On our recent journey through Ohio, we visited the WACO Museum in Troy, Ohio, and looked at the history of the WACO aircraft company and the museum’s preserved material from the original plant. We check…
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136: Selling History? How WWII Signatures Became a Cash Grab
I promise this is the last video on autographs and signatures, but I recently bought a mostly lovely print of Frank Wootton’s Typhoon Squadron, which had had all the signatures cut out of it. This…
135: Erasing History Part 2: Is A Signature Historic?
Dr Philip W. Blood, author of ‘Birds of Prey’, joins us in this follow-up to our recent episode where I erased the noted Luftwaffe ace, Gunther Rall, signature, off of a print by Robert Taylor….
134: Pima’s B-36 Peacemaker Restoration Update
The final Convair B-36J Peacemaker ever built, 52-2827 ‘City of Fort Worth’, has been moved to the@PimaAirSpaceMuseumrestorations hangar for some TLC after nearly 20-years in the Arizona sun. Scott Marchand, the Pima Air and Space…
133: Jimmy Stewart, Curtis LeMay, and the Selling of the Strategic Air Command
In 1955, Paramount Pictures released one of their tentpole VistaVision epics, Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart and directed by his longtime collaborator, Anthony Mann. Strategic Air Command is peak, high-resolution, widescreen 1950s propaganda at…
‘Beyond Blue Sky’ Director and SpaceShipOne Project Engineer Interview
The new documentary, Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts, tells the story of Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites journey into space. In this episode we are joined by the film’s director,…
131: Space Hazards with Dr. Ryan French
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…
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…