There is a new podcast focused on RAF Bomber Command in World War Two hosted by Writer and Military Historian Jane Gulliford Lowes and Historian and co host James Jefferies. It is of course 'Never Mind The Dambusters'!    In this, our landmark 200th episode, we get the opportunity to talk to Jane and James about Bomber Command and the challenges the aircrews faced in their multi tasked environment. We share views of the aircraft, the people and the effects of their activities. It is an insight and sometimes personal look at Bomber Command.     Recorded 16th April 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Never Mind The Dambusters   Web https://nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/   Twitter X https://twitter.com/RAFBomber_Pod   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nevermindthedambusters/       Jane Gulliford Lowes  Web https://www.justcuriousjane.com/   Twitter X https://twitter.com/LydiaJane13   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/justcuriousjane/   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/janegulliford.lowes/     James Jeffries  Web https://linktr.ee/jamesjhistory   Twitter X https://www.facebook.com/janegulliford.lowes/  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jamesjhistory   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-jefferies-37b4aa182/     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   Airplane Geeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Samuel de Korte is a graduate student of Utrecht University, where he studied an MA in the Cultural History of Modern Europe. He wrote his Master's thesis about the representation of black Americans during the Second World War, indicating that although they formed a substantial part of the American armed forces, they don't receive an equal share in the representation in contemporary media. His new book ‘Tuskegee Airmen - Dogfighting with the Luftwaffe and Jim Crow’ is published by Pen and Sword.    We focus on the human and personal issues they faced. If unfamiliar with the events, this can be a sensitive issue that some might find uncomfortable. The presenter and guest views are their own and not those of the podcast or publisher (or others associated with this episode).    Recorded 11th April 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Samuel de Korte   Book https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tuskegee-Airmen-Hardback/p/24428   Web www.samueldekorte.com  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/samuel.dekorte/   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/samuel.dekorte   Threads https://www.threads.net/@samuel.dekorte     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   Airplane Geeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us):  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Finalising our focus on how the use of AI, data and machine learning is changing the sector, we are joined by Andy Taylor, the Chief Solutions Officer at NATS.   NATS it is the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services as well as providing air traffic services to airports, airlines, air traffic service providers and governments across parts of Europe, the Middle East and Asia.    Recorded 27th March 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     NATS  Web https://www.nats.aero/   Podcast https://www.nats.aero/news/altitude/   Twitter X http://x.com/NATS  LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/nats  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/natsaero/  Youtube https://www.youtube.com/natsaero      Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   Airplane Geeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

