The STOL Collective

Jan 26 2024 17 ep. 88 mins 33
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The STOL Collective is a podcast about STOL, backcountry and mountain flying in Europe. But most of all, about the people sharing this passion. Presented by Maxime Compagnon aka vieux_bandit .

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#S2 E3 - Marie-Sophie, Ingo ... and (little) Anton Maier

Jan 26 2024 102 mins  
"And then came Anton... three days before his birth we flew to Locarno (Italy) to eat some pizza and ten days afterwards we went again!" - Ingo and Marie-Sophie Maier Marie-Sophie and Ingo are becoming, if not already, a legendary flying German couple. Both south-west Germany natives from the beautiful Black Forest region, Marie-Sophie first discovered aviation thanks to her fathe

#S2 E2 - It´s all about Harmonics with Zane Jacobson from backcountrypilot.org

Jun 18 2023 141 mins  
''Just when I convinced myself that this was basically a Super Cub with an overhead engine, the out of sync harmonics of the props winding down begin to create that distinct: ... THAT SOUND!" - Zane Jacobson in "THE PROTOTYPE" Zane Jacobson is the founder/editor of Backcountry Pilot and currently flies a tailwheel Piper PA-22 Pacer around his newly adopted ho

#S2 E1 - "Big Tire Bro Chat" with Nico and Maxence

Apr 19 2023 93 mins  
“First landing on an asphalt runway more than three years after getting my licence!” – Nico Engmann In this first episode of TSC season 2, we enjoy a “Big Tire Bro Chat” with Nico Engmann from Germany/Spain and Maxence Pons from France –looking back at when and where they started their backcountry and mountain flying adventures as well as about their respective planes.

#12 - Japanese backcountry and float flying adventures in Hokkaido and Japan with Ben Kerr

Sep 14 2021 86 mins  
“Everywhere we are landing on water now [in Japan] is basically a first!” – Ben Kerr Originally from Sydney - Australia, Ben Kerr moved to Japan almost thirty years ago, to pursue his dream of racing motorcars up to formula 3. After having discovered one of the deepest and lightest powder snow in the world on the northernmost island of Hokkaido in the mid 90`s, Ben started hi

#11 - Because we were inverted in the smoke and then landed on the pier with Lukasz Czepiela from Poland.

Jul 27 2021 80 mins  
"All we need to pursue our dreams and make them come true is passion and determination", Lukasz Czepiela. A former airline mechanic, Lukasz Czepiela combines being a commercial A320 pilot with competing in World Advanced Aerobatic championships, flying displays at airshows and until recently racing for the Challenger Class of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. A trip to an a

#10 - Flying and riding new lines on Swiss glaciers with Géraldine Fasnacht

May 12 2021 89 mins  
‘’As a surfer or a snowboarder, we like to draw a line as an artist on a canvas’’ – Géraldine Fasnacht Born in Lausanne - Switzerland, Géraldine Fasnacht is a world known freeride snowboarder, base jumper and wingsuit pilot. She is a pioneer who constantly draws new lines in the mountains with her snowboard and her wingsuit. Based in her favorite playground, Verbier, Sw

#9 - In Italy, flying Mach 2 jets parallel to STOL UL/LSAs on bushweels and floats with Fabio Guerra

Apr 13 2021 79 mins  
‘’Make your life a dream, and a dream a reality’’ – Antoine de St Exupéry Our dear Italian friend Fabio Guerra definitively lived up and still lives the Dream of aviation! Born and raised in Verona – Italy, Fabio Guerra always dreamt about flying the mighty F104 Starfighter. After joining the Accademia Aeronautica – the Italian Air force Academy and climbing up the l

#8 - From creating the first Bush flying flight-school in Europe/Spain to the Alaskan Wrangells with Arturo Polo Ena and Elisa Fernández Esparza

Mar 14 2021 95 mins  
Arturo Polo Ena and his wife Elisa Fernández Esparza have backcountry aviation in their blood and you know how Spanish blood is! Arturo Polo Ena started to fly hang gliders at age 16 and very soon discovered the unlimited possibilities offered by UL/LSA in Europe. Rapidly becoming an instructor at Torremoncha de Jiloca aerodrome in Aragon - Spain, he explored most of Europe and de

#7 - Amazing Romania and more with Carbon Cub driver Marius Jumolea

Feb 16 2021 138 mins  
Marius Jumolea is from Cluj-Napoca - Romania and although having been raised in an aviation family, he only found his own passion for aviation and especially bush flying at the age of 25. Since then, Marius developed an avid need to fly and perfect his backcountry skills. This dedication pushed him to be one the few European owners of a Cub Crafters Carbon Cub EX2 back in late 2016

#6 - Creating, running, flying STOL competitions and Air Trophies in Europe and beyond with Sam Rutherford

Jan 24 2021 98 mins  
In today´s episode, It is our pleasure to welcome Sam Rutherford from the UK and Belgium. For those who may not know about him, his flying career started at age 13 and pushed him to be commissioned officer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1991. Born a pilot, Sam qualified as an Army helicopter pilot and left the British Army as a Flight Commander after eight years of ser