Women have been involved in flight from the earliest moments, yet they have been relegated to the margins in most of our histories. So it was fantastic to read Sally Smith’s book that brings these…
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22: The Women Behind the Few with Dr Sarah-Louise Miller
The Women’s Auxillary Air Force has a specific spot in the public’s memory. Either as the headphoned women sat around the RAF’s plotting tables or of Susannah York’s Section Officer Maggie Harvey in the Battle…
21: The Titan Missile Museum with Mike Riggs
The Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona, was formally Complex 571-7 of the Titan II ICBM defence system that was active between 1963 and 1987. The museum houses the original silo, crew and control…
20: The Pima Air and Space Museum with Scott Marchand
I’m delighted to announce that the podcast will now be brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. To kick off this new partnership, I visited the museum…
Bonus: A Little Update
We don’t have a new episode this week as there are things happening! Normal service resumes next week, but there are snippets as to why in this little bonus episode. ★ Support this podcast on…
19: IWM Duxford’s Unsung Heroes with Matthew Willis
As we were at Duxford for last week’s ace chat with Rebecca Greenwood Hard about the hurricane: Unsung Hero exhibition, historian Matt Willis and I decided to have a wander around and celebrate what we feel are some of Duxford’s unsung heroes.
18: Hurricane: Unsung Hero with Rebecca Greenwood Harding
The Hurricane: Unsung Hero exhibition at IWM Duxford brings together half of the world’s airworthy Hawker Hurricanes. Boney took Matt Willis to Cambridgeshire to chat about the exhibition with the IWM’s Head of Technical Objects, Rebecca Greenwood Harding
17: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver: The Bridgebusters – Joseph Heller, Catch-22 and the 57th Bomb Wing
Historian Thomas McKelvey Cleaver joins us to discuss his book The Bridgebuster, which is finally getting a UK release, and chat about Joseph Heller’s experiences with the 57th Bomb Wing and how they influenced Catch-22
15: John Lancaster: The Great Air Race
In 1919, the forerunner to the United States Air Force, the Air Service, staged an audacious transcontinental air race. Join us as author John Lancaster tells us all about The Great Air Race.
14: Joe Wilding: The Future of Aviation: Part 2 – The Shape of the Future
In Part 2 of our look into the Future of Aviation with aerospace engineer Joe Wilding we look at how the shape of the aircraft we fly will change as we switch to new power sources.