episode 199: Ep.199 - Tuskegee Airmen with Samuel de Korte
Samuel de Korte is a graduate student of Utrecht University, where he studied an MA in the Cultural History of Modern Europe.
He wrote his Master's thesis about the representation of black Americans during the Second World War, indicating that although they formed a substantial part of the American armed forces, they don't receive an equal share in the representation in contemporary media...
episode 198: Ep.198 - Air Traffic Control at NATS using Data and AI
Finalising our focus on how the use of AI, data and machine learning is changing the sector, we are joined by Andy Taylor, the Chief Solutions Officer at NATS.
NATS it is the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services as well as providing air traffic services to airports, airlines, air traffic service providers and governments across parts of Europe, the Middle East and Asia...
episode 197: Ep.197 - Wings Over Britain - The Return
In 2023 Dave Homewood from the Wings Over New Zealand podcast visited the UK to record and document Kiwi aviation involvement in World War Two by visiting some of our historic aircraft, museums, airfields and memorials.
Dave is returning in 2024 but with a slightly different agenda. We caught up with Dave as he planned the return ‘Wings Over Britain’ visit.
Recorded 19th March 2024
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episode 196: Ep.196 - Operation Gratitude and 'Target Hong Kong'
Steven Bailey discovered that the story of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong during the final year of World War II had never been told.
Operation Gratitude involved nearly 100 U.S. Navy warships and close to a thousand planes.
His new book ‘Target Hong Kong’ brings this massive operation down to a human scale, recounting the air raids through the experiences of seven men whose lives intersected at Hong Kong in January 1945...
episode 195: Ep.195 - V Bombers, Britain's nuclear frontline
Dr Tony Redding is a military historian and author with a particular interest in RAF Bomber Command. He joins us to talk us through the operational capability and credibility of Britain’s airborne nuclear deterrent during the peak years of the Cold War.
Recorded 23rd Feb 2024
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episode 194: Ep.194 - the perfect aircraft pit-stop
Continuing our focus on how data and technology has changed the aviation sector we welcome Diana Franganillo Luque from Indra and Udi Segall from Intell-Act to discuss an exciting project to integrate all airport, airline and air traffic data using AI to streamline the ‘Perfect Aircraft Pit-stop.
Recorded 7th Feb 2024
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episode 193: Ep.193 - Holland 1940
Ryan Noppen joins to help us understand the overlooked air battle between the Netherlands and Germany that thwarted the German invasion of Holland in 1940 for five days.
Ryan is a military author with a Master of Arts degree in European history. Ryan is a scholar of Dutch, German and Central European history and the author of ‘Holland 1940, The Luftwaffe’s first set back in the west’...
episode 192: Ep.192 - Britain's greatest Test Pilot
Paul Beaver joins us to talk about Britain’s Greatest Test Pilot, Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown.
His best selling book, reprinted 5 times and last year’s Biography of the Year is ‘Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot’.
Paul gives us an insight to this amazing mans life. This is a fascinating feature. Don’t miss it!
Recorded 31st Jan 2024
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episode 191: Ep.191 - Japan's space programme, with Brian Harvey
We welcome back Brain Harvey to talk us through the history and evolution of JAXA and the Japanese Space Programme.
Recorded 23rd Jan 2024
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Brian Harvey
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episode 190: Ep.190 - Lockheed Blackbird, Beyond the Secret Missions
This updated edition of Paul Crickmore's classic Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions is based on 850 pages of documentation and images declassified by the CIA covering the A-12 Oxcart programme.
Paul joins us to talk about the A-12 and SR-71, the missions and their challenges, but also to discuss the changes in this new edition which includes a 40% increase in words, three new chapters and an additional 60 new photos...