Episode 112- From F-18 Pilots to Flight Surgeons: Insights from Wingman Med

Welcome to episode 112 of The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical Helicasts . In this two-part series, we sit down with Dr. Keith Roxo and Dr. Dan Monlux, who founded Wingman Med . They are both F/A-18 pilots turned board-certified aerospace medicine physicians. Roxo is a Top Gun-trained adversary pilot turned aerospace medicine physician with over 2,000 hours in high-performance aircraft including the F/A-18, F-16, and F-5. He holds multiple military flight instructor qualifications, an airline transport pilot certificate and CFII. He is board-certified in aerospace and occupational medicine and is an FAA senior HIMS AME. Roxo provides aviation medical consulting with Wingman Med. Monlux is an FAA senior HIMS AME who is board-certified in family medicine and aerospace medicine. He has helped thousands to maintain their flight medicine certifications. He started his career in the U.S. Navy and has more than 2500 flight hours including combat service in the F/A-18. A commercial pilot for more than 20 years, he is also a certified flight instructor for single-engine, multi-engine and instrument flight. During our conversation, we profile their careers and talk about Wingman Med and how they keep you flying. After years of helping friends and colleagues keep their medical certificates and stay in the air, they founded Wingman Med so they can do the same thing for you. One thing we know as career pilots is that our medical certificate is critical to our careers. As pilots, they understand the imperative of maintaining your FAA medical certificate and the urgency of getting it back when you lose it. This is a fun and informative conversation with Dr. Keith Roxo and Dr. Dan Monlux. After you finish the podcast check out their website for more information at www.wingmanmed.com Thank you to our sponsors SHOTOVER , Metro Aviation , and Garmin .