The Sun is constantly changing; it is not just a constant ball of fire. Dr Ryan French joins us to tell us about the Sun’s behaviour, space weather, and the impact of space hazards on…
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130: The Typhoon and it’s Rocket
The Hawker Typhoon and the 3″ Rocket Projectile, the RP-3, have a special place in the annals of the Second World War. In this first part of a series looking at the Hawker Typhoon, we…
129: Erasing History? The Trouble with Aviation Art
I was recently given two prints by the renowned aviation artist, the late Robert Taylor. One is going on the wall, the other… Well, that is the focus of this video, as why would I…
128: The B-1 Story | Part 4 : Today and Tomorrow
The B-1B Lancer has been in service for 40-years and her later life has been incredibly busy. With the Lancer’s replacement, the B-21 Raider, taking to the skies, you would think the B-1B could look…
The B-1 Story | Part 3: Resurrection
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…
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…