Amazing to think they could've had the almost unqualified success of the A330 MRTT instead.

This latest edition of the podcast gets us chatting about what it's like taking people to airshows and aviation stuff with people who aren't quite as absolutely interested in the subject as we are.

Three from Hoehenfels in Bavaria when Aviation in Action worked with the 1st Air Cav! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40745686123_b2e5643d00_h.jpg US Army 1st Air Cav HH-60M Blackhawk by Sam Wise , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47659066102_622b6a75c4_h.jpg US Army 1st Air Cav AH-...

....all I can say is a resounding HELL YES?! That sounds seriously cool, I'd be all over something like that, especially with a prominent role for the UKSA and ESA in the Perseverance mission at the moment that would make a brilliant tie in for getting kids into space engineering. It'd be a bit of a...

Not to mention lots with the people involved with them as well.

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Fri 19 Feb 2021, 11:08 am

not into anything VIRTUAL

You know this forum is virtual discussion, right?

I really liked the VAT last year. It was something different and something rather than nothing and at least fun to sit down with a few beers. Seems like a weird thing to have any kind of objection to to be honest.

100%, just officially make 2011 non-canon and it's fine.

So the first few minutes aged like milk

On the subject of the lack of communication, we briefly chat about just that in the latest podcast episode. Has to be said, literally any communication would be nice, no matter what it is.

Everyone's favourite Mackem Nigel Watson joins us again to talk about one of the most common parallel hobbies to the airshow world, model aeroplanes. Many av enthusiasts have set glue to plastic at one point or another, more so than ever over the last year of lockdown, and veteran modeller Nige shar...

I'm not sure this is particularly new to anyone...? Haha

I also saw something last night that suggested he was a massive racist who tried to block the first black astronauts, so add that to the list I guess.

He outright called Eric Brown a fraud and a liar and said that the UK contributed nothing to the war. Hard to find respect for him, to be honest.

Looks nice!

What an opener!! Now that's a highlight straight out of the blocks

https://soundcloud.com/ukairshowreview/episode-24 What's interesting? Why do we find particular planes interesting over others? Why do we like aviation full stop? We make an absolute hash of answering these questions and more in episode 24 where we try and work out exactly what creates interest for ...

For those that can't watch the video or don't want to, it's Sywell, 10th-11th of July next year

We're going on a holiday this week! https://soundcloud.com/ukairshowreview/episode-23 At exactly the time when people are really feeling the lack of going on holiday we thought it'd be a good idea to bring it all up again. We're chatting about the hobby overseas this week, especially the foreign air...

I'm really glad to see the memories its brought up for you - it was very cool hearing Gordon talk about Leuchars which is a show that always seemed to garner such huge praise and one I always wish I'd been able to go to. It's awesome that the podcast has prompted you to get a slide scanner too! Can'...

https://soundcloud.com/ukairshowreview/episode-21 This week we break out the bagpipes and get a haggis on the stove as we're talking about Scottish airshows with UKAR's own Gordon Duncan. He takes us dirty southerners through the legacy of the famous Leuchars airshow, what made that show so special...

They found it when dredging the canal bed, so the RAF have saved them a bit of time in that regard with the crater this will have left in the canal bed along with the ones made 75 years earlier. The Tallboy raid on the Lutzow was filmed from a Mosquito, and can be found on Youtube, and if you look ...

https://soundcloud.com/ukairshowreview/episode-20 UKAR's very own Andy Evans (boff180) joins us this week! Andy has volunteered at Scampton Airshow and RIAT the last few years and we picked his brains about what that involves. We also take the opportunity, as if we needed it, to reminisce in RIAT m...

It's different to yet another RAF scheme, so I like it!