Episode 134- Anaheim Police Aviation with Bryan Santy Part II Feb 09, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.
In this two-part series, host Jon Gray sits down with Bryan Santy, the sergeant in charge of Anaheim Police Department's aviation unit.
Santy has had a wildly successful law enforcement career. He worked his way to aviation becoming a pilot after working patrol and as a gang investigator.

Santy was later promoted to sergeant and went back to field operations working as a patrol sergeant and supervised the Homeland Security detail.
Santy worked his way back to air support and has been the sergeant of the unit since August 2010.
Anaheim PD’s aviation program dates to 1970, when they began the program flying two Hughes 300 helicopters. Today they go by the call sign Angel and are flying H125 (AStar) helicopters as well as a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan to assist in surveillance missions.

With its humble beginnings in 1970 to the current multi-category aircraft fleet, the Anaheim Police Department Air Support unit's primary mission remains to provide support to patrol officers.

As the technology, aircraft performance and fleet diversification have advanced with crew training and professionalism, the unit has expanded its capabilities to support virtually any public safety aviation mission.

Thank you to sponsors AeroBrigham, Metro Aviation and Robinson Helicopters

Episode 133- Anaheim Police Aviation with Bryan Santy Part I Feb 07, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS.

In this two-part series, host Jon Gray sits down with Bryan Santy, the sergeant in charge of Anaheim Police Department's aviation unit.

Santy has had a wildly successful law enforcement career. He worked his way to aviation becoming a pilot after working patrol and as a gang investigator.

With its humble beginnings in 1970 to the current multi-category aircraft fleet, the Anaheim Police Department Air Support unit's primary mission remains to provide support to patrol officers.

Thank you to sponsors Bell, AEM and Dallas Avionics.

Episode 132 - Honoring and Remembering Flight Nurse Stacie Morse AKA "Alaska 2" Part II Jan 30, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.

This is a two-part series where we honor the memory and legacy of flight nurse Stacie Morse in partnership with ECHO Heliops, The First Responder Whiskey Society, Morse’s aunt Susan Morse deLucia, and her best friend Cindy Pratt, to honor and discuss the legacy of flight nurse Stacie Morse.

Flight nurse Stacie Morse, flight paramedic Margaret Langston, and pilot Patrick Coyle perished on Jan. 29, 2019, while responding to a call for fixed-wing patient transport.

As ECHO's second member from Alaska, she was known as "Alaska 2," and had a strong passion for learning. In addition, Morse had a vast love for the outdoors and volunteered to better the community in which she lived.

Morse worked in various settings between emergency room and intensive care unit nursing before beginning her career as a flight nurse in Juneau, Alaska.

Thank you to our sponsors Aero Brigham, Metro Aviation, and Robinson Helicopters.
About the Stacie Morse Education Scholarship
https://www.echoflightcrew.org/staciemorse

Episode 131 - Honoring and Remembering Flight Nurse Stacie Morse AKA "Alaska 2" Part I Jan 29, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.

Flight nurse Stacie Morse, flight paramedic Margaret Langston, and pilot Patrick Coyle perished on Jan. 29, 2019, while responding to a call for fixed-wing patient transport.

Morse worked in various settings between emergency room and intensive care unit nursing before beginning her career as a flight nurse in Juneau, Alaska.

Thank you to our sponsors Collins Aerospace’s Goodrich, Metro Aviation, and Robinson Helicopters
About the Stacie Morse Education Scholarship
https://www.echoflightcrew.org/staciemorse

Episode 130- Flame Resistant Flight Suits Tyler Boeddeker and Sean MacHale from Massif Part II Jan 25, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.
This is Part Two of a two-part series with Tyler Boeddeker and Sean MacHale from Massif, an apparel company that creates and produces some of the world’s finest flame-resistant (FR) gear.
Massif was founded in 1999 by two passionate visionaries who set the bar high for quality and excellence in everything they do. Randy Benham, one of Massif’s founders, was a Jenny Lake search-and-rescue (SAR) crewmember in Grand Teton National Park who understood the demands of rugged, unpredictable and hazardous work conditions.
On a mission to fill the gap and solve the problem, Massif partnered with the specialized Los Angeles based knitting mill Antex, and a core group of extraordinarily dedicated people.
Together, they invented never-before-seen FR fabrics and applied them to innovative clothing designs for numerous climates and contexts.
Boeddeker is a U.S. Navy veteran, having served in the Navy for six years as a Naval Aircrewman, with three deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent Resolve. He has multiple certifications as a rescue swimmer, SAR Petty Officer, SERE graduate, and more. He’s now worked as a government sales manager for nearly 4 years. He is also a certified civilian rescue swimmer, EMT-B, and Wilderness EMT, and a licensed skydiver!
MacHale is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, having served 10 years as a Marine Corps tiltrotor crew chief on the MV-22 Osprey. MacHale is in-tune with the aviation world. He has deployed with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the 15th MEU in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009 and Operation Inherent Resolve in 2015. MacHale is a licensed private pilot, skydiver, and scuba diver, but will also indulge in sailing, surfing and any other outdoor activity!
In this episode, Boeddeker talks about a rescue operation he was a part of involving two pilots who ejected from their stricken fighter jet.
Hangar Z host Jon Gray and his guests also spend time talking about FR gear, which includes flight suits, and get into some of the tech behind FR materials.
Lastly, they talk about some of the safety considerations that go along with the proper use of flame-resistant flight suits and apparel.
Thank you to sponsors MD Helicopters, Collins Aerospace’s Goodrich, and Robinson Helicopters.

