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ATC Memes

Today, I am talking with David Lombardo, a co-founder of everyone's favorite aviation meme page ATC Memes.

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Today, I am talking with David Lombardo, a co-founder of everyone's favorite aviation meme page ATC Memes. Why he left his job as a controller. How news channels have used their content for real-life events.

Was he ever recognized while working ATC. Were his supervisors every unhappy with him running the page. David quotes the Kim Kardashian principle.

How ATC Memes and Airline Pilot memes had an epic meet up in Houston. How a delivery went from a great idea to really awkward. Why he decided to start selling aviation style apparel.

In this episode you’ll learn
  • 01Pilots are more than just pilots
  • 02How David loves Youtube and it is the epitome of the internet
  • 03How the page really exploded when they messed around with audio
  • 04We find out why David wanted to be involved with aviation
  • 05He got into aviation because of video games
  • 06Why it is important to have people to bounce ideas off of
  • 07Why he didn’t want to be a pilot
  • 08How a college professor inspired him to work with audio
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