In 2023 Dave Homewood from the Wings Over New Zealand podcast visited the UK to record and document Kiwi aviation involvement in World War Two by visiting some of our historic aircraft, museums, airfields and memorials.   Dave is returning in 2024 but with a slightly different agenda. We caught up with Dave as he planned the return ‘Wings Over Britain’ visit.    Recorded 19th March 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Wings over Britain   Wings Over New Zealand show - https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/   WONZ 276 – Wings Over Britain: Ross Boyens  WONZ 277 – Wings Over Britain: Navy Wings  WONZ 278 – Wings Over Britain: Brooklands Museum  WONZ 279 – Wings Over Britain: Biggin Hill  WONZ 280 – Wings Over Britain: The Fleet Air Arm Museum  WONZ 281 – Wings Over Britain: Sandy’s Spitfire  WONZ 283 – Wings Over Britain: Conversations from Shuttleworth  WONZ 285 – Wings Over Britain: East Kirkby  WONZ 286 – Wings Over Britain: The International Bomber Command Centre  WONZ 287 – Wings Over Britain: Dave Gledhill  WONZ 288 – Wings Over Britain: The BBMF  WONZ 289 – Wings Over Britain: The de Havilland Aircraft Museum  WONZ 291 – Wings Over Britain: RAF Museum Midlands  WONZ 292 – Wings Over Britain: Andy Saunders  WONZ 294 – Wings Over Britain: Steve Bridgewater  WONZ 295 – Wings Over Britain: Hornchurch  WONZ 296 – Wings Over Britain: IWM Duxford  WONZ 297 – Wings Over Britain: Bottisham  WONZ 298 – Wings Over Britain: RAF Hunsdon  WONZ 302 – Wings Over Britain: OFMC’s Sarah Carr     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   Airplane Geeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Steven Bailey discovered that the story of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong during the final year of World War II had never been told. Operation Gratitude involved nearly 100 U.S. Navy warships and close to a thousand planes. His new book ‘Target Hong Kong’ brings this massive operation down to a human scale, recounting the air raids through the experiences of seven men whose lives intersected at Hong Kong in January 1945.    Steven joins us to share the story and help us better understand the Operation, its people and its legacy.    Recorded 19th Feb 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     You can order a copy of this book whilst supporting local bookshops here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781472860101     Osprey  https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/target-hong-kong-9781472860101/       Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Dr Tony Redding is a military historian and author with a particular interest in RAF Bomber Command. He joins us to talk us through the operational capability and credibility of Britain’s airborne nuclear deterrent during the peak years of the Cold War.   Recorded 23rd Feb 2024   Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk   You can order a copy of this book whilst supporting local bookshops here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781911667872 Dr Tony Redding https://www.tonyredding.co.uk/        Grubstreet https://grubstreet.co.uk/product/v-bombers-signed/  Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544     Aviation Xtended Partners ·         Royal Aeronautical Society ·         Global Aviation Resource ·         XTPMedia ·         Ellie Carter   Show Supporters ·         The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/ ·         Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club  https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076   Xtended Podcast family ·         AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/ ·         AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/ ·         PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/ ·         Wings Over New Zealand Show  http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us: ·         https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Continuing our focus on how data and technology has changed the aviation sector we welcome Diana Franganillo Luque from Indra and Udi Segall from Intell-Act to discuss an exciting project to integrate all airport, airline and air traffic data using AI to streamline the ‘Perfect Aircraft Pit-stop.    Recorded 7th Feb 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Diana Fraganillo Luque  LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/diana-franganillo-luque    Indra  Web - https://www.indracompany.com   Twitter - https://twitter.com/IndraCompany   Facebook - https://es-es.facebook.com/indracompany/   LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/company/indra   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/indracompany  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU4hJWWBils_53MEkxMHSjw  Udi Segall  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/udi-segall-870a9333   Intell-Act  Web https://www.intell-act.com/  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/intellact     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Ryan Noppen joins to help us understand the overlooked air battle between the Netherlands and Germany that thwarted the German invasion of Holland in 1940 for five days.    Ryan is a military author with a Master of Arts degree in European history. Ryan is a scholar of Dutch, German and Central European history and the author of ‘Holland 1940, The Luftwaffe’s first set back in the west’.    Recorded 5th Feb 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Get a copy of Holland 1940, The Luftwaffe’s first set back in the west at our Bookshop> Buy a copy here and support local bookshops https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781472846686     Ryan Noppen  Osprey https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/author/ryan-k-noppen/  Amazon Books https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ARyan+K.+Noppen&s=relevancerank&text=Ryan+K.+Noppen&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Paul Beaver joins us to talk about Britain’s Greatest Test Pilot, Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown.    His best selling book, reprinted 5 times and last year’s Biography of the Year is ‘Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot’.   Paul gives us an insight to this amazing mans life. This is a fascinating feature. Don’t miss it!    Recorded 31st Jan 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Get a copy of Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot at our Bookshop and support local bookshops https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9780718186708     Paul Beaver  Paul Beaver’s previous appearance on Xtended - https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-49-paul-beaver/  Twitter - https://twitter.com/beaverwestminst  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pilotbeaver/    Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown appeared on Xtended in 2013 https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-13-ral-space-and-captain-eric-winkle-brown/     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

We welcome back Brain Harvey to talk us through the history and evolution of JAXA and the Japanese Space Programme.     Recorded 23rd Jan 2024     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Get a copy of Japan In Space: Past, Present and Future by Brian Havey at our Bookshop    Brian Harvey  Web - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45573-5    Amazon - Japan In Space: Past, Present and Future by Brian Havey https://www.amazon.co.uk/Japan-Space-Present-Future-Springer/dp/3031455711/   Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Harvey_(author)     Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianHarveyAut1     Brian Harvey on Xtended  EP.165 – CHINA IN SPACE WITH BRIAN HARVEY https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-165-china-in-space-with-brian-harvey/   EP.159 – SPACE ROCKET LAUNCH SITES https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-159-space-rocket-launch-sites/     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

