Author: Xtended

In this episode, Tim talks to award-winning aviation historian Victoria Taylor about her new book ‘Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain’.

In this episode, we invite Mike Napier back to talk about his latest book ‘Over Cold War Seas – NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89’ – a fascinating review of Cold War naval aviation.

In this episode, we look at how aviation and aerospace items are converted to art and furniture pieces, and we welcome Stuart Abbot, the founder of Stu Art Furniture. 

First flying in 1954, some 71 years ago, the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules has become a iconic aviation legend. Beginning as a military transport, it has evolved into other roles, including gunship, weather research, special operations, firefighting and more – and it is still in production today. We talk to former RAF C-130 pilot Scott Bateman about ‘Hercules – First in, Last Out’ and the men and women of the tightly knit Herc Force and its incredible history.

Since its formation in 1957 the Army Air Corps has played a prominent role in almost every British Army operation. We talk to the authors of ‘Ops Normal Volume 1, The Authorised Operational History of the Army Air Corps, 1957-2017’ who take us through the evolution of the Corps, how it was founded and its theatres of operations during this time.