EAA’s The Green Dot — Beech Starship Test Pilot Tom Carr

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Tom Carr, a Beechcraft Starship test pilot and current chief test pilot at Garmin.

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Chris are joined by Tom Carr, who was a Beechcraft Starship test pilot in the 1980s and is now the chief test pilot at Garmin. The Green Dot, sponsored by Crewchief Systems, is a podcast created by aviation enthusiasts for their fellow aviation enthusiasts. The podcast […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom, Chris

Guest: Tom Carr

Topics covered

• aviation
• test piloting
• Beechcraft Starship
• Garmin
• 1980s aviation history

Keywords

• Beech Starship
• test pilot
• Tom Carr
• Garmin
• aviation podcast

Sponsors

Crewchief Systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Garmin, Beechcraft

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