This updated edition of Paul Crickmore's classic Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions is based on 850 pages of documentation and images declassified by the CIA covering the A-12 Oxcart programme.   Paul joins us to talk about the A-12 and SR-71, the missions and their challenges, but also to discuss the changes in this new edition which includes a 40% increase in words, three new chapters and an additional 60 new photos.     Recorded 14th Nov 2023     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Book Links  Web https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/lockheed-blackbird-9781472851383/   Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/e6ARFKb     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

In 2000 a team of retired pensioners set about building Scotland’s only World War One aircraft, the Sopwith Strutter. That airframe is now ready to fly and Ellie is in the prime position to test fly it. Find out why they built the aircraft, the challenges they faced and how the team now go about taking her to the air.  Please support the Kickstarter programme if you can, even a small donation will help.    Recorded 15th Nov 2023     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Kickstarter APSS and The Strutter  Link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/453296716/ellie-and-the-time-machine     Web https://www.apss.scot/  https://www.strutteraviation.com/   Twitter https://twitter.com/struttertherep    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/strutterapss/   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sophie_the_strutter/     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Legendary battle of Britain fighter ace Stanford Tuck is the subject of a new book by Helen Doe.   ‘Stanford Tuck Hero of the Battle of Britain, the life of the great fighter ace’, is published by Grub Street and is available now.    Recorded 24th October 2023     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Helen Doe  Web https://www.helendoe.uk/   Twitter https://twitter.com/DrHelenDoe   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HelenDoehistorian/  Grubstreet https://grubstreet.co.uk/product/stanford-tuck/      Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Rowland White joins us to discuss his new book ‘Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission’. Rowland amazes us with his knowledge and detail behind the aircraft and focus of the book. Enjoy the stories, the heroes and villains and of course the de Havilland Mosquito! Recorded 17th October 2023 Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk Rowland White Web http://www.rowlandwhite.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/RowlandWhite Publisher https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443149/mosquito-by-white-rowland/9781787634534 Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544 Aviation Xtended Partners Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/ Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/ XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/ Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94 Show Supporters The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/ Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076 Xtended Podcast family AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/ AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/ PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/ Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us: https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Tomislav Lang, Managing Director of FlyVbird joins us to talk about the pioneering tech airline model that will revolutionise airline travel in the future. The methodology is based upon a low cost, on demand air service, driven by proprietary algorithm and software architecture. In this exclusive discussion we hear the exciting news of FlyVBird and its plans for launching the service. Recorded 9th October 2023  Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk  FlyV ·         Web https://www.flyvbird.com/   ·         LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/flyvbird/     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544     Aviation Xtended Partners ·         Royal Aeronautical Society ·         GlobalAviation Resource ·         XTPMedia ·         Ellie Carter   Show Supporters ·         The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/ ·         AviationEnthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076   Xtended Podcast family ·         AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/ ·         AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/ ·         PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/ ·         Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us: ·         https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

This episode we start a new focus on how data has, and continues to change, the aerospace and aviation sector.   We will have a few episodes that will come out over the next month or two that specifically challenges our guests to talk about how data, the cloud, AI and machine learning are changing the aerospace sector.  We actually started with our last episode where we talked to Xwing about their autonomous Cargo Cessna caravan flights.  This episode comes from the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire where we talk to Gary Cannon - Space Segment Lead at The Satellite Applications Catapult.  Recorded 25th September 2023    Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Satellite Application Catapult   Web https://sa.catapult.org.uk/    Twitter https://twitter.com/SatAppsCatapult    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/satellite-applications-catapult/   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SatAppsCatapult/  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/satelliteapplicationscatapult     Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

In 2021, Xwing made history by completing the world’s first autonomous cargo flight.  During the demonstration — Xwing’s CESSNA 208 Caravan backed out of its gate, taxied onto the runway, took off, flew a predetermined mission, landed, and returned to its gate. All entirely on its own. The flight was supervised by Xwing’s remote crew on the ground, along with a safety pilot.   We are joined by Max Gariel the Co-Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer for Xwing.   Recorded 25th September 2023   Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk   Xwing  Web https://xwing.com/   Twitter https://twitter.com/xwinginc   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/xwing/  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELq0VFvX94IfpyjxR6lTmA    Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544     Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94   Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076   Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

