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Oct 15, 2026 21 min

Getting 'Beach City Baby' Ready to Fly Again - C-53 Skytrooper Tour

Episode 137

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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 days of airlines in the United States, Air Transport Command's efforts in North Africa and her role in the growth of civil aviation in Ohio. She is getting a new set of wings, and you can find out how you can help too!

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0:00 Meeting Beach City Baby

4:24 Wartime Service

7:36 Inside the Cabin

13:03 Ohio Governor's Aircraft

18:37 Modern Avionics Upgrade

22:58 Finding the Derelict DC-3

25:11 Meet the Wing Crew

27:27 Rewinging the C-53

30:50 Keeping Her Airworthy

36:56 Families Reunited Aloft

42:07 Where to Follow Vintage Wings

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Oct 1, 2026 44 min

Selling History? How WWII Signatures Became a Cash Grab

Episode 136

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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 all the signatures cut out of it. This led me down a rabbit hole of looking at the commoditisation of these signatures and autographs, where the very rarest are now sliced out and added to both new and old artwork, all in the name of "exclusivity". I mean, we look at a Rommel signature in this one...

Erasing History Part 1: https://pod.fo/e/4276b7

Erasing History Part 2 with Dr Philip W Blood: https://pod.fo/e/55f3cb

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0:00 Signatures as Commodities

2:56 Cutting Up Prints For Their Parts

5:19 Autographs on New Editions

8:07 No Historic Value

10:08 History for Sale

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Sep 3, 2026 15 min

Erasing History Part 2: Is A Signature Historic?

Episode 135

Show notes

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, signature, off of a print by Robert Taylor.

Phil and I delve into the truth about Luftwaffe complicity in the crimes of the Nazis during the Second World War and discuss the uncomfortable relationship with the regard to which those who survived were viewed.

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Birds of Prey

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War Comes to Aachen

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0:00 Erasing History Debate

1:49 Collecting Luftwaffe Prints

7:38 Luftwaffe and Nazi Ideology

15:08 Signatures and Historical Value

17:56 Mass Signatures Questioned

27:59 Rudel and War Myths

36:32 Commercial Versus Historic Autographs

38:54 Erasure as History

46:57 Public Memory and Hero Worship

49:17 Anti-Semitism in Luftwaffe Stories

54:35 Final Solution and Aftermath

56:31 Auschwitz Book Preview

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Aug 20, 2026 59 min

Pima's B-36 Peacemaker Restoration Update

Episode 134

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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 nearly 20-years in the Arizona sun. Scott Marchand, the Pima Air and Space Museum's CEO, joins us from the cockpit of the B-36 to discuss what is going to happen over the coming months as the B-36 is stripped back to bare metal and then given many new coats of paint.

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Aug 6, 2026 25 min

Jimmy Stewart, Curtis LeMay, and the Selling of the Strategic Air Command

Episode 133

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In 1955, Paramount Pictures released one of their tentpole VistaVision epics, Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart and directed by his longtime collaborator, Anthony Mann. Strategic Air Command is peak, high-resolution, widescreen 1950s propaganda at its finest, and while not a great film (David and I argue about that aspect too!), its time and place in the building of the mythology of Curtis LeMay's US Air Force bombing arm offers a fascinating insight into the mindset of both LeMay and Jimmy Stewart.

David, the host of The Cold War channel on YouTube, joins me to bring our long-running Bluesky debate about this film to the channel and look at a film that had US military cooperation at a level that would make Michael Bay and Tom Cruise green with envy.

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0:00 B-36 Takes Center Stage

5:25 Plot of a Propaganda Classic

12:13 LeMay Behind the Film

23:07 SAC’s Cold War Mission

31:24 LeMay’s Human Factor

36:27 From Hero to Ripper

42:42 Bombers, Missiles, and Madness

51:32 The Missing LeMay Biography

54:10 Weird Subplots and Standout Scenes

1:00:43 What’s Next for The Cold War?

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Jul 30, 2026 1 hr 2 min

'Beyond Blue Sky' Director and SpaceShipOne Project Engineer Interview

Episode 132

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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. In this episode we are joined by the film's director, Kevin Curran, and SpaceShipOne's Project Engineer, Matt Stinemetze, to discuss this incredible project that went from Burt Rutan announcing that they were going to space to winning the $10m Ansari X Prize in 2004.

Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts is a fantastic documentary and is available now on Apple TV and Amazon Prime in the UK and US.

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Jul 23, 2026 1 hr 15 min

Space Hazards with Dr. Ryan French

Episode 131

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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 impact of space hazards on Earth. So if you've ever wondered how solar activity affects our technology, the risks of space junk, and the future of space safety, then this is the show for you!

