The inspirational and motivational Joe Diebolder, who is better known online as Captain Joe, is a dashing professional pilot and educational content creator, who gained fame online with his YouTube channel where he explains the technical aspects of flying commercial airplanes. His channel now has more than 1.5 million subscribers, with over 168 million views. He has also written a self-help book, READ and DO: 100 Checklists to Become a Better Version of Yourself, which was published in 2021.
Born and raised in Germany, Diebolder fell in love with flying at a young age after regularly travelling to and from England to spend time with his godfather who was an air traffic controller for London radar. He began his flying career in 2005 by getting a Private Pilot’s License in Austria, and then attended a private flying school to get his Commercial and Airline Transport Pilot’s License, finishing his flight training by the age of 23. His first job was working as a skydiving pilot in a small plane, and he eventually began flying Airbus passenger planes in 2010. Then he fulfilled his childhood dream when he landed a job flying commercial Boeing 747s. He decided to share his love for aviation and to answer passenger and flight school-related questions by setting up a YouTube channel, Captain Joe, in 2014. It rapidly grew to become the largest aviation-related channel where Joe helps to inspire and motivate future generation of aviators.
Captain Joe regularly connects with his millions of followers and fans through Instagram, and Facebook, posting pictures and videos of his aviating life. He is available for that personalised fly-by via the Cameo platform. He also has a dedicated YouTube channel, Captain Joe, and an official website, flywithcaptainjoe.com.