Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome is the largest surviving Great War aerodrome in Europe, and it needs your help! Following roadworks that blocked access to the museum, they need your support to survive the funding black hole caused by the hole in the road. The Museum's CEO, Ian Flint, joins us to discuss Stow Maries' history and hopeful future.

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Find out about the Stow Maries Great War Living History Weekend this weekend! (27th July 2024): https://www.stowmaries.org.uk/event/stow-maries-great-war-living-history-weekend-727449088807

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00:00 Introduction

01:32 Meet the Boss: Ian Flint

04:30 The Story of Stow Maries

16:13 Funding Crisis and Challenges Faced by Stow Maries

21:26 Upcoming Events and Engaging Visitors

26:32 Stow Maries' Transformation

31:04 Conclusion and Support Stow Maries

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It has been nearly 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its 10th flight on January 28, 1986, killing her crew and shocking the world. Author Adam Higginbotham's new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space, looks at the long chain of events that led to the Challenger disaster and its aftermath, in which a small group of engineers stood up against NASA and their employers.

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00:00 Introduction

02:03 Remembering the Challenger Disaster

08:54 Go Fever

12:50 The Road to the Space Shuttle

15:35 The TFNGs

20:08 Compromises in the Shuttle's Design

28:40 Visit to PASM - SOFIA

31:47 What are Solid Rocket Boosters?

34:00 O-Rings

38:35 The Ambitious Flight Schedule of the Shuttle Program

40:57 The Crew of STS-51-L

43:18 The Teacher in Space - Christa McAuliffe

48:21 Ron McNair and Jean-Michel Jarre

49:56 Judy Resnik

51:32 The Rocket Engineers of Morton Thiokol

01:03:59 Conclusion and Join us on Patreon!

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The Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II is slated to be the mainstay of the US Air Force and NATO's air forces for years to come. But as Bill Sweetman, veteran aerospace journalist and independent analyst, dissects in his new book, "Trillion Dollar Trainwreck: How the F-35 Hollowed Out the United States Airforce", the program's lack of oversight and leadership has left the aircraft and its operators in a dangerous position.

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