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55: The Black RAF Experience with John Concagh
Historian John Concagh joins us to look at the experience of Black volunteers in the RAF in the Second World War. This episode delves into the experiences of Black West African and Caribbean volunteers in…
54: Flying into a Mushroom Cloud with Dr Kit Chapman
Dr Kit Chapman, a science historian from Falmouth University, takes us into the historical context and significance of atomic cloud sampling, a dangerous method employed during the Cold War era. The focus is on the…
53: Mythbusting the Convair B-58 Hustler with Col George Holt Jr. USAF Rtd.
The Convair B-58 Hustler is regarded as one of the USAF’s missteps in strategic bomber design from the 1950s and 60s. The claims that it was expensive and dangerous to fly led to its removal…
52: Lockheed Blackbird with Paul Crickmore
Paul Crickmore has been chronicling the story of the Lockheed Blackbird family of aircraft, the A-12, YF-12 and SR71, for over 35 years. Paul has had incredible access to the designers, maintainers and pilots of…
51: Aerobatics with Mélanie Astles
Mélanie Astles is a remarkable aerobatics pilot, is also the only woman to have won a Red Bull Air Race event at Indianapolis in 2017 and has just placed 5th at the World Advanced Aerobatic…
50: What the IX Troop Carrier Command Did Next with Adam Berry
Following their eventful dropping of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions on D-Day, the IX Troop Carrier Command’s C-47s were not ideal. Historian Adam Berry joins us to discuss the resupply operations in Normandy, the…
49: Was The Bristol Blenheim Really That Bad with James Jefferies
Friend of the show, historian James Jefferies joins us to discuss the much maligned Bristol Blenheim. When the aircraft was developed, the Blenheim was faster than the RAF’s latest fighters. But, come the outbreak of…
48: Fly Girls with Keith O’Brien
Amelia Earhart looms large in aviation history, but she was one of a cohort of incredible female flyers in 1920s America who fought hard to break the mould and show that they could out-fly and…
47: his Majesty’s Airship with S.C. Gwynne
The R101 was the great hope for Imperial Air Travel in late 1920s Britain. The brainchild of Christopher Birdwood Thomson and the Imperial Airship Scheme, R101 was the government-backed of the two grand airships, the…