Author: Xtended

We welcome Tim Davies back on to the show to reflect on his memories of the Tornado GR4 and look forward to Aeralis.

With seven authors introducing their books, two book club reviewers, over 50 books and over 10,000 pages, this bumper episode’s only focus is on aviation books. Enjoy the content and we hope they will help you choose some interesting aviation reads. We would like to thank GrubStreet Books, Fonthill Books and The Aviation Historian for supporting this episode.

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.