We welcome back Rowland White to talk about his latest book, to be published in March 2016. ‘Into The Black’ is the story of the first flight of the Space Shuttle, the hidden safety issues and the use of spy technology in addressing them.

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We also have a look at the latest news including the retirement of XH558, space news and the recent events over Syria and Turkey. A new #X10Top10, listener feedback and promoting what’s good in aerospace are all loaded into this bumper episode.

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Running Order (Hrs.Mins.Secs):

  • 05.42 News
  • 35.42 Rowland White ‘Into The Black’
  • 03.46 #X10Top10
  • 13.09 Get Involved
  • 18.39 Promoting Aerospace
  • 30.17 Out-takes 🙂

 

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#X10Top10 – Best Gliders:

1. Pegasus Bridge – 1944

2. Longest ever glider flight (56 hours) – 1952

3. The Azores A330 Glider – 2001

4. Space Shuttle Orbiter

5. Perlan 1 project – highest ever glider flight (50,720ft) – 2006

6. Otto Littenthal’s experiments

7. Longest ever (3,008km) glider flight – 2003

8. Rescue of Mussolini – 1943

9. The Cayley Gilder – 1853

10. Capt Eric Moody and four engine 747 flame-out – 1982

Paratroops leaving an Airspeed Horsa Glider a training aircraft of No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton 4 June 1943

News

Passenger Choice Awards

BA 787 Seats

Concorde to Fly again?

Sentinel Ops

UK Launcher

Apollo Archive

NZ rocket company signs deal to fly to the moon

Space Shuttle Columbia launching by NASA - Great Images in NASA Licensed under Public Domain via Commons

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