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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I am very pleased to be joined in studio by
James Reeman. He is a member of the board of
directors at Wings over the Rockies and we're going to
talk about an amazing event coming up celebrating two hundred
and fifty years of the Marine Corps. But before, first
of all, thanks for being here, Ross, thanks for having
me Man and James a former F sixteen pilot thirty
(00:20):
one years in the air National Guard and currently a
pilot for a major US airline. Before we get to
the Wings over the Rockies thing, first, you told me
where you just came back from.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Where was that? I was in Prague yesterday? Yesterday? Okay?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
And Prague, Vienna and Budapest is my next listener trip
in April, going with thirty. So do you want to
tell my listeners, like, should they be excited to go
to Prague because there's a few spots left on the
trip that I'm trying to sell.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Yeah, you should definitely be excited.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
The great thing about Eastern Europe it's got all of
the I think things that Western Europe pass, but a little.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Bit more charm and appeal.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
It's not quite as touristy as castles and the people
and the cold beer and everything is fantastics.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Oh, you guys are gonna have a great time.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Awesome, all right, rosstrip dot com to learn more. I'm
gonna make an advertisement out of that rosstrip dot com.
And then the other thing is, first of all, let
me say with that voice, you should be on the radio.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
So what are you doing next weekend? Next week?
Speaker 3 (01:18):
This coming weekend, my son and I are going to
go to London. Apparently there's a football professional NFL football
game there. So as an airline pilot, that's a fun thing.
A little perk is to get to go on the
road for fun events. I believe that, you know, the
Broncos have some momentum this year, so we're really looking
forward to that. I'm a little jealous.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
All right, let's talking about what Let's talk about what's
going on at Wings over the Rockies on.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Sunday, November ninth.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yeah, it's really a privilege for us, the fact that
it's the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Marine Corps,
older than our nation, right and if anybody knows Marines
what a special group of people. I mean, all of
our military service members deserve a nod but the Marines
kind of are in this special category of bravery camaraderie,
you know. To be able to celebrate two hundred and
(02:03):
fifty years of that at the museum is fantastic. And
the venue it wings over the Rockies. I'm sure you
guys have been there. It's just spectacular, a World War
Two era hangar. And so the fact that we get
to bring the Marine Corps in to celebrate them is
really unique. And what's unique about this ball ross is
the Marine Corps Birthday ball has a procedure and protocol.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's followed throughout the world.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
There's a presentation of the colors, a message from the
Commandant is played, same message to every marine in the world.
Here's the same message, and then we have a fantastic
guest speaker, a major general that's coming in to speak,
and then a cutting of the cake and then a
little bit of debauchery to go with it. But this
particular Marine Corps ball, we're opening up to the public.
(02:49):
So we not only want local marines and their families
to attend, but anybody that's a supporter of the military
or a supporter of what the Marine Corps stands for
has an opportunity to to this fantastic venue and sharing
this event with us, So we're super excited about it.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
So easiest way folks to find this and this event
will sell out, So get your tickets soon. Simper like
simplify the Marine Corp motto Simper two five zero dot
com s E M P e R two five zero
dot com.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
That will take you.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Right to the Wings over the Rockies page where you
can buy tickets for it. You can also go to
Wingsmuseum dot org and it's right up there on the
front page.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Tell me a little bit about the Harrier two. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
So the interesting twist of how we ended up being
able to host this event this year is our our curator,
super guy mister Bailey, worked really hard to help us
get one of the last Harriers that was operationally flying.
And the Harrier fit into a really unique spot in
military avtion history because it allowed marines, you know, first
(03:52):
to the fight on AirLand and see to operate not
off of runways. It has a vertical takeoff and landing capability. Yeah,
and so as much, yeah, as much as I think
the F sixteen is the world's greatest fighter, which it
probably still is, the Harrier. It just fits into this
really unique marine specialty. So the museum secured one. That
(04:14):
airplane flew from Cherry Point, North Carolina this summer, landed
at Buckley, They fueled it, de milled it, and there
was about thirty marines out there who had flown it
and worked on it and stuff, and they were so
excited and they go, Hey, when are you guys going
to dedicate this thing?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
And we came up with this crazy idea.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
We go, you know, there's a special birthday this year,
so we really want the emphasis to be all marines
because pilots are a pretty small percentage. But the initial
inspiration for this event was the fact that we're going
to dedicate that Harrier to the museum. It's going to
be our first dedicated Marine Corps aircraft. So it dovetails
really well. You know, Wings has done such a good
(04:53):
job of preserving aviation's history to try to inspire future generations,
and I'm not going to say the Marines have been
a missing piece in there, but we're really going to
solidify that and have this great Marine Corps ball to
celebrate two hundred and fifty years what the Marines have
done for us. And then at the end a little
little special ceremony where you know, the spotlight's going to
(05:14):
hit that harrier and we're going to have a speech
from a couple of the local gentlemen pilots that flew
that thing in combat.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
So wow, really looking forward to And folks, if you've
never been to Wings over the Rockies, it's like Colorado's
own air and space museum. Yeah, and you don't have
to travel out to DC and deal with all that
Michigas out there.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
So it's just an incredible place. Right.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
So again the website Wingsmuseum dot org tickets for this
remarkable event simper sem p e R two fifty so
Sempr two five zero dot com. I'm I'm really excited.
