A new president brings a new future to the B-1 Lancer program as the Reagan rearmament program sees development of the B-1 accelerated. The concurrent development and production brings its own headaches as the Lancer…
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The B-1 Story | Part 2: False Start
The B-1 Lancer was a highly innovative design, capable of high-speed, low-altitude flight and potentially could have been a vital buttress to the United States Nuclear Triad. But as we discuss in this second part…
The B-1 Story | Part 1: Genesis
In this Bonus Episode, we’ve re-editted our conversation with Ken Katz about the B-1 from 2022 as the aircraft returns to the forefront of operations. The B-1 bomber is an aircraft that captivates all aviation…
127: The Sir Barnes Wallis Collection Auction Tour
On Wednesday 25th March 2026, a collection of Sir Barnes Wallis’, the inventor of the Bouncing Bomb and many other things, will do up for auction at Denhams in West Sussex, England. Leo Denham kindly…
126: The A-36 (Not An Apache) Story with Matthew Willis
The North American Aviation A-36 was a dive-bombing development of the Mustang I that had been specified by the British during the Second World War. The dive-bomber was ordered by the US Army Air Force…
125: The Big Hop with David Rooney
In 1919, four British teams arrived in Newfoundland to attempt to be the first to fly across the Atlantic non-stop, the Big Hop, and claim the Daily Mail’s £10,000 prize. Author David Rooney joins us…
124: The Flight Gallery at the Science Museum London
The Science Museum in South Kensington, London hold a bit of a hidden gem of an aircraft collection. On the top floor of the museum, some of the great aircraft of Britain’s aviation heritage are…
123: Over Cold War Seas with Michael Napier
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,…
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…