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…
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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…
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…