Guest: Tom TrotterShow Live With: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always gotten.” “Leave only footprints and take only memories” “You’ll never work a day in your life if you turn your passion into your profession” Bio: Tom Trotter has the career path that every naval aviator dreams about. He is the former commanding officer of TOPGUN and a Carrier Air Group Commander who oversaw nine squadrons and 2,200 personnel. Tom has almost 4,000 flight hours in the F/18 and is certified in an amazing array of aircraft. He has followed his passion for flying from the time he was a child to the present day, flying, instructing, and managing aircraft through his company Eagle Top Flight. In the field of aviation, Tom is an extremely high performer.Topics Covered in this Episode:Freeing your soul in an airplane Landing a helicopter on a boat without trainingWisdom from 5,000+ flight hours in a fighter jetDrinking in Reno with Herb KelleherBecoming a Carrier Air Group CommanderF/14 Tomcats vs. F/18 Super Hornets vs. SU-27sCultural shifts in naval aviationTough decisions as the CO of TOPGUNThe extreme detail of a TOPGUN murder boardThe key to successful brief and debriefCall signs: why they stick and when they don’tFact vs. Fiction in the movie TOPGUNTom’s Links: Website www.eagletopflight.comEmail: [email protected] follow us on- Twitter - @JohnFoleyInc - https://bit.ly/2FRF3G9 Instagram @gladtobehere - https://bit.ly/2FRXo6a Facebook - @johnfoleyinc - https://bit.ly/33OBtVx Linkedin @johnfoleyinc - https://bit.ly/33QtCGT Youtube - @JohnFoleyInc.- https://bit.ly/33NDpNZ The Glad To Be Here Foundation - http://www.gladtobeherefoundation.org Johnfoley Inc website - https://johnfoleyinc.com 

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