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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 ShowArnhem: Black Tuesday with Al Murray
Tuesday, 19th September 1944, was Black Tuesday for the 1st Airborne Division trying to take and hold the road bridge at Arnhem. It was the day Operation…
The Aviation ShowOperation Chowhound with Lucy Hanson
In 1945, the RAF and USAAF flew two remarkable operations. Mana and Chowhound were missions to deliver food and vital medical supplies to break the 'Hunger…
The Aviation ShowPropwash Airshow at Stow Maries
Propwash is the summer Festival of the Air at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome and we were delighted to be there! Following the museum's CEO Ian Flint's kind…
The Aviation ShowHarry Hardy DFC - Hawker Typhoon Pilot
On the 10th of August 1944, Harry Hardy joined 440 "City of Ottawa" Squadron RCAF in Normandy, flying Hawker Typhoon 'Bombphoons'. Harry flew 96 sorties…
The Aviation ShowFlying Catch-22 with 'Stoney' Stonich
#Catch-22 is one of Scott Marchand and I's favourite books, so when the opportunity came up to chat with Stoney Stonich, who, as a young pilot, signed on to be…
The Aviation ShowSave Stow Maries! with Ian Flint
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome is the largest surviving Great War aerodrome in Europe, and it needs your help! Following roadworks that blocked access to the…
The Aviation ShowThe Challenger Disaster with Adam Higginbotham
It has been nearly 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its 10th flight on January 28, 1986, killing her crew and shocking the…
The Aviation ShowThe F-35 Trillon Dollar Trainwreck with Bill Sweetman
The Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II is slated to be the mainstay of the US Air Force and NATO's air forces for years to come. But as Bill Sweetman, veteran…
The Aviation ShowThe Future of the A-10 with Col. Nick 'Stoli' Radoescu
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, the Warthog, has been earmarked for retirement for over a decade, but what is happening today with the men and…
The Aviation ShowThe Century Series with Joe Wilding
The Century Series was the name given to the series of second-generation US Air Force fighters that took the USAF beyond the sound barrier and towards Mach 2…
The Aviation ShowFlying The Hump with Caroline Alexander
The Hump was the air bridge between India and China during the Second World War. The men of the Air Transport Command would face then unknown weather systems…
The Aviation ShowReturning to the A-20 Cockpit After 80 Years with Bob Reierson - Part 2
In this second part of our interview with WW2 Veteran Bob Reierson, Bob tells us about heading to the Pacific, flying the A-20 in combat over the Philippines…
The Aviation ShowLearning to Fly the Douglas A-20 Havoc with Bob Reierson - Part 1
Bob Reierson joined the USAAF at age 18 and would find himself flying the Douglas A-20G Havoc in the Pacific. On my last visit to the Pima Air and Space…
The Aviation ShowThe Last Airworthy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer at GossHawk Unlimited - Part 2
David and Lindsey Goss run the fantastic GossHawk Unlimted in Casa Grande, Arizona. There they build incredible warbirds like Fw-190s (see part 1!) and care…
The Aviation ShowBuilding Focke-Wulf Fw 190s at GossHawk Unlimited - Part 1
Father and daughter team David and Lindsey Goss run one of the world's leading warbird restoration and maintenance companies, GossHawk Unlimited. Back in…
The Aviation ShowThe Lives of Jerrie Cobb with Mary Haverstick
When filmmaker Mary Haverstick started pre-production on a film about the Mercury 13, which selected and tested women for spaceflight, she knew the key was the…
The Aviation ShowNASA's Airborne Telescope SOFIA with Dörte Mehlert
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, was a joint program by NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR which put a 2.5m reflecting…
The Aviation ShowBoeing NB-52A "The High and Mighty One" Cockpit Tour
The oldest Boeing B-52 Stratoforetress in the world, 52-0003 "The High and Mighty One", has just been lovingly restored at the Pima Air and Space Museum and…
The Aviation Show7 Minutes in Hell with Dr Philip Blood
On the 80th Anniversary of the last major RAF Bomber Command attack on Aachen (11/12 April 1944), Dr Philip Blood returns to discuss the raid that lasted all…
The Aviation ShowPima's Convair B-36J Peacemaker
Convair's B-36 Peacemaker was intended as an intercontinental bomber and was the size of a small continent. Join us for this bonus episode as the Pima Air and…
The Aviation ShowThe B-17G Flying Fortress and Painted A-2 Flying Jackets of the 390th BG Memorial Museum
We return to the 390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum to tour their Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'I'll Be Around' with the museum's Business and Operation Manager…
The Aviation ShowThe Frankenplanes of the Pima Air and Space Museum
This week, we explore the fascinating background of aircraft that have undergone restoration, rebuild, or are newly built, focusing on their representation in…
The Aviation ShowDesigning the Adam A500 with Joe Wilding
Friend of the show Joe Wilding returns to discuss the first aircraft we worked on as an aircraft designer, the Adam A500. Conceived as a composite business…
The Aviation ShowBehind the Scenes at the Pima Air and Space Museum with Andrew Boehly
Pima's Director of Collections, Andrew Boehly, takes us on an in-depth look at the Pima Air and Space Museum's vast collection and brings out some of the…
The Aviation ShowFocke-Wulf's Savage Airliner with Matthew Willis
The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor was a savage airliner. Kurt Tank's elegant design evolved from a luxurious civil aircraft into a feared maritime reconnaissance…
The Aviation ShowMasters of the Air SPOILER FREE Review
Welcome to the SPOILER FREE Damcasters review of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hank's new Apple TV+ war series, Masters of the Air. In this review, Boney looks at…
The Aviation ShowPrecision with James Rogers
War historian James Rogers joins us to discuss his new book, Precision: A History of American Warfare, as we look into what precision actually means and what…
The Aviation ShowThe First World War Ace on Film with Abby Whitlock
How has the portrayal of the fighter pilot on film reflected and refined the image of the pilot we know today? Military historian Abby Whitlock joins us as we…
The Aviation ShowAsk Me Anything with The Damcasters' Host Matt Bone
Host Matt Bone tackles a variety of topics from a different perspective, adopting an 'Ask Me Anything' format. Following a brief discussion about delayed…
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2024 Kick Off and Under An English Heaven
We are back! It is a new year, and I'd love your feedback as the planning spreadsheet gets filled up. There are also updates to our Patreon levels, so now is a…
The Aviation ShowThe 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…
The Aviation ShowFlying 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…
The Aviation ShowMythbusting 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…
The Aviation ShowLockheed 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…
The Aviation ShowAerobatics 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…
The Aviation ShowWhat 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…
The Aviation ShowWas 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…
The Aviation ShowFly 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…
The Aviation Showhis 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…
The Aviation ShowMosquito with Rowland White
On Wednesday 21st March 1945, the RAF's 140 Wing of De Havilland Mosquito FB.VI fighter bombers, with an escort of Mustangs, attacked the Shellhus in…
The Aviation Show'Pegs' the Two-Seat Hawker Hurricane with Hurricane Heritage
Hurricane Heritage has the incredible job of operating the world's only two-seat Hawker Hurricane, BE505 'Pegs'. Starting life as a Canadian Car and…
The Aviation Show100 Years of Civil Aviation with Ben Skipper
Civil aviation is a vast undertaking and one that kept me in and out of trouble for 20 years of my working life. Author Ben Skipper has taken on the task of…
The Aviation ShowThe RAF Museum with CEO Maggie Appleton
The RAF Museum sites at Hendon in London and RAF Cosford in the Midlands are home to a collection that tells the century-old story of the RAF. It is where my…
The Aviation ShowFlying B-17s with the 390th Bomb Group with Col Richard Bushong
Every Thursday, Col. Richard Bushong heads over to the 390th Memorial Museum and holds court under the nose of the museum's B-17 Flying Fortress and answers…
The Aviation ShowThe 390th Memorial Museum with Bill Buckingham
The 390th Memorial Museum is a museum within the Pima Air and Space Museum dedicated to the memory of the men of the 390th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force who…
The Aviation ShowEmpire Flying Boats at War Part 3 with Phil Vabre
As the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, their forces raced south towards Australia. The evacuation towards Australia would prove costly for the Empire Class…
The Aviation ShowEmpire Flying Boats at War Part 2 with Phil Vabre
Continuing the story of the Empire Class flying boat, Phil Vabre returns to tell us about how Qantas were able to continue operating services in the Far East…
The Aviation ShowFlying the F-105 in Vietnam with Maj Gen Russ Violett
Maj Gen Russ Violett (Rtd) had a 30-year career with the USAF, flying multiple types, including the North American F-100 Super Sabre (in which he had a…
The Aviation ShowClassic British Jets Collection Open Day
On the 29th April 2023, the Classic British Jets Collection re-opened their doors at their Buntingthrope base for the first time this side of the pandemic…
The Aviation ShowThe Many Bombings of Aachen with Dr Philip Blood
On the night of the 13/14th of July 1943, RAF Bomber Command returned to the German city of Aachen again. This time they were carrying what they termed an…
The Aviation ShowHuey Gunships and Blackhawks with Mike Cusick
Mike Cusick was a Crew Chief on UH-1 Hueys and UH-60 Blackhawks in a career spanning five decades. Mike has seen everything from operating in the Vietnam delta…
The Aviation ShowLen Deighton's Bomber - The Historians
Len Deighton’s Bomber, both the original novel and the 1995 Radio 4 adaptation, have had a huge impact on both readers and listeners of the last flight of O…
The Aviation ShowLen Deighton and Radio 4's Bomber - The Cast and Crew Reunion
On Saturday the 18th of February 1995, Radio 4 dedicated prime slots of its schedule for an unprecedented airing of an adaptation of Len Deighton’s Bomber…
The Aviation ShowThe Battle of the Beams with Tom Whipple
The invisible radar war that took place over Europe is often misunderstood. While the RAF's integrated defence system, which had radar at its heart, has…
The Aviation ShowWinkle with Paul Beaver
Eric 'Winkle' Brown is widely regarded as the greatest pilot Britain has ever produced. Many of the tales Eric told have gone done in legend, but in…
The Aviation ShowHogs and The Black Jet with Jon Boyd
Lt. Col. (Rtd) Jon Boyd served in the USAF through transformational times. Joining in the late 1970s, Jon would fly the venerable Fairchild Republic A-10…
The Aviation ShowFlying in the Face of Fear with Kim "KC" Campbell
Col. (Rtd) Kim "KC" Campbell USAF is a remarkable person. Her career almost never happened, as the US Air Force Academy initially rejected her. Still, her…
The Aviation ShowThe Fly Girls Revolt with Eileen Bjorkman
Eileen Bjorkman is a retired USAF Colonel who was a Flight Test engineer on over 25 types during her career that would see her end up in the Pentagon. Her new…
The Aviation ShowBoney Takes on The First of the Few / Spitfire
This is the audio from a recent video I made. You can watch the video on the link below. I have a love/hate/love relationship with both versions of The First…
The Aviation ShowBoneyard Safari with Ramon Purcell
Boneyard Safari is one of those outfits I had always followed but never thought I'd get the chance to meet anyone from. Well, the trip to Arizona and the team…