I don't know if I'm gonna be able to get there.
I'm gonna I'm gonna try. It's hard for me when
I worked the next day, but we'll see. I would
(05:55):
really like to. I would really like to come to
this and see that harrier. They're just such it's crazy.
It's a crazy concept for an airplane and get there.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
It is. It really is.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
It dovetails so well with what the Marines do because
it's such a unique special thing.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
And we worked pretty hard. We're doing it early on.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
A Sunday afternoon, Okay, on the day where there's no
Bronco game.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Oh, so clever.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I kind of liked the planets aligned for us, so
very very clever. And I share your feeling about the Marines.
Even though my parents both served in the Navy, I
grew I spent much of my childhood on and around
Camp Pendleton because the Marines use Navy doctors and my
parents were Navy doctors. So I lived on base on
Camp Pendleton and then a little bit off base, but
was there all the time. And so I love the
(06:36):
Marines too, even though my family is Navy.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, that's that's an interesting time.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
My dad boarded a boat in Camp Pendleton in the
fifties and went and fought in Korea for the Core,
so they're very special to me as well.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
James Reemon is board member at Wings Over the Rockies,
former F sixteen pilot.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
I don't know. I love the Tomcat good, I really,
I mean I've never flown one.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Yeah, well, I think Top Gun may may have suagey
on that Tomcat.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Great great area.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
I'm sure the movie did a bit, but Also, we
lived near Campendleton, so we would drive down to Miramar
and watch.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
The Tomcats taking off.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So it wasn't just the movie like my dad would
point out all the planes and I had that kind
of growing up.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
But well, be sure and come by the museum then,
because we have a great Tomcat in there too, and
one of our board members was just featured on a
podcast talking all about his experience flying the Tomcat back
in the day. So all of that great stuff at
Wingsmuseum dot org. And we really appreciate you guys supporting
us in this endeavor.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Well glad to have you.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
And folks go to Simper two fifty dot com and
get your tickets for this incredible party ball dedicating the Harrier.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
It's Sunday, November ninth.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Hopefully I'll see you there, James Raymond, thanks for joining
me in studio.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Thank you so much, sir,
I am very pleased to be joined in studio by
James Reeman. He is a member of the board of
directors at Wings over the Rockies and we're going to
talk about an amazing event coming up celebrating two hundred
and fifty years of the Marine Corps. But before, first
of all, thanks for being here, Ross, thanks for having
me Man and James a former F sixteen pilot thirty
(00:20):
one years in the air National Guard and currently a
pilot for a major US airline. Before we get to
the Wings over the Rockies thing, first, you told me
where you just came back from.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Where was that? I was in Prague yesterday? Yesterday? Okay?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
And Prague, Vienna and Budapest is my next listener trip
in April, going with thirty. So do you want to
tell my listeners, like, should they be excited to go
to Prague because there's a few spots left on the
trip that I'm trying to sell.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Yeah, you should definitely be excited.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
The great thing about Eastern Europe it's got all of
the I think things that Western Europe pass, but a little.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Bit more charm and appeal.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
It's not quite as touristy as castles and the people
and the cold beer and everything is fantastics.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Oh, you guys are gonna have a great time.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Awesome, all right, rosstrip dot com to learn more. I'm
gonna make an advertisement out of that rosstrip dot com.
And then the other thing is, first of all, let
me say with that voice, you should be on the radio.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
So what are you doing next weekend? Next week?
Speaker 3 (01:18):
This coming weekend, my son and I are going to
go to London. Apparently there's a football professional NFL football
game there. So as an airline pilot, that's a fun thing.
A little perk is to get to go on the
road for fun events. I believe that, you know, the
Broncos have some momentum this year, so we're really looking
forward to that. I'm a little jealous.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
All right, let's talking about what Let's talk about what's
going on at Wings over the Rockies on.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Sunday, November ninth.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yeah, it's really a privilege for us, the fact that
it's the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Marine Corps,
older than our nation, right and if anybody knows Marines
what a special group of people. I mean, all of
our military service members deserve a nod but the Marines
kind of are in this special category of bravery camaraderie,
you know. To be able to celebrate two hundred and
(02:03):
fifty years of that at the museum is fantastic. And
the venue it wings over the Rockies. I'm sure you
guys have been there. It's just spectacular, a World War
Two era hangar. And so the fact that we get
to bring the Marine Corps in to celebrate them is
really unique. And what's unique about this ball ross is
the Marine Corps Birthday ball has a procedure and protocol.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's followed throughout the world.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
There's a presentation of the colors, a message from the
Commandant is played, same message to every marine in the world.