Episode 129- Flame Resistant Flight Suits Tyler Boeddeker and Sean MacHale from Massif Part I Jan 23, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.
This is Part One of a two-part series with Tyler Boeddeker and Sean MacHale from Massif, and aviation apparel company that creates and produces some of the world’s finest flame-resistant (FR) gear.

Massif was founded in 1999 by two passionate visionaries who set the bar high for quality and excellence in everything they do. Randy Benham, one of Massif’s founders, was a Jenny Lake search-and-rescue (SAR) crew member in Grand Teton National Park who understood the demands of rugged, unpredictable and hazardous work conditions.

On a mission to fill the gap and solve the problem, Massif partnered with the specialized Los Angeles based knitting mill Antex, and a core group of extraordinarily dedicated people.

Together, they invented never-before-seen FR fabrics and applied them to innovative clothing designs for numerous climates and contexts.

Boeddeker is a U.S. Navy veteran, having served in the Navy for six years as a Naval Aircrewman, with three deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent Resolve. He has multiple certifications as a rescue swimmer, SAR Petty Officer, SERE graduate, and more.

He’s now worked as a government sales manager for nearly four years. He is also a certified civilian rescue swimmer, EMT-B, and Wilderness EMT, and a licensed skydiver!

MacHale is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, having served 10 years as a Marine Corps tiltrotor crew chief on the MV-22 Osprey. MacHale is in-tune with the aviation world.

He has deployed with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the 15th MEU in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009 and Operation Inherent Resolve in 2015. MacHale is a licensed private pilot, skydiver and scuba diver, but will also indulge in sailing, surfing, and any outdoor activity!

In this episode, Boeddeker and MacHale talk about their military careers and their path to Massif. They also talk about some funny experiences during their active duty time.

Thank you to sponsors Metro Aviation, Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing and MD Helicopters.

Episode 128- "Surviving the Audit" with LAPD'S Mike Daly (Retired) Part III Jan 18, 2024

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Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.

This is part three of a three-part series. This series is important for all public safety aviation units, because we discuss the audit released by the LA City Controller’s office on the LAPD Air Support Division.

The LAPD Air Support Division is well equipped to deal with and respond to the report to justify its program based on the stats it keeps and the details of its program.

We many times have discussed how air support programs are the low-hanging fruit when it comes to politicians and bean counters. This three-part series will talk about LAPD’s air support program and how what they do will help shape the way your agency keeps track of stats and program information.

To discuss the audit we brought in Mike Daly, who retired from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) after nearly 34 years of service. If you ever went to LAPD’s Air Crew course, you most likely heard Daly’s course and his legendary one liners.

Daly grew up in Latham, New York, enlisting in the military immediately after graduating high school in 1976. After his discharge from active duty, he returned to New York and attended college. In May 1983, he was hired by the LAPD and completed nearly 34 years of service with the below listed assignments.

Daly worked his way to Air Support, having worked assignments in patrol, including 77th. He was a metro K9 handler, worked rampart as Gang Unit OIC sergeant and watch commander before he was selected to the air support division as a watch commander and command pilot.

Daly also completed 24 years of military service with the U. S. Army in both the active and reserve components. SSG Daly served over seven years on active duty including an 18-month combat tour in Iraq.

In this episode, we discuss using stats to prove your aviation program is essential and not a luxury.

We discuss some of the academic studies that document, through empirical evidence, that air support units reduce crime.

Lastly, we discuss the use of social media to promote aviation programs.

Thank you to our sponsors Bell, Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing and SHOTOVER.

Episode 127- "Surviving the Audit" with LAPD'S Mike Daly (Retired) Part II Jan 16, 2024

Show notes

Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts.

This is part two of a three-part series. This series is important for all public safety aviation units, because we discuss the audit released by the LA City Controller’s office on the LAPD Air Support Division.

The LAPD Air Support Division is well equipped to deal with and respond to the report to justify its program based on the stats it keeps and the details of its program.

In this episode, we finish talking about the LAPD Air Support Division’s Regional Disaster Preparedness Training exercise, which is also known as the LAPD Chili Fly-In, by talking about the importance of the administrative portion of the training exercise. We get into discussing other concerns with the controller’s audit.

Lastly, we talk about the importance of keeping accurate and detailed logs so that when you are called on to defend the costs associated with your program you can do so.

Thank you to our sponsors Precision Aviation Group, Technisonic, and CNC Technologies.

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