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The Aviation Show
Welcome to The Aviation Show! The Aviation Show celebrates aviation and aerospace, from the first attempts of people jumping off things to humans being fired into space. If it flies, we will cover the story behind those flights and the people who made them happen. Brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum.
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Episodes
The Aviation ShowInside the Making of 'Jimmy' with Justin Strawhand and Julian Works
Hollywood legend James Stewart's remarkable Second World War service and how that affected his performance in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is the…
The Aviation ShowExploring the WACO Air Museum: A Treasure Trove of Aviation History
On our recent journey through Ohio, we visited the WACO Museum in Troy, Ohio, and looked at the history of the WACO aircraft company and the museum’s preserved…
The Aviation ShowGetting 'Beach City Baby' Ready to Fly Again - C-53 Skytrooper Tour
Join us as Jason Capra and the Vintage Wing Inc. team show us around 'Beach City Baby', a C-53 Skytrooper with an incredible history that takes in the early…
The Aviation ShowSelling History? How WWII Signatures Became a Cash Grab
I promise this is the last video on autographs and signatures, but I recently bought a mostly lovely print of Frank Wootton's Typhoon Squadron, which had had…
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Erasing History Part 2: Is A Signature Historic?
Dr Philip W. Blood, author of 'Birds of Prey', joins us in this follow-up to our recent episode where I erased the noted Luftwaffe ace, Gunther Rall…
The Aviation ShowPima's B-36 Peacemaker Restoration Update
The final Convair B-36J Peacemaker ever built, 52-2827 'City of Fort Worth', has been moved to the @PimaAirSpaceMuseum restorations hangar for some TLC after…
The Aviation ShowJimmy Stewart, Curtis LeMay, and the Selling of the Strategic Air Command
In 1955, Paramount Pictures released one of their tentpole VistaVision epics, Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart and directed by his longtime…
The Aviation Show'Beyond Blue Sky' Director and SpaceShipOne Project Engineer Interview
The new documentary, Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts, tells the story of Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites journey into space…
The Aviation ShowSpace Hazards with Dr. Ryan French
The Sun is constantly changing; it is not just a constant ball of fire. Dr Ryan French joins us to tell us about the Sun's behaviour, space weather, and the…
The Aviation ShowThe Typhoon and it's Rocket
The Hawker Typhoon and the 3" Rocket Projectile, the RP-3, have a special place in the annals of the Second World War. In this first part of a series looking…
The Aviation ShowErasing History? The Trouble with Aviation Art
I was recently given two prints by the renowned aviation artist, the late Robert Taylor. One is going on the wall, the other... Well, that is the focus of this…
The Aviation ShowThe B-1 Story | Part 4 : Today and Tomorrow
The B-1B Lancer has been in service for 40-years and her later life has been incredibly busy. With the Lancer's replacement, the B-21 Raider, taking to the…
The Aviation ShowThe B-1 Story | Part 3: Resurrection
A new president brings a new future to the B-1 Lancer program as the Reagan rearmament program sees development of the B-1 accelerated. The concurrent…
The Aviation ShowThe B-1 Story | Part 2: False Start
The B-1 Lancer was a highly innovative design, capable of high-speed, low-altitude flight and potentially could have been a vital buttress to the United States…
The Aviation ShowThe B-1 Story | Part 1: Genesis
In this Bonus Episode, we've re-editted our conversation with Ken Katz about the B-1 from 2022 as the aircraft returns to the forefront of operations. The B-1…
The Aviation ShowThe Sir Barnes Wallis Collection Auction Tour