What happens when you put three authors and publishers around a table to discuss the challenges of writing historical aviation content?   Find out in this fascinating insight on what it is like to research, write and publish accurate and compelling historical aviation books and magazines.     Mick Oakey is a familiar voice to many and is of course Managing Editor at The Aviation Historian. Mick was the editor at Aeroplane magazine and is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society's Historical Group Committee  https://www.theaviationhistorian.com     Robert Forsyth is an author, editor and publisher specialising in historic military aviation. He set up his own publishing company in 1994 and since then has gone on to write more than thirty titles on the aircraft, campaigns and units of the Luftwaffe. You can hear Robert on Xtended episodes   Ep.126 – The Luftwaffe's Special Weapons   Ep.129: Coastal Command Chapter 6 – The Adversaries  Ep.160 – Stalingrad Airlift  https://www.chevronpublishing.co.uk     Chris Gibson sits on the committee of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Heritage Specialist Group and is on the editorial Committee of The Aviation Historian for whom he also writes. He researches, writes, illustrates, produces and publishes aviation books for Crecy publishing, Key Publishing and his own company, Blue Envoy Press. He is the former editor of Air Britain Aeromilitaria and specialises in Cold War military aviation and guided weapons.  https://www.blueenvoypress.co.uk/     Recorded 4th September 2023    Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

We continue our Test Pilot series with Commander Nathan Gray, who joins us to talk about his book ‘Hazard Spectrum’. With over 140 combat missions to his name, he is among the most decorated pilots in the British armed forces and we share Nathan’s journey to the top of the Fleet Air Arm, from student to F-35 Test Pilot.   But, the episode starts with the sobering account of how he walked away from an ‘unsurvivable’ crash at RAF Wittering, which sadly killed his instructor. Nathan is one of the humblest heroes we have had the pleasure to interview. He is also one of our most talented pilots, flying and test flying with the Fleet Air Arm for over two decades on various aircraft including the Harrier, F-15, F-16, F-18, and of course F-35.     His career has taken him from the Californian coast of the United States to war zones in the Middle East. Nathan was part of the ground-breaking F-35 development program and conducted the first-ever F-35 launch and recovery on the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. He has also qualified as a commando green beret, paratrooper, and forward air controller.   This is an unmissable episode!   Recorded 15th August 2023  You can buy a copy of Hazard Spectrum at the Xtended bookshop through this link https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781035402519   Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk    Nathan Gray  https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/nathan-gray/hazard-spectrum/9781035402519/   Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544    Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94  Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076  Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

Mark Lardas joins us to talk about the ‘The Kamikaze Campaign 1944–45 - Imperial Japan's last throw of the dice’ his book published by Osprey. Mark of course was a major part of our Coastal Command series, nominated for an International Aerospace Media Award.   Mark has been fascinated by all things related to the sea and sky his entire life; from building models of ships and aircraft as a teen to studying Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at college. He worked as a navigation engineer on the Shuttle program and is now employed at Johnson Space Center on the Lunar Gateway program. He has written extensively about aircraft and warships, and has authored more than 50 books on military, naval and maritime history. He lives in Texas.  Recorded 28th July 2023   You can buy a copy of Mark’s book at the Xtended bookshop through this link https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781472848444     Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk     Mark Lardas  Website: http://www.marklardas.com/about-me/   Books: https://ospreypublishing.com/mark-lardas  The Kamikaze Campaign 1944–45 - Imperial Japan's last throw of the dice  https://ospreypublishing.com/uk/kamikaze-campaign-194445-9781472848291/   EP.124 – Coastal Command Chapter 3: Battle For The Atlantic https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-124-coastal-command-chapter-3-battle-for-the-atlantic/   Ep 129 Coastal Command - The Adversaries https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-129-coastal-command-chapter-6-the-adversaries/   Battle of the Atlantic 1939–41 - RAF Coastal Command's Hardest Fight Against The U-Boats https://ospreypublishing.com/battle-of-the-atlantic-1939-41   Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players https://pod.link/1611149544      Aviation Xtended Partners  Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/  Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/  XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/  Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94    Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076    Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1