This is Volume 1 of 'The Debrief', a new Xtended feature where we bring aviation people together to tell stories and share memories.
Our first guests are former Tornado pilot Mike Napier and former Phantom pilot Tug Wilson.
Join us as they discuss operating fast jets in RAF Germany and beyond during the Cold War.
Please note - this episode contains some adult language...
Stephen Walker is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and his films have won BAFTAs, an Emmy, Royal Television Society awards and the Rose d’Or.
Today we talk to Stephen about his award-winning book ‘Beyond; The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space’.
‘Beyond….’ relates how the Soviet Union beat the USA to put the first human into space...
Graeme Rendall returns to tell us the story behind the airfield at RAF Morpeth.
In World War Two, RAF Morpeth was extremely important to Bomber and Coastal Commands, as the station was home to an Air Gunners School which trained airmen how to shoot effectively whilst in mid-air.
Trained gunners were constantly in demand and often in short supply...
Ellie hosts our first round-table discussion on the health of the general aviation sector as it recovers from lockdown.
Our guests on the panel are CFI Charlotte Dadswell, PPL Holder Charlotte Rositter and Eire PPL holder and Medical Examiner Kieran Murphy.
They discuss the health of the sector, how are new entrants and training being delivered and how easy it is these days to be a general aviation pilot.
Recorded 27th September 2022
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We are joined by Liz McConaghy. Liz is from a small town in County Down and spent a total of seventeen years flying with the RAF’s Chinook Force...
Commander Paul Tremelling spent nearly twenty years flying the Royal Navy's Sea Harrier, with several exchange duties, including flying the F-18 Super Hornet.
His book 'Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot', gives an honest view of the life, challenges and rewards of being on the front line, flying fighter jets...
We start our new airfield series with RAF Greenham Common.
We are joined by Jonathan Sayers a local historian who takes us on the journey from Jacobean rebellion camp through World War 2 and into the Cold War where it became mostly familiar as a base for Ground Launched Cruise Missiles.
Recorded 6th September 2022
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On this episode we have the Editorial Team from the Royal Aeronautical Society talking about events over the summer and return of airshows.
Tim Robinson talks about his USA Boeing visit, Farnborough and the Swedish Airshow at Uppsala and Stephen Bridgewater joins us to talk about Oshkosh.
What a summer!
Recorded 5th September 2022
Whilst we take an Xtended break we mine the archives for some great content many of you may have never heard before.
In this episode Gareth talks to Dave Gledhill about flying and fighting the F4 Phantom FGR2, what the Tornado F3 was really like and the Cold War realities of a nuclear outcome!
You can also hear Dave in the following episodes:
· Ep.75 – Falklands Air War Part 3
· Ep...
While we take an Xtended break we mine the archives for some great content many of you may have never heard before………
In this episode Tim talks to Tony Blackman about test flying the V-Bombers, how he got in to flying and what it is like to have Howard Hughes in the cockpit.
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