Xtended – Details, episodes & analysis

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

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Shackleton WR693

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·         Yorkshire Air Museum https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/

Costal Command Series

·         EP.208 – COLD WAR COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 11: THE OLD GREY LADY

·         EP.207 – COLD WAR COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 10 – THE THREAT

·         EP.132: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 9 – RAF THORNEY ISLAND

·         EP.131: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 8 – THE FLEET AIR ARM

·         EP.130: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 7 – AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED AIRCREWS

·         EP.129: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 6 – THE ADVERSARIES

·      EP.128: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 5 – KIWI CREWS

·      EP.127 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 4: STRIKE WINGS

·         EP.124 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 3: BATTLE FOR THE ATLANTIC

·         EP.123 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 2: THE AIRCRAFT

·         EP.122 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 1: ‘CONSTANT ENDEAVOUR (THE OVERVIEW)’

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Aviation Xtended Partners

·         Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/

·         GlobalAviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/

·         XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/

·         Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94

Show Supporters

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 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

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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 missions in the ‘Old Grey Lady’.

Recorded 7th July 2024

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Ian Chisolm

• Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association http://www.ccmaa.org.uk/

Costal Command Series

• 207: COLD WAR COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 10 – THE THREAT
• 132: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 9 – RAF THORNEY ISLAND
• 131: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 8 – THE FLEET AIR ARM
• 130: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 7 – AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED AIRCREWS
• 129: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 6 – THE ADVERSARIES
• 128: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 5 – KIWI CREWS
• 127 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 4: STRIKE WINGS
• 124 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 3: BATTLE FOR THE ATLANTIC
• 123 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 2: THE AIRCRAFT
• 122 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 1: ‘CONSTANT ENDEAVOUR (THE OVERVIEW)’

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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 

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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  

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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 

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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  

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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 

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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  

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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  

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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 

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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: [email protected]  

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 

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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

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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.

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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

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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: [email protected]  

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 

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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: [email protected]  

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Ryan Noppen 

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• 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  

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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 

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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: [email protected]  

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