Here's the same message, and then we have a fantastic
guest speaker, a major general that's coming in to speak,
and then a cutting of the cake and then a
little bit of debauchery to go with it. But this
particular Marine Corps ball, we're opening up to the public.
(02:49):
So we not only want local marines and their families
to attend, but anybody that's a supporter of the military
or a supporter of what the Marine Corps stands for
has an opportunity to to this fantastic venue and sharing
this event with us, So we're super excited about it.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
So easiest way folks to find this and this event
will sell out, So get your tickets soon. Simper like
simplify the Marine Corp motto Simper two five zero dot
com s E M P e R two five zero
dot com.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
That will take you.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Right to the Wings over the Rockies page where you
can buy tickets for it. You can also go to
Wingsmuseum dot org and it's right up there on the
front page.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Tell me a little bit about the Harrier two. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
So the interesting twist of how we ended up being
able to host this event this year is our our curator,
super guy mister Bailey, worked really hard to help us
get one of the last Harriers that was operationally flying.
And the Harrier fit into a really unique spot in
military avtion history because it allowed marines, you know, first
(03:52):
to the fight on AirLand and see to operate not
off of runways. It has a vertical takeoff and landing capability. Yeah,
and so as much, yeah, as much as I think
the F sixteen is the world's greatest fighter, which it
probably still is, the Harrier. It just fits into this
really unique marine specialty. So the museum secured one. That
(04:14):
airplane flew from Cherry Point, North Carolina this summer, landed
at Buckley, They fueled it, de milled it, and there
was about thirty marines out there who had flown it
and worked on it and stuff, and they were so
excited and they go, Hey, when are you guys going
to dedicate this thing?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
And we came up with this crazy idea.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
We go, you know, there's a special birthday this year,
so we really want the emphasis to be all marines
because pilots are a pretty small percentage. But the initial
inspiration for this event was the fact that we're going
to dedicate that Harrier to the museum. It's going to
be our first dedicated Marine Corps aircraft. So it dovetails
really well. You know, Wings has done such a good
(04:53):
job of preserving aviation's history to try to inspire future generations,
and I'm not going to say the Marines have been
a missing piece in there, but we're really going to
solidify that and have this great Marine Corps ball to
celebrate two hundred and fifty years what the Marines have
done for us. And then at the end a little
little special ceremony where you know, the spotlight's going to
(05:14):
hit that harrier and we're going to have a speech
from a couple of the local gentlemen pilots that flew
that thing in combat.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
So wow, really looking forward to And folks, if you've
never been to Wings over the Rockies, it's like Colorado's
own air and space museum. Yeah, and you don't have
to travel out to DC and deal with all that
Michigas out there.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
So it's just an incredible place. Right.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
So again the website Wingsmuseum dot org tickets for this
remarkable event simper sem p e R two fifty so
Sempr two five zero dot com. I'm I'm really excited.
I don't know if I'm gonna be able to get there.
I'm gonna I'm gonna try. It's hard for me when
I worked the next day, but we'll see. I would
(05:55):
really like to. I would really like to come to
this and see that harrier. They're just such it's crazy.
It's a crazy concept for an airplane and get there.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
It is. It really is.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
It dovetails so well with what the Marines do because
it's such a unique special thing.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
And we worked pretty hard. We're doing it early on.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
A Sunday afternoon, Okay, on the day where there's no
Bronco game.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Oh, so clever.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I kind of liked the planets aligned for us, so
very very clever. And I share your feeling about the Marines.
Even though my parents both served in the Navy, I
grew I spent much of my childhood on and around
Camp Pendleton because the Marines use Navy doctors and my
parents were Navy doctors. So I lived on base on
Camp Pendleton and then a little bit off base, but
was there all the time. And so I love the
(06:36):
Marines too, even though my family is Navy.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, that's that's an interesting time.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
My dad boarded a boat in Camp Pendleton in the
fifties and went and fought in Korea for the Core,
so they're very special to me as well.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
James Reemon is board member at Wings Over the Rockies,
former F sixteen pilot.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
I don't know. I love the Tomcat good, I really,
I mean I've never flown one.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Yeah, well, I think Top Gun may may have suagey
on that Tomcat.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Great great area.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
I'm sure the movie did a bit, but Also, we
lived near Campendleton, so we would drive down to Miramar
and watch.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
The Tomcats taking off.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So it wasn't just the movie like my dad would
point out all the planes and I had that kind
of growing up.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
But well, be sure and come by the museum then,
because we have a great Tomcat in there too, and
one of our board members was just featured on a
podcast talking all about his experience flying the Tomcat back
in the day. So all of that great stuff at
Wingsmuseum dot org. And we really appreciate you guys supporting
us in this endeavor.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Well glad to have you.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
And folks go to Simper two fifty dot com and
get your tickets for this incredible party ball dedicating the Harrier.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
It's Sunday, November ninth.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Hopefully I'll see you there, James Raymond, thanks for joining
me in studio.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Thank you so much, sir,
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