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Bear McGill

Chairperson and co-founder of Honor Flight Central Coast California, an all-volunteer nonprofit flying Central Coast veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit their war memorials.

Oct 12, 2026

Road Dog Podcast

Road Dog Podcast

419: Honor Flight Part One

Oct 12 · 1h 9m

Luis EscobarHOST
29:57
Barron McGill, describe where are we right here?
Bear McGillGUEST
29:59
Well, we're at the Santa Maria Airport.
Bear McGillGUEST
30:01
We're waiting to get on our plane to fly out to Washington, D.C., so we can go do the tour of honor for 84 veterans.
Bear McGillGUEST
30:08
We have seven Korean, and I can't count how many Vietnam guys, 60-something plus some pre-Vietnam guys.
Bear McGillGUEST
30:16
Can you talk about Honor Flight, exactly what is Honor Flight? Sure.
Bear McGillGUEST
30:20
Yeah, so Honor Flight is we take veterans back to Washington, D.C. free of charge so they can go see the memorials that are built in their honor and to honor the men and women who did give the ultimate sacrifice so we can have the freedoms that we have here today.
Bear McGillGUEST
30:36
And so we're doing just a little tiny thing in my eyes, taking these men and women back on a free trip.
Luis EscobarHOST
32:17
What have you seen with these veterans? How does it resonate with them?

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