Best Michaels Sherriff Podcasts (2025)

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Discovering "The F-14 Tomcast" with Dave ‘Bio’ Baranek 1:13:04

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If you love the F-14 Tomcat then you're going to want to enjoy this episode where I sit down and talk to David BIO Baranek about his new podcast, "The F-14 Tomcast", that is 100% dedicated to one of the most iconic aircraft ever to grace the sky. Bio was a Topgun student who went on to become a Topgun instructor. He was also part of the aircrew in …

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Top Gun; Behind The Scenes: Segment 5 - The Real VIPER and Javier Medina 1:09:03

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Rear Admiral Pete “Viper” Pettigrew who was hired to be the Military technical advisor (also a real MiG Killer in VN) and Javier Medina served as a Aircraft handler on the flightdeck of the USS Enterprise CVN-65 behind Tony Scott during all the shots there. If you love Top Gun, Topgun and military aviation then make sure you join the largest Top Gu…

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Top Gun; Behind The Scenes: Segment 4 - Keeping It Real with Bio and Smegs 1:04:41

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In this session we go below the hard deck with Dave 'Bio' Baranek and John 'Smegs' Semcken who served in the US Navy at the time of the movie was made. Dave was a RIO and Topgun instructor who also flew in the infamous 'MiG-28' for the movie. It was him and Robert 'Rat' Willard who got flipped off during that 'inverted' scene in the movie. John was…

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Top Gun; Behind The Scenes: Segment 3 - Life Behind The Lens 1:31:56

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In this episode we go way below the hard deck with Frank Whiteley who was the body guard for Tom Cruise and Billy Badalato who was the assistant to Don Simpson as well as being the son of Mr Bill Badalato (the executive producer of Top Gun). If you love Top Gun, Topgun and military aviation then make sure you join the largest Top Gun Fan group onli…

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Top Gun; Behind The Scenes: Segment 2 - Background players "Blitz" and "Shoebo". 1:00:19

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In this segment of the Top Gun: Behind the scenes event we go below the hard deck with Craig "Blitz" Steffen and Craig "Shoebo" Daniel who were RIO's in the US Navy when the movie Top Gun was being made. Both these guys appeared as extras in a number of scenes and in this session we'll get to hear their own behind the scenes stories during the maki…

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Top Gun; Behind The Scenes: Segment 1 - The Flyers… "Bozo", "Jambo" and "Hollywood". 1:29:53

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In this segment we talk to Greg 'Hollywood' Dishart, Jim 'Jambo' Ray and Lloyd 'Bozo' Abel who were a major part of the filming in Viper and Jester’s A-4 and also the F-5’s. Bozo was the guy who got to buzz the tower for the movie. Listening this these guys you get a view of Top Gun from a whole different perspective. Both Jambo and Hollywood were …