Propwash is the summer Festival of the Air at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome and we were delighted to be there! Following the museum’s CEO Ian Flint’s kind invitation to visit, we headed out to…
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80: Harry Hardy DFC – Hawker Typhoon Pilot
On the 10th of August 1944, Harry Hardy joined 440 “City of Ottawa” Squadron RCAF in Normandy, flying Hawker Typhoon ‘Bombphoons’. Harry flew 96 sorties (missions) through France, Belgium and Holland and was the pilot…
79: Flying Catch-22 with ‘Stoney’ Stonich
#Catch-22 is one of Scott Marchand and I’s favourite books, so when the opportunity came up to chat with Stoney Stonich, who, as a young pilot, signed on to be one of the B-25 pilots…
78: Save Stow Maries! with Ian Flint
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome is the largest surviving Great War aerodrome in Europe, and it needs your help! Following roadworks that blocked access to the museum, they need your support to survive the funding…
77: The Challenger Disaster with Adam Higginbotham
It has been nearly 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its 10th flight on January 28, 1986, killing her crew and shocking the world. Author Adam Higginbotham‘s new book, Challenger:…
76: The F-35 Trillon Dollar Trainwreck with Bill Sweetman
The Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II is slated to be the mainstay of the US Air Force and NATO’s air forces for years to come. But as Bill Sweetman, veteran aerospace journalist and independent analyst, dissects…
75: The Future of the A-10 with Col. Nick ‘Stoli’ Radoescu
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, the Warthog, has been earmarked for retirement for over a decade, but what is happening today with the men and women who keep the Hogs flying into their sixth…
74: The Century Series with Joe Wilding
The Century Series was the name given to the series of second-generation US Air Force fighters that took the USAF beyond the sound barrier and towards Mach 2. With the F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Voodoo,…
73: Flying The Hump with Caroline Alexander
The Hump was the air bridge between India and China during the Second World War. The men of the Air Transport Command would face then unknown weather systems flying between Himalayan mountains that forever towered…
72: Returning to the A-20 Cockpit After 80 Years with Bob Reierson – Part 2
In this second part of our interview with WW2 Veteran Bob Reierson, Bob tells us about heading to the Pacific, flying the A-20 in combat over the Philippines, and, after 80 years, Bob climbs into…