episode 177: Ep.178 - Royal Navy Cold War Buccaneer pilot
In the book 'Royal Navy Cold War Buccaneer Pilot', author Simon Kershaw helps us relive the story of his father Steve Kershaw flying the mighty Buccaneer in Fleet Air Arm service.
Much of the tale comes from Steve’s own notes and memoirs, then picked up by Simon’s analysis of his final flight...
episode 179: Ep.179 - N-4 Down, The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia
The true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history is pretty much unknown in most aviation circles. Until now!
Mark Piesing author of the book N4 Down joins us to discuss this almost unbelievable story of human suffering and tragedy, political drama, incompetence and heroism. This story has everything!
Recorded 18th July 2023
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episode 180: Ep.180 - Wings Over Britain
Dave Homewood from the Wings Over New Zealand podcast took on the almighty task of a 35-day tour of as many UK aviation heritage locations as he could squeeze in...
episode 182: Ep.182 - Hazard Spectrum with Nathan Gray
We continue our Test Pilot series with Commander Nathan Gray, who joins us to talk about his book ‘Hazard Spectrum’. With over 140 combat missions to his name, he is among the most decorated pilots in the British armed forces and we share Nathan’s journey to the top of the Fleet Air Arm, from student to F-35 Test Pilot...
episode 183: Ep.183 - Aviation history roundtable
What happens when you put three authors and publishers around a table to discuss the challenges of writing historical aviation content?
Find out in this fascinating insight on what it is like to research, write and publish accurate and compelling historical aviation books and magazines.
Mick Oakey is a familiar voice to many and is of course Managing Editor at The Aviation Historian...
episode 184: Ep.184 - Xwing
In 2021, Xwing made history by completing the world’s first autonomous cargo flight.
During the demonstration — Xwing’s CESSNA 208 Caravan backed out of its gate, taxied onto the runway, took off, flew a predetermined mission, landed, and returned to its gate. All entirely on its own. The flight was supervised by Xwing’s remote crew on the ground, along with a safety pilot...
episode 185: Ep.185 - Satellites and data
This episode we start a new focus on how data has, and continues to change, the aerospace and aviation sector.
We will have a few episodes that will come out over the next month or two that specifically challenges our guests to talk about how data, the cloud, AI and machine learning are changing the aerospace sector.
We actually started with our last episode where we talked to Xwing about their autonomous Cargo Cessna caravan flights...
episode 186: Ep.186 - FlyV: Revolutionising Mobility By Air
Tomislav Lang, Managing Director of FlyVbird joins us to talk about the pioneering tech airline model that will revolutionise airline travel in the future. The methodology is based upon a low cost, on demand air service, driven by proprietary algorithm and software architecture.
In this exclusive discussion we hear the exciting news of FlyVBird and its plans for launching the service...
episode 187: Ep.187 - Mosquito with Rowland White
Rowland White joins us to discuss his new book ‘Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission’.
Rowland amazes us with his knowledge and detail behind the aircraft and focus of the book.
Enjoy the stories, the heroes and villains and of course the de Havilland Mosquito!
Recorded 17th October 2023
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episode 188: Ep.188 - Stanford Tuck with Helen Doe
Legendary battle of Britain fighter ace Stanford Tuck is the subject of a new book by Helen Doe.
‘Stanford Tuck Hero of the Battle of Britain, the life of the great fighter ace’, is published by Grub Street and is available now.
Recorded 24th October 2023
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