For forty years, NATO and Soviet Naval forces patrolled the world’s oceans. Retired Tornado driver and author Michael Napier joins us to discuss his latest book, Over Cold War Seas: NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation,…
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122: Remastering Gemini and Mercury with Andy Saunders
Best-selling author and imaging specialist Andy Saunders follows up his remarkable Apollo Remastered with Gemini and Mercury Remastered. Gemini was NASA’s highly ambitious 20-month sprint to prove that they could get to the moon in…
121: Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon with Jeffrey Kluger
Over the course of 20 months, NASA flew 10 vital Project Gemini missions that proved everything needed to get to the Moon in time to meet President John F. Kennedy’s challenge. Apollo 13 co-author Jeffrey…
120: Spacewoman Film Review: A Superb Space Documentary
Col. Eileen Collins, USAF Rtd., had a fantastic career before joining NASA. Her dream to go to space led her to become not only the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle but also the…
119: British Jets of the 50s! – Part 2: Hunters, Swifts and Lightnings
In part two of our look at “The British Century Series” (not a thing), Joe Wilding and I continue iour look at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum in West Sussex, England’s collection and move onto…
118: British Jets of the 50s! Part 1 – Early Engines, Meteors and Vampires
When Joe Wilding and I first took a look at the US Air Force’s Century Series 18 months ago, we always wanted to take a look at their British equivalent, and now we have! In…
117: Folland Gnat Jet Restoration at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Our tour of the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum continues as we check out the progress on the restoration of the former Red Arrow support aircraft, Folland Gnat T.1 XR571, and the recently completed De Havilland…
116: Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Tour
The Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is a gem of a museum located on a corner of the former RAF Tangmere, just outside Chichester, West Sussex. On a surprisingly sunny Sussex day, marketing manager Julian Bridle…
115: Poor Little Lambs: The Making of Black Sheep Squadron
Author Stephen Chapis, whose new book,Poor Little Lambs, The Baba Black Sheep Story,joins us to discuss the making and flying of NBC’s short-lived 1976 TV Show, Black Sheep Squadron. Stephen shares his journey rediscovering the…
114: Rolls-Royce Collection Tour at Aerospace Bristol
After many years out of the public’s view, the Rolls-Royce Aerospace Collection has a brand new home at Aerospace Bristol and thanks to the fantastic team at the museum, we got to have a quick…