Jimmy Stewart, Curtis LeMay, and the Selling of the Strategic Air Command
In 1955, Paramount Pictures released one of their tentpole VistaVision epics, Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart and directed by his longtime collaborator, Anthony Mann. Strategic Air Command is peak, high-resolution, widescreen 1950s propaganda at its finest, and while not a great film …
Pima's B-36 Peacemaker Restoration Update
The final Convair B-36J Peacemaker ever built, 52-2827 'City of Fort Worth', has been moved to the @PimaAirSpaceMuseum restorations hangar for some TLC after nearly 20-years in the Arizona sun. Scott Marchand, the Pima Air and Space Museum's CEO, joins us from the cockpit of the B-36 to discuss wha…
Erasing History Part 2: Is A Signature Historic?
Dr Philip W. Blood, author of 'Birds of Prey', joins us in this follow-up to our recent episode where I erased the noted Luftwaffe ace, Gunther Rall, signature, off of a print by Robert Taylor.
Phil and I delve into the truth about Luftwaffe complicity in the crimes of the Nazis during the Second W…
Episode 62 - Matt Boness (September 2026)
Matt Boness, Employee Engagement Specialist at Nusenda CU in Albuquerque NM, joins us today to share Nusenda's approach to building culture, engagement, and belonging within their team. The CU just won the USA Today Top Workplace award for the 14th year in a row, so they've got some cred on this to…
Selling History? How WWII Signatures Became a Cash Grab
I promise this is the last video on autographs and signatures, but I recently bought a mostly lovely print of Frank Wootton's Typhoon Squadron, which had had all the signatures cut out of it. This led me down a rabbit hole of looking at the commoditisation of these signatures and autographs, where …
Episode 30: How the Allies punched the hole in German radar for D-Day
By 1944, the German’s had a highly-advanced radar system covering the entirety of the Channel coast. That radar would, if left intact, provide considerable warning of any unfolding allied invasion.
The task of dealing with those radar stations ahead of D-Day fell almost entirely on the fighter-bo…
Episode 30 Extra Bit: Rescuing Pilots From the Channel
In this Extra Bit episode, Gareth and Matt Bone shine a light on the pilots of the Typhoon and Spitfire raids on D-Day's radar stations: the air-sea rescue crews. They cover the amphibious Walrus flying boats and the Spitfires that circled overhead to guide them in, the remarkable five-day ordeal o…
Getting 'Beach City Baby' Ready to Fly Again - C-53 Skytrooper Tour
Join us as Jason Capra and the Vintage Wing Inc. team show us around 'Beach City Baby', a C-53 Skytrooper with an incredible history that takes in the early days of airlines in the United States, Air Transport Command's efforts in North Africa and her role in the growth of civil aviation in Ohio. S…
Exploring the WACO Air Museum: A Treasure Trove of Aviation History
On our recent journey through Ohio, we visited the WACO Museum in Troy, Ohio, and looked at the history of the WACO aircraft company and the museum’s preserved material from the original plant. We check out some early WACO aircraft, the wildly unsuccessful RPT trainer, and the wartime CG-4 Hadrian …
The Shadow Before the Flame with Catherine Grace Katz
The Hindenburg disaster remains one of the most iconic events in aviation history. And yet, it is surrounded by many misconceptions. Author Catherine Grace Katz chronicles the last flight of the Hindenburg in her new book, Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War, and…
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