Joe Gilmore – Revisited

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Joe Gilmore – Revisited

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Dec 3, 2018

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My first Plane Tale when they weren't really a thing... the story of Joe Gilmore remastered, re-recorded and revisited. This was the vital British addition to the Apollo mission to put men on the Moon!

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Dec 3, 2018

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Titles in the series (100)

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The Christmas Angels: To survive falling thousands of feet from a disintegrating airliner is a remarkable feat but that was just the start of the story! - - Title image under Creative Commons licence by Trotterjt. by Plane Tales
13 min listen
The Rosinenbomber: In the aftermath of the Second World War, Russia attempts to take control of Berlin by cutting off access to the West but an audacious plan to supply the beleaguered city from the air is mounted. One special American pilot becomes famous amongst the p... by Plane Tales
14 min listen
High Flight: US Pilots Fly in the Eagle Squadrons During WW II by Plane Tales
14 min listen
In The Box: All commercial pilots just LOVE getting into the simulator! - - - Title image of a Link Trainer under Creative Commons licence. by Plane Tales
17 min listen
The Stringbags: The Fairey Swordfish. In a war of high speed monoplanes, a biplane from a previous generation of combat aircraft could hardly change the face of the Second World War... could it? - - - - - Title image under Creative Commons licence by Bea... by Plane Tales
16 min listen
The Fight to First Flight: At Kitty Hawk the Wright Brothers take their first hops into the air but elsewhere in the world others were striving to be first! - - - Image under Creative Commons licence by W. B. Robinson. by Plane Tales
15 min listen
Christmas Heroes: For most of the holidays around Christmas are a time to enjoy and celebrate but during the World Wars the fighting never stopped. This is the story of three brave pilots, each holding their countries highest awards for valour and each killed during Ch... by Plane Tales
15 min listen
The Busby Babes: The 1958 Munich plane disaster which decimated the Manchester football team and a look at some other sporting aviation tragedies. by Plane Tales
14 min listen
The No 9 Combustor: A faulty jet engine combustor leads to a tragic disaster but much is learned from the Manchester air disaster. - - Images through Creative Commons licence, UK Gov Crown copyright. by Plane Tales
20 min listen
The Second Series of Interviews with Andy Anderson – Part 1: Capt Nick continues his Conversations with Andy Anderson, holder of the Legion d'Honneur and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Association. by Plane Tales
17 min listen
Little Things: How something small and insignificant distracted a crew to the point of disaster. The story of Flight 401. - - Images under Creative Commons licence by Jon Proctor and US Gov NTSB. - - by Plane Tales
15 min listen
Turning Oceans Into Ponds: The race across the Atlantic and those adventurous first aviators who tackled the huge body of water that separates Europe and America. - - - Images under Creative Commons licence, US Gov and Library of Congress. by Plane Tales
20 min listen
No Highway in the Sky: The DH Comet was the first jet airliner and was going to be a world beater until there were unexplained and sudden losses. The investigation that followed opened the eyes of the entire industry to the dangers of aircraft pressurisation and metal fatig... by Plane Tales
18 min listen
The Curate’s Egg: A nostalgic look back at the aircraft that Capt Nick flew. - - - - - - - - - - by Plane Tales
18 min listen
Six in One Day: February 1956 and the RAF is proud of it's fine new jet fighter, the Hawker Hunter. Of course the occasional loss is to be expected but this day's work ends up with questions being asked in Parliament and a surprise for the people of Swaffham! by Plane Tales
12 min listen
Of Degrees, Knots, Pounds and Things: In aviation we use a bewildering array of measurements, enough to confuse, baffle and discombobulate the average pilot. by Plane Tales
19 min listen
Operation Yonatan: A hijacking of an Air France A300 ends up in Uganda which is ruled by the despot Idi Amin. The Israeli Commandos mount a rescue that stuns the world. - - - - Images under Creative Commons licence by SRA Andy Dunaway - DefenseImagery. by Plane Tales
17 min listen
Larry, We’re Going Down: Fundamental errors in dealing with the dangers of winter operations brings a B737 down into the Potomac river, just after take off from Washington National airport. An apaling accident which was compounded by a poorly organised rescue which occured in... by Plane Tales
15 min listen
Billy Barker: The remarkable exploits of the Canadian fighter ace who fought in World War 1. He remains the most decorated hero in the history of the Canadian armed service. - - - Images under Creative Commons licence, by Plane Tales
19 min listen
The Son of Zeus: The C-130 Hercules; the longest continuously produced military aircraft in history! - - - - - - - Images through the Creative Commons licence from US Gov. by Plane Tales
14 min listen
The Second Series of Interviews with Andy Anderson – Part 2: The second part of Capt Nick's most recent interview with Andy Anderson, holder of the Legion d'Honneur and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Association. by Plane Tales
19 min listen
Written in the Blood of the Innocent: The tragic loss of Alaska Flight 261 and the negligent events that led up to the crash. - - - Images under Creative Commons with thanks to Ken Fielding and the NTSB. by Plane Tales
19 min listen
Eating the Sun: An eclipse of the sun moves over the earth at an incredible speed and no aircraft could possibly keep up with the shadow it casts whilst carrying a