🐧 Supporter Frequency
The public feed is only part of Opposing Bases. Supporters get the show early and on time, full access to the Iceberg Archives,
bonus audio, livestream recordings, and a direct connection to the show where your feedback helps shape what we talk about next.
Here’s a look at some of what listeners on the public feed are missing.
🎧 What Supporters Get
- Early / on-time episode releases instead of waiting for the public feed
- The full back catalog in the Iceberg Archives
- Bonus audio like the series below
- Livestream recordings and other supporter extras
- A real role in the show — your emails, questions, and feedback help shape the episodes
✈️ The Next Stage
A behind-the-scenes training series following RH through 737 school, from a listener’s story that set the tone to systems, procedures, maneuvers, and the final leap into the real airplane.
1. The Next Stage, as read by AG
A listener sent AG a personal aviation story about training, confidence, humility, and figuring out what comes next after a rough day in the box.
2. 🎙️✈️ The Next Stage, Part 2: Systems, Flows & the Paper Tiger 🐯
RH checks in after completing the 737 systems phase and the final FTD-A session.
3. ✈️ The Next Stage, Part 3: Denver Procedures & Missing Oshkosh 🎙️🏔️⛺️
RH checks in from Denver and covers the move from systems training into the procedures phase of 737 school.
4. 🎓✈️ The Next Stage, Part 4: Procedures Validation Complete!
RH passed Procedures Validation, moved into the full-motion simulators, and began preparing for Maneuvers Validation.
5. 🔥 The Next Stage, Part 5: Reject, Fly, Land ✅
RH checks in with an update from the maneuvers phase of 737 training.
6. ✈️✅ The Next Stage, Part 6: Checkride Passed — Real Airplane Tomorrow! 🛫
The final simulator sessions are complete, the checkride is done, and RH is about to move from the simulator to the real airplane.
🚁 AG’s Chinook Series
Solo bonus audio from AG, combining military aviation stories, deployed flying, and reflections on decision-making, aircraft design, and operational judgment.
1. The Chinook, Beating Physics Since 1961, by AG
AG explains how Cold War-era engineering can remain relevant today, using his Chinook experience in Afghanistan to show how mission-driven design and built-in margin have kept the aircraft useful for decades.
2. A Day In The Life, by AG
In this powerful solo audio, AG walks through a full night in the life of a deployed Army Chinook pilot, from the 1600 alarm to breakfast at 0530.
3. The 3 Mistakes, Part 1 & Part 2
AG takes listeners into a nighttime combat logistics mission over Iraq. Part 1 follows the mission as it begins to narrow in margin; Part 2 continues as fuel, options, and consequences all tighten.
🎙️ More Than Just Extra Audio
Supporters don’t just hear more of the show — they help make it. The supporter feed is where early releases, bonus content, archived episodes, and the community side of Opposing Bases all come together.
If you want the full version of Opposing Bases, this is where it lives.
