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Welcome to The Aviation Show! The Aviation Show celebrates aviation and aerospace, from the first attempts of people jumping off things to humans being fired into space. If it flies, we will cover the story behind those flights and the people who made them happen. Brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Yesterday39 min
Inside the Making of 'Jimmy' with Justin Strawhand and Julian Works
Hollywood legend James Stewart's remarkable Second World War service and how that affected his performance in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is the subject of a new biopic, Jimmy, starring KJ Apa. Writer and producer Justin Strawhand and actor Julian Works join me to discuss the making of the film and the responsibility of bringing a lesser known but pivotal aspect of Jimmy Stewart's life to the big screen.Jimmy is out in North America on November 6th 2026.Veterans, Active Duty personel and First Responders can get free tickets to Jimmy via vettix.org or jimmythemovie.comThe trailer featured in this episode is copyright Burns & Co., © 2026 JIMMY The Movie LLC-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ 👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------0:00Meet the Makers of *Jimmy*2:22 Discovering Jimmy Stewart’s Wartime Story6:14 Researching the Script and Honouring History9:26 PTSD, Acting, and *It’s a Wonderful Life*11:38 Creating the Crew Around Jimmy14:41 Building On-Screen Camaraderie17:32 Bringing the B-24 to Life23:07 War Films, Trauma, and Hollywood Influences29:48 Audience Reactions and the Film’s Impact31:10 Making an Epic on an Independent Budget35:37 Release Plans and Free Tickets for Veterans36:48 Cast Favourite Scenes and Closing Remarks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago21 min
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 glider, including its construction, production, and combat use. We also cover later aircraft such as the Model 4, Model 9, and ATO, along with Harold Johnson’s “Red Baron” and several women pilots associated with WACO.To find out more about the WACO Education Centre and Air Museum, check out their website: https://www.wacoairmuseum.org/Follow the museum on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/wacoeducationairmuseum/Follow the museum on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/wacoairmuseum.org-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International----------------------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 1, 202643 min
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. She is getting a new set of wings, and you can find out how you can help too!Check out all the latest Beach City Baby news via their website and socials below:🛩️ https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/🛫 https://www.facebook.com/groups/497180673794873/🛩️ https://www.instagram.com/vintagewingsinc/Donate and help get those wings on and 'Beach City Baby' back in the air here: https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/donateBuy your 'Beach City Baby' merch here: https://stores.inksoft.com/VintageWingsInc/shop/products/all?page=1👕Did you like the Douglas t-shirt? Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------0:00 Meeting Beach City Baby4:24 Wartime Service7:36 Inside the Cabin13:03 Ohio Governor's Aircraft18:37 Modern Avionics Upgrade22:58 Finding the Derelict DC-325:11 Meet the Wing Crew27:27 Rewinging the C-5330:50 Keeping Her Airworthy36:56 Families Reunited Aloft42:07 Where to Follow Vintage Wings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 3, 202614 min
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 the very rarest are now sliced out and added to both new and old artwork, all in the name of "exclusivity". I mean, we look at a Rommel signature in this one...Erasing History Part 1: https://pod.fo/e/4276b7Erasing History Part 2 with Dr Philip W Blood: https://pod.fo/e/55f3cbThe HushKit Typhoon t-shirt is available here: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/This-Machine-Hawker-Typhoon-D-Day-Woody-Gutherie-by-HushKit/159678494/e22z👕 I've just ordered in a new batch of 909 Apparel t-shirts for my holiday, so you best get your aviation too! Check out the 909 Apparel website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------0:00 Signatures as Commodities2:56 Cutting Up Prints For Their Parts5:19 Autographs on New Editions8:07 No Historic Value10:08 History for Sale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 20, 202658 min
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 World War and discuss the uncomfortable relationship with the regard to which those who survived were viewed.Grab your copy of Phil's Birds of Prey: Hitler’s Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland and War Comes to Aachen: The Nazis, Churchill and the 'Stalingrad of the West' at The Aviation Show Bookshop. 10% of every sale supports the show and independent bookshops.Birds of PreyUK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9783838215679US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9783838215679War Comes to AachenUK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9781911723691US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9781911723691You can listen to both parts of our Birds of Prey discussion with Dr. Philip Blood via the old History Hack podcast here on The Aviation Show website here: https://theaviation.show/hedge-hopping/-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------0:00 Erasing History Debate1:49 Collecting Luftwaffe Prints7:38 Luftwaffe and Nazi Ideology15:08 Signatures and Historical Value17:56 Mass Signatures Questioned27:59 Rudel and War Myths36:32 Commercial Versus Historic Autographs38:54 Erasure as History46:57 Public Memory and Hero Worship49:17 Anti-Semitism in Luftwaffe Stories54:35 Final Solution and Aftermath56:31 Auschwitz Book Preview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 6, 202624 min
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 what is going to happen over the coming months as the B-36 is stripped back to bare metal and then given many new coats of paint.Check out all the links to the Pima Air and Space Museum below!Be sure to give Boneyard Safari a follow! Many thanks to Ramon Purcell for allowing use of his aerials and images in this episode.Follow Boneyard Safari at:https://www.boneyardsafari.com/https://www.facebook.com/BoneyardSafarihttps://www.instagram.com/boneyardsafari/https://www.tiktok.com/@boneyardsafari-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International----------------------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 30, 20261h 2m
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 (David and I argue about that aspect too!), its time and place in the building of the mythology of Curtis LeMay's US Air Force bombing arm offers a fascinating insight into the mindset of both LeMay and Jimmy Stewart.David, the host of The Cold War channel on YouTube, joins me to bring our long-running Bluesky debate about this film to the channel and look at a film that had US military cooperation at a level that would make Michael Bay and Tom Cruise green with envy.Check out The Cold War channel on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheColdWarTVFollow David on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/coldwarhost.bsky.social-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------0:00 B-36 Takes Center Stage5:25 Plot of a Propaganda Classic12:13 LeMay Behind the Film23:07 SAC’s Cold War Mission31:24 LeMay’s Human Factor36:27 From Hero to Ripper42:42 Bombers, Missiles, and Madness51:32 The Missing LeMay Biography54:10 Weird Subplots and Standout Scenes1:00:43 What’s Next for The Cold War? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 23, 20261h 15m
'Beyond Blue Sky' Director and SpaceShipOne Project Engineer Interview
The new documentary, Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts, tells the story of Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites journey into space. In this episode we are joined by the film's director, Kevin Curran, and SpaceShipOne's Project Engineer, Matt Stinemetze, to discuss this incredible project that went from Burt Rutan announcing that they were going to space to winning the $10m Ansari X Prize in 2004.Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts is a fantastic documentary and is available now on Apple TV and Amazon Prime in the UK and US.Apple TV link: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/beyond-blue-sky/umc.cmc.3scqjpza3p8lkaz5tr55ksmu9Amazon link: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0JIG217NYGEBJVVA0ESRKJ3NP2?ref_=atv_dp_share_cu_rAll clips from Beyond Blue Sky are used courtesy of Focus on the Signal LLC.-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International----------------------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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