Check out Ryan's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@Sun.Scientist

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0:00 Sun Misconceptions

4:18 Solar Flares Explained

8:14 Space Weather Impacts

15:28 Forecasting Solar Storms

23:06 Protecting Critical Systems

26:32 The Space Junk Problem

31:46 Avoiding Orbital Debris

35:59 Cleaning Up Orbit

37:43 Asteroids and Meteors

39:58 Tracking Dangerous Rocks

42:50 Impact Risks on Earth

45:43 Wrapping Up

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Jul 16, 2026 49 min

The Typhoon and it's Rocket

Episode 130

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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 at the Hawker Typhoon, we take a deep dive into the RP-3 and some of the realities of this legendary, if wonderfully inaccurate, weapon.

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0:00 RP-3 Rocket Origins

2:24 Rocket Design Revealed

3:54 Early Typhoon Testing

5:06 Desert Tank-Buster Trials

7:57 Normandy Training Begins

10:27 Rockets Under Combat Fire

12:19 Witness at Mortain

13:06 Claims Versus Reality

15:06 Typhoon’s True Impact

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Jul 2, 2026 18 min

Erasing History? The Trouble with Aviation Art

Episode 129

Show notes

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 video, as why would I want the signature of a man like Günther Rall, an ardent servant of fascism, hanging on my wall?

You can listen to both parts of our Birds of Prey discussion with Dr. Philip Blood via The Aviation Show website here:

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Jonathan Glancy's 2004 Guardian interview with Rall can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/dec/30/1

Rall's obituary in The Daily Telegraph which includes Dr Richard P. Hallion's remarks, can be found via the Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20091015045404/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/6299837/Generalleutnant-Gnther-Rall.html

Find out moe about the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres and the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial on their YouTube channel @neuengamme.memorial and website here: https://www.gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/en/

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Jun 4, 2026 17 min

The B-1 Story | Part 4 : Today and Tomorrow

Episode 128

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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 skies, you would think the B-1B could look forward to a well earned rest. But, as Kenneth P. Katz brings up to date on the B-1's story, we see that the Lancer's story is far from done.

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0:00 The B-1's Evolving Role

1:45 Modernization and Technological Updates

3:41 Recent Incidents and Losses

7:18 Sustainability Challenges

8:59 Parts and Supply Chain Issues

11:28 Future of the B-1 Bomber

15:35 Recent Combat Operations

19:17 The B-1's Endurance and Future Prospects

22:52 The Legacy of the B-1 Bomber, so far

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Apr 23, 2026 28 min

The B-1 Story | Part 3: Resurrection Bonus

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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 development and production brings its own headaches as the Lancer matures in time for a twenty year period of constant operations over Afghanistan and Iraq.

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0:00 The B-1's Resurrection

4:10 Reagan's Military Buildup Begins

6:15 Key Changes in B-1 Development

8:47 The B-1's Entry into Service

11:35 Concurrency and Its Challenges

15:53 The Cold War Ends: A New Mission?

18:31 The B-1's Transformation in the 1990s

20:25 The B-1's Role in Modern Conflicts

22:19 Adapting to a New Warfare

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Apr 9, 2026 24 min

The B-1 Story | Part 2: False Start Bonus

Show notes

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 Nuclear Triad. But as we discuss in this second part of the B-1 story, post the Vietnam War, military spending was very much at the forefront of turbulent economic times. New President Jimmy Carter had to make a crucial decision about the future of the B-1.

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0:00 Introduction to the B-1 Bomber

0:37 Technical Features of the B-1

8:45 Initial Findings and Performance

12:08 Political Context and Controversy

14:55 The Rise of Cruise Missiles

16:04 The B-1's Uncertain Future

17:16 President Carter's Final Decision

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Apr 2, 2026 20 min

The B-1 Story | Part 1: Genesis Bonus

Show notes

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 bomber is an aircraft that captivates all aviation buffs, a true creature of politics and engineering. The B-1's journey to nearly 40 years on the front line of the US Air Force has not been straightforward. Join us as Kenneth P. Katz, author of The Supersonic BONE, describes the journey to the AMSA program that saw the creation of a series of bombers, like the wonderful madness of the XB-70 Valkyrie, that informed what would become the B-1.

