Author: Xtended

In the second episode of our ‘Women In Aviation’ features we talk to two extraordinary and inspirational women.

On 24 April 1994, after encountering problems just seconds after taking off from Sydney Airport, DC3 VH-EDC ditched in to Botany Bay with all 25 souls on board saved. The pilot, retired Captain Rod Lovell talks to us about the ditching and blowing the whistle on his treatment by the authorities.

The Boeing 707, a classic airliner that set so many standards that still exist in modern airliners today. Charles Kennedy, author of the ‘Haynes Manual Boeing 707 1957 to Present’ joins us to discuss everything from those barrel roles in the Dash 80 Test aircraft, to the airframes still flying today.

Xtended returns to RNAS Yeovilton for this special episode on the Royal Navy International Air Day 2019.

For 100 years of transatlantic travel, #BA100 and the fiftieth anniversary of the Boeing 747, this episode is based around a classic interview with Captain Hugh Dibley FraeS.