T.R. Matson

Pilot - Veteran - Best Selling Author

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T.R. Matson has over two decades of both military and civilian aviation experience. His airborne career was neither typical nor easy, but his tenacity and discipline brought him through 20+ years of military service and out the other side to become a teacher of the next generation of aviators, a best selling author, and a formidable motivator of men. Matson is the embodiment of his own powerful mantra:

Never down, never out.

Interview with former E2 and F/A-18 Pilot [WOMBAT]

Part 1

WOMBAT's uphill battle for Wings of Gold! Never say never and make them tell you NO!

Interview with former E2 and F/A-18 Pilot [WOMBAT]

Part 2

Part 2 of WOMBAT's uphill story to Wings of Gold and flying Fighters in the Navy!

LIVE Interview with [Wombat]

E-2, F/A-18, T-45, & Airbus Pilot & Author

aviation
Experience

  • In both the E-2C Hawkeye and F/A-18C Hornet.

  • Completed four Combat Deployments on the USS Nimitiz and USS Stennis aircraft carriers.

  • Trained airline pilots in all phases of A-319/320/321 initial and recurrent phases of training as well as Upset Prevention Recovery Training qualified.

  • Captain and Instructor at a Major U.S. Airline.