On Wednesday 25th March 2026, a collection of Sir Barnes Wallis', the inventor of the Bouncing Bomb and many other things, will do up for auction at Denhams in…
The Aviation ShowThe A-36 (Not An Apache) Story with Matthew Willis
The North American Aviation A-36 was a dive-bombing development of the Mustang I that had been specified by the British during the Second World War. The…
The Aviation ShowThe Big Hop with David Rooney
In 1919, four British teams arrived in Newfoundland to attempt to be the first to fly across the Atlantic non-stop, the Big Hop, and claim the Daily Mail's…
The Aviation ShowThe Flight Gallery at the Science Museum London
The Science Museum in South Kensington, London hold a bit of a hidden gem of an aircraft collection. On the top floor of the museum, some of the great aircraft…
The Aviation ShowOver Cold War Seas with Michael Napier
For forty years, NATO and Soviet Naval forces patrolled the world's oceans. Retired Tornado driver and author Michael Napier joins us to discuss his latest…
The Aviation ShowRemastering Gemini and Mercury with Andy Saunders
Best-selling author and imaging specialist Andy Saunders follows up his remarkable Apollo Remastered with Gemini and Mercury Remastered. Gemini was NASA's…
The Aviation ShowGemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon with Jeffrey Kluger
Over the course of 20 months, NASA flew 10 vital Project Gemini missions that proved everything needed to get to the Moon in time to meet President John F…
The Aviation ShowSpacewoman Film Review: A Superb Space Documentary
Col. Eileen Collins, USAF Rtd., had a fantastic career before joining NASA. Her dream to go to space led her to become not only the first woman to pilot the…
The Aviation ShowBritish Jets of the 50s! - Part 2: Hunters, Swifts and Lightnings
In part two of our look at "The British Century Series" (not a thing), Joe Wilding and I continue iour look at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum in West…
The Aviation ShowBritish Jets of the 50s! Part 1 - Early Engines, Meteors and Vampires
When Joe Wilding and I first took a look at the US Air Force's Century Series 18 months ago, we always wanted to take a look at their British equivalent, and…
The Aviation ShowFolland Gnat Jet Restoration at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Our tour of the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum continues as we check out the progress on the restoration of the former Red Arrow support aircraft, Folland…
The Aviation ShowTangmere Military Aviation Museum Tour
The Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is a gem of a museum located on a corner of the former RAF Tangmere, just outside Chichester, West Sussex. On a…
The Aviation ShowPoor Little Lambs: The Making of Black Sheep Squadron
Author Stephen Chapis, whose new book, Poor Little Lambs, The Baba Black Sheep Story, joins us to discuss the making and flying of NBC's short-lived 1976 TV…
The Aviation ShowRolls-Royce Collection Tour at Aerospace Bristol
After many years out of the public's view, the Rolls-Royce Aerospace Collection has a brand new home at Aerospace Bristol and thanks to the fantastic team at…
The Aviation ShowAerospace Bristol Tour with Sir Iain Gray
Bristol has been a vibrant hub for British aviation since aircraft first took to the United Kingdom's skies. While the skies of the West Country no longer hum…
The Aviation ShowThe Aviator and the Showman with Laurie Gwen Shapiro
The life and legacy of Amelia Earhart are framed by her disappearance on July 2, 1937. However, in her new book, The Aviator and the Showman, author Laurie…
The Aviation ShowSpitfires with Becky Aikman
In 1942, a group of American women arrived in Liverpool, England. This group of aviatrixes, led by the remarkable Jackie Cochran, were joining the Air…
The Aviation ShowThe Bristol Brabazon with Alan J Porter
The Bristol Brabazon was conceived at the height of the Second World War. With the tide of the conflict turning, the British Government set up a committee to…
The Aviation ShowPima Air and Space Museum Pubcast!
