The Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast
1) The Big Hop with David Rooney
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 ...Show More
2) The Flight Gallery at the Science Museum London
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 displ...Show More
3) Over Cold War Seas with Michael Napier
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 Na...Show More
4) Remastering Gemini and Mercury with Andy Saunders
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 tha...Show More
5) Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon with Jeffrey Kluger
Over the course of 20 months, NASA flew 10 vital Project Gemini missions that proved everything needed to get to the Moon in time to meet President John F. Kennedy's challenge. Apollo 13 co-author Jef...Show More
6) Spacewoman Film Review: A Superb Space Documentary
Col. Eileen Collins, USAF Rtd., had a fantastic career before joining NASA. Her dream to go to space led her to become not only the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle but also the first woman to c...Show More
7) British Jets of the 50s! - Part 2: Hunters, Swifts and Lightnings
In part two of our look at "The British Century Series" (not a thing), Joe Wilding and I continue iour look at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum in West Sussex, England's collection and move onto ...Show More
8) British Jets of the 50s! Part 1 - Early Engines, Meteors and Vampires
When Joe Wilding and I first took a look at the US Air Force's Century Series 18 months ago, we always wanted to take a look at their British equivalent, and now we have! In part one of our look at "T...Show More
9) Folland Gnat Jet Restoration at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Our tour of the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum continues as we check out the progress on the restoration of the former Red Arrow support aircraft, Folland Gnat T.1 XR571, and the recently completed...Show More
10) Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Tour
The Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is a gem of a museum located on a corner of the former RAF Tangmere, just outside Chichester, West Sussex. On a surprisingly sunny Sussex day, marketing manager J...Show More