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00:18:02

Ep.224 - Fifty Years of Flying Fun

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2025/11/03

We talk to Rod Dean about ‘Fifty Years of Flying Fun’ which covers his half-century career in the air, from joining the RAF in 1962 to his work as a general aviation and airshow pilot. Over his career Rod logged more than 7,000 hours on 59 different types of aircraft, including military jets like the Hunter and Jaguar, as well as vintage planes such as the Spitfire. This is a fascinating reflection from flying fast jets through to warbirds.For full show notes visits www.aviation-xtended.co.uk

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00:28:53

Ep.223 - Riding Rockets, with astronaut Mike Mullane

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2025/10/04

Colonel Mike Mullane flew three Space Shuttle missions as a Mission Specialist and is a retired US Air Force weapon systems operator, flying 134 combat missions in Vietnam. He wrote the award-winning children's book Liftoff and the outrageously amusing and often times tragic “Riding Rockets”. He is a speaker on leadership, teamwork, and safety. He uses his experiences to explain the "normalisation of deviance," the tendency to take shortcuts and accept lower standards under

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00:29:46

Ep.222 - Flight 540: 'Wake up, it's a crash'

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2025/09/08

This is a moving interview with Earl Moorhouse, crash survivor and author.‘Wake Up, It’s A Crash – The Survivors’ Stories’ is his account of the world’s first Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet disaster, in November 1974.For full show notes, visit:www.xtended.co.uk

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Ep.221 - Eagle Days with Victoria Taylor

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2025/05/25

In this episode, Tim talks to Award-winning aviation historian Victoria Taylor about her new book ‘Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain’. Recorded 9th April 2025 For full show notes and imagery please visit https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/

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Ep.220 - Over Cold War Seas with Mike Napier

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2025/05/18

In this episode we have Mike Napier back to talk about his latest book ‘Over Cold War Seas - NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89’ - a fascinating review of Cold War naval aviation. Mike shares his approach to the topic, explains the evolution of naval technology and how the conflicting cold war scenario’s lead to new evolving aviation developments.And, of course there are aircraft galore. Some new, some well known and some not so well known or successful! predominantly in the northern

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00:55:35

Ep.219 - Aviation furniture with Stu Art

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2025/03/16

In this episode, we look at how aviation and aerospace items are converted to art and furniture pieces, and we welcome Stuart Abbot, the founder of Stu Art Furniture. Stuart trained as an Airframe Engineer in the RAF working on the Tornado F3. After leaving the RAF he continued as an airframe engineer with several international airlines and started Stu Art Furniture in 2012. His products are all hand-made and original and more affordable than some recent market entrants copying the model. His

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01:18:42

Ep.218 - Scott Bateman: ‘Hercules – First in, Last Out’

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2025/03/09

First flying in 1954, some 71 years ago, the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules has become a iconic aviation legend. Beginning as a military transport, it has evolved into otherroles, including gunship, weather research, special operations, firefighting and more – and it is still in production today. We talk to former RAF C-130 pilot Scott Bateman about ‘Hercules – First in, Last Out’ and the men and womenof the tightly knit Herc Force and its incredible history. Scott Bateman MBE is an aviation

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01:00:58

Ep.217 - Ops Normal: The Army Air Corps 1957-2017

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2025/01/04

Since its formation in 1957 the Army Air Corps has played a prominent role in almost every British Army operation. We get to talk to the authors of ‘Ops Normal Volume 1, The Authorised Operational History of the Army Air Corps, 1957-2017’ and they take us through the evolution of the Corps, how it was founded and its theatres of operations during this time.Mike Peters is a former Army Air Corps soldier and officer, serving both as Groundcrew and as an Air Door Gunner. During his 34 years in the

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00:51:42

Ep.216 - Flying Through the Ranks, from Cold War to...

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2024/10/27

Air Marshal ‘Black’ Robertson CBE BA FRAeS FRSA flew all the RAF’s front-line fast jets and also qualified as a helicopter pilot. Now retired, he also completed five tours in Whitehall, which he describes as his time as a ‘Whitehall Warrior’. He is a well published author, including ’Fighters in the Blood’, ‘A Spitfire Named Connie’ and ‘From Spitfires to Vampires and Beyond’. Today ‘Black’ joins us to talk about his latest book, ‘Flying through the Ranks: The Extraordinary Experiences of Airmen to

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00:49:46

Ep.215 - Bomber Command OTUs

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2024/10/13

Garth Barnard joins us to talk about his work cataloguing Bomber Command OTUs during WWII around central England. Aerodromes such as RAF Barford St John, RAF Bicester, RAF Chipping Warden, RAF Croughton, RAF Finmere, RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges, RAF Silverstone, RAF Turweston and RAF Upper Heyford. Training crews flew aircraft such as the Hampden, Blenheim, Wellington, Mosquito and Boston. Sadly, there were over 400 aircraft losses within a 15-mile radius of Brackley. Recorded 3rd September 2024

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Ep.214 - Claude Grahame-White

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2024/09/29

A new biography is being written on Claude Grahame-White. One that this will give more depth to the story behind the man who was a British aviation legend in his time and one who was sadly downtrodden and outcast by the government of the day.Joining us is Alison White who has taken on the task of correcting the historical record and resetting our perception of the man Recorded 7th August 2024 Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk For full show notes please visit

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Ep.213 - Cold War Coastal Command Chapter 16: Buying...

