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:…
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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…
71: Learning to Fly the Douglas A-20 Havoc with Bob Reierson – Part 1
Bob Reierson joined the USAAF at age 18 and would find himself flying the Douglas A-20G Havoc in the Pacific. On my last visit to the Pima Air and Space Museum, director of collections Andrew…
70: The Last Airworthy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer at GossHawk Unlimited – Part 2
David and Lindsey Goss run the fantastic GossHawk Unlimted in Casa Grande, Arizona. There they build incredible warbirds like Fw-190s (see part 1!) and care for the world’s last airworthy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer. Join us…
69: Building Focke-Wulf Fw 190s at GossHawk Unlimited – Part 1
Father and daughter team David and Lindsey Goss run one of the world’s leading warbird restoration and maintenance companies, GossHawk Unlimited. Back in February, they kindly welcomed us to have a tour around the shop,…
68: The Lives of Jerrie Cobb with Mary Haverstick
When filmmaker Mary Haverstick started pre-production on a film about the Mercury 13, which selected and tested women for spaceflight, she knew the key was the legendary Jerrie Cobb. Mary’s relationship with Cobb led to…