As Scott Marchand and Andrew Boehly, CEO and Director of Collections of the Pima Air and Space Museum, respectively, were in town, I had to drag them to the…
The Aviation ShowEagle Days with Victoria Taylor
In an Aviation Show first, we teamed up with Paul Woodadge of @WW2TV to do a multi Live Stream! This is the audio from our discussion with Dr Victoria Taylor…
The Aviation ShowThe Sinking of the Cap Arcona: 3rd May 1945
80 years ago, on the 3rd May 1945, Hawker Typhoons of the RAF's 2nd Tactical Air Force attacked German shipping in Lubeck Bay, north of Hamburg. They succeeded…
The Aviation ShowBeechcraft Heritage Museum Tour - Part 2
🛩️Welcome to part 2 of our tour of the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee, with Museum President, Charles Parish. In this episode we look into…
The Aviation ShowBeechcraft Heritage Museum Tour - Part 1
🛩️The Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee, is my new favourite aircraft museum in the world. The museum is dedicated to the story of the…
The Aviation ShowNational Museum of the Marine Corps Tour
Just down the road from Washington, DC, is the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Virginia Triangle. Here, they tell the story of The Corps, from its…
The Aviation ShowCaring for Space Shuttle Discovery
Dr. Jennifer Levasseur, the Space Shuttle and International Space Station curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, joins us for a walkaround…
The Aviation ShowConserving Aerospace History At the National Air and Space Museum
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The Aviation ShowA Wander Around The Udvar-Hazy Center
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC. To call it…
The Aviation ShowOur 100th Episode at the National Air and Space Museum
Here it is, our 100th Episode! And the first under the new name! In February, my daughter and I headed to the USA and visited several aviation museums to…
The Aviation ShowWelcome to The Aviation Show
We are re-branding and broadening out! The Damcasters is no more, welcome to The Aviation Show. This video explains why I've changed the name and we also have…
The Aviation ShowThe Cartoonist of Stalag Luft III
🛫Ben Smotherman was a B-17 pilot who was shot down on his 7th mission over occupied Europe in 1943. He was captured and ended up in the POW camp Stalag Luft…
The Aviation ShowSabotage! The Death of General Sikorski
This week, we examine the mysterious crash of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator AL-523 on July 4, 1943, which claimed the life of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, the…
The Aviation ShowThe F-110A Spectre - The Century Series Revisited
🛫Join us as Joe Wilding helps us explore the store of the McDonnell-Douglas F-110A Spectre, which became the legendary F-4 Phantom II, filmed at the Wings Over…
The Aviation ShowThe F-One-Oh-Wonder - The Century Series Revisited
Joe Wilding returns to explore the rich history of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, filmed at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum. We discuss the significance of the…
The Aviation ShowThe Mach 2 Secrets of the B-1A Lancer
✈️ This week, we examine the Wings Over the Rockies Museum's Rockwell B-1A Lancer in depth. Joe Wilding explains the differences between the B-1A and the…
The Aviation ShowCurating Wings Over The Rockies
✈️Stewart Bailey is the Curator of the Wings Over the Rockies museum in Denver, Colorado. Join us as he discusses Lowry Air Force Base's history and the Wings…
The Aviation ShowThe Most Efficient Airman - The Life of Don Bennett
Don Bennett was rated by the future Bomber Command boss, Arthur Harris, as "the most efficient airman" he had ever known. In part two of our chat with…
The Aviation ShowRelentless Skies - The Life of Don Bennett
Air Vice Marshall Don Bennett CB, CBE, DSO was a singular man. His story of leading the Path Finder Force in the Second World War has gone down in legend. But…
The Aviation ShowWhat the Allies 'Knew' About Japan in 1941
How did cultural perceptions influence Western assessments of Japanese military potential? Justin Pyke joins us to discuss the Allies' capabilities assessments…
The Aviation ShowThe B-58 vs the F-11 - Combat Bullseye Pt.2
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The Aviation ShowCould The B-58 Have Served In Vietnam? Combat Bullseye Pt.1
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The Aviation ShowThe Aviation Book Review! with Andy Wright
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The Aviation ShowBoeing's Fortresses Part 3 - The B-52 Stratofortress
Join us for Part 3 of our series on Boeing's Fortresses, the evergreen B-52 Stratofortress! 🛩️Watch all of our Boeing's Fortresses mini-series as they drop…
The Aviation ShowBoeing's Fortresses Part 2 - The B-29 Superfortress
Join us for Part 2 of our series on Boeing's Fortresses, the remarkable B-29 Superfortress! Ordered from Boeing's drawing board and costing $3b in 1940s money…
The Aviation ShowBoeing's Fortresses Part 1 - The B-17 Flying Fortress
Join us for Part 1 of our series on Boeing's Fortresses, the incredible B-17 Flying Fortress! 🛩️Check out Ben Skipper's first visit to The Damcasters on Civil…
The Aviation ShowNavigating the Duxford Debate
Following an uncomfortable debate about a news article in Aeroplane Monthly on Duxford's future plans, Matt reflects on how the Avgeek community communicates…