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2024/09/22

Although we finished the main content of the Cold War Coastal Command series in the last chapter, a story emerged that we just couldn’t resist. Stephen Bridgewater, Deputy Editor for Aerospace Magazine and good friend of the show mentioned that he had in fact purchased an RAF Nimrod directly from the RAF back in 2010. After Steve’s story, Gareth joins the feature as he was there the day XV232 arrived in Coventry. Recorded 29th July 2024 Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk For full

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00:48:06

Ep.212 - Cold War Coastal Command Chapter 15: Flying...

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2024/09/15

In our final Chapter of the Cold War Coastal Command series, we are honoured to speak to Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge, KCB, CBE, ADC, FCMI, FRAeS. Sir Brian takes us not only through flying the Nimrod and Nimrod operations in the Cold War period, but also explains how the Nimrod was used strategically in theatres such as the Falklands War, Operation Telic and the Iraq War, as well as drug running in the Caribbean. This feature is a fitting conclusion to the Cold War Coastal Command series

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Ep.211 – Cold War Coastal Command Chapter 14: Nimrod...

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2024/09/08

Nimrod XV250 is based at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington near York. She was dedicated by the Archbishop of York to stand as a permanent tribute to the 14 British servicemen killed in Afghanistan when Nimrod XV230 crashed near Kandahar in September 2006. Her team of volunteers keep her in a ground running condition to remember all Aircrew and Groundcrew who served on "The Kipper Fleet". Ken Bannister joins me today to talk about The Maid of Moray, his RAF career with the Nimrod and

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00:38:53

Ep.210 - Cold War Coastal Command Chapter 13:...

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2024/09/01

The Shackleton replacement now started to become more urgent.For years the Air Staff and Ministries had argued over what type should replace the Shackleton, including variants of the Vulcan, Britannia, VC10 and Trident, before settling for the Nimrod in 1964 We return to Chris Gibson, author of the brilliant book 'Nimrod’s Genesis' to learn how the process unfolded. Recorded 19th June 2024 Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk You can buy a copy of 'Nimrod's

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Ep.209 - Cold War Coastal Command Avro Shakleton MR2...

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2024/08/25

There is a Shackleton that still ‘Growls’ and this chapter features Shackleton MR2 WR963, currently based at Coventry but with a major project underway to move her to Elvington and the Yorkshire Air Museum. We speak to Richard Woods the driving force behind the project all about the aircraft and how to engineer the airframe when very few original engineers are still with us. Recorded 25th July 2024 Contact Us: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk Shackleton WR693

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Ep.208 – Cold War Coastal Command Chapter 11: The Old...

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2024/08/18

In this feature we talk to Ian Chisolm, Secretary of the Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association, about the RAF’s Avro Shackleton.Ian logged over 3,000 hours as an Air Electronics Officer (AEO) in charge of a team of five SNCO Air Electronics Operators who manned the Radio, Radar and Underwater Acoustics systems as well as the 20mm Hispano cannons fitted in the nose turret and the pyrotechnics launchers for the night illumination system. Hear what it was like on those long, arduous, noisy

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00:47:29

Ep.207 - Cold War Coastal Command Chapter 10 - The...

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2024/08/11

At the end of World War Two RAF Coastal Command faced the same challenges of all the British military services, one of reduction, cutbacks and a return to a peaceful world. The threat from the axis powers had been effectively squashed but there was a new threat emerging, in the form of the Soviet Union. Coastal Command had to start learning about new adversaries once again, adapting and performing immediately, to protect British interests initially in the northern Atlantic, but rapidly

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Ep.206 - International Airshow Marketing

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2024/08/04

Ever wondered how you go about marketing one of the worlds premier airshows, an air display act, or an airport?Helen Webb, Founder and Director at International Airshow Marketing, joins us to tell us how it all fits together. Recorded 30th July 2024 Contact Us: ⁠GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk⁠ Xtended Link Tree https://linktr.ee/aviationxtended Contact Xtended: GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk International Airshow Marketing Web http://www.airshow.marketing/

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Ep.205 - Elevate(Her)

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2024/07/21

We speak to the inspirational founder of Elevate(Her), Katherine Maloney. Katherine eloquently speaks up for a more diverse workforce across the aviation sector.Elevate(Her) is growing exponentially due to the demand for the work they do, encouraging, nurturing and assisting the future generations of aviation employees. Recorded 18th July 2024 Contact Us: ⁠GetInvolved@aviation-Xtended.co.uk⁠ Xtended Link Tree https://linktr.ee/aviationxtended Contact

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