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0:05 The B-1: A Creature of Politics

1:27 Technological Advances in Aviation

4:54 The B-70: Wonderful Madness

9:10 The Emergence of the Triad

11:50 Shaping the B-1A Specifications

17:30 Competing for the AMSA Contract

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Mar 26, 2026 21 min

The Sir Barnes Wallis Collection Auction Tour

Episode 127

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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 West Sussex, England. Leo Denham kindly invited us down to explore this incredible collection and get a closer look at some of the increibly important historical artifacts that Wallis kept in his personal collection.

To find out more about the collection, visit the Denhams website at https://denhams.com/ where you can see all the lots and how you can bid on them.

Full cataloges of the collection are aviable for £10.

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0:00 Introduction to the Auction

1:36 Stunning Artworks on Display

3:09 The Iconic Signed Dams Photos

4:58 Family Moments Captured

7:12 Furniture and Personal Items

9:12 The Slingshot 10:22 Presentation Slides

11:17 Hidden Treasures in Old Books

14:28 The Swallow and Wild Goose Models

17:19 NASA's Insights Shared

19:10 Personal Mementos and Memories

21:19 The Marbles: Historical Significance

21:43 Auction Details and How to Participate

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Mar 19, 2026 24 min

The A-36 (Not An Apache) Story with Matthew Willis

Episode 126

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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 dive-bomber was ordered by the US Army Air Force to supplement their attack aircraft and saw service in the Mediterranean and the China-Burma-India theatres. But the A-36's story is overshadowed by its fighter sister, and matters get even more complicated when it comes to the aircraft's name, which it never officially had.

Author and historian Matthew Willis returns to The Aviation Show to discuss the development and service of the A-36 and champion the Allison-engined Mustangs, which were pretty ace.

To enter our giveaway for a personalised copy of Matthew Willis' Mustang: The Untold Story, send an email to MUSTANG@THEAVIATION.SHOW with the subject line 'Not An Apache' to be considered in the draw. A winner will be chosen at random and announced on Thursday, 26th February 2026. The winner will be notified by email. If no response is received within 72 hours, the draw will be remade, and the new winner announced. There is no monetary alternative to the prize of one hardback copy of 'Mustang: The Untold Story'.

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Feb 12, 2026 1 hr 8 min

The Big Hop with David Rooney

Episode 125

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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 £10,000 prize. Author David Rooney joins us at the Science Museum in London to discuss John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown's incredible flight with the aircraft they did it in, the Vickers Vimy, which is on display at the museum.

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Feb 5, 2026 48 min

The Flight Gallery at the Science Museum London

Episode 124

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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 of Britain's aviation heritage are displayed, like the Vickers Vimy that completed the first crossing of the Atlantic, Britain's first jet aircraft, the Gloster E38/29 and Amy Johnson's Jason, to name but a few. Doug Millard, the Deputy Keeper, Technologies and Engineering at the Science Museum, very kindly showed us around the gallery before the museum opened, telling us the stories of this incredible collection.

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0:00 Introduction

1:36 Curator's Journey into Aviation

2:32 The Flight Gallery's History

5:10 Beginning the Aircraft Tour

8:46 Conservation Challenges in Aviation

15:41 The Schneider Trophy Triumph

21:53 The Legacy of Spitfire and Hurricane

22:53 Research and Development in Aviation

25:19 The Reserve Collection Unveiled

32:08 Vertical Flight Innovations

33:47 Highlights of the Aviation Collection

36:08 Conclusion and Museum Information

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Jan 29, 2026 37 min

Over Cold War Seas with Michael Napier

Episode 123

Show notes

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 book, Over Cold War Seas: NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949-1989, which looks at the four-decade duel for control of the world's sea lanes and the aircraft that flew above them looking for what lurked above and beneath the waves.

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0:00 Introduction

1:11 The Birth of NATO's Naval Strategy

7:49 Air Power and Naval Warfare

10:06 The Korean War's Impact on Carrier Operations

16:34 Soviet Submarine Strategy Emerges

26:02 Control of the Seas by NATO

33:01 The Decline of British Naval Power

42:28 The 1980s: A Shift in Naval Dynamics

49:11 Modern Challenges in Maritime Warfare

55:32 The Evolving Landscape of Naval Aviation

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Jan 8, 2026 1 hr

Remastering Gemini and Mercury with Andy Saunders

Episode 122

Show notes

Best-selling author and imaging specialist Andy Saunders follows up his remarkable Apollo Remastered with Gemini and Mercury Remastered. Gemini was NASA's highly ambitious 20-month sprint to prove that they could get to the moon in time to meet President John F. Kennedy's challenge.

Andy's remastering of the first space photography allows us to see our world the way NASA's Mount Rushmore of astronauts did 60 years ago.

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