FPP123 - Hawker Hurricane
In 1933, English aircraft designer Sydney Camm proposed a radical design for the future of British fighter aviation: a monoplane. Two-and-a-half years later the Hawker Hurricane took to the skies and ...
24 Okt 20211h 26min
FPP122 - CH-53 Super Stallion
In 1962 the U.S. Marine Corps issued a request for a heavy lift, ship-based helicopter capable of lifting a 4-ton payload over a radius of 100 nautical miles at a speed of over 150 knots. Boeing offer...
14 Okt 20211h 13min
FPP121 - What's Up With The F-35?
Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program (NY Times). The U.S. Air Force Just Admitted the F-35 Stealth Fighter Has Failed (Forbes). The F-35 May Be Unsalvageable (The Hill). ...
4 Okt 20211h 46min
FPP120 - The Commemorative Air Force
Have you ever wondered what it takes to keep a 70+ year-old aircraft in the air, who funds its maintenance, or how you could be involved to help keep the legacy of the aircraft, pilots, and maintainer...
24 Sep 20211h 31min
Airborne on 9/11: Defending Cheyenne Mountain
This time last year we heard from Martin "Opus" Richard who was airborne in an F-15 Eagle over Manhattan during the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. This year, on the 20th anniversary of that fateful day...
10 Sep 202130min
FPP119 - AH-1 Cobra
The Marines—God bless 'em—have a reputation for making do with whatever equipment, weapons, and tasking that comes their way and, to their credit, usually do a damn fine job accomplishing the mission ...
4 Sep 20211h 16min
FPP118 - A-3 Skywarrior
Hornet, Eagle, Viper, Tomcat, Tiger, Raptor, Warthog, Moose... we've covered many colorfully-named aircraft here on the show and this week is no different with a discussion on the carrier-based nucula...
24 Jul 20211h 9min
FPP117 - C-17 Globemaster III
Not every aircraft can be (or should be) an attention-grabbing 9G fighter or Mach 3 spy plane. Scores of unheralded support planes play vital military roles including the movement of critical supply. ...
14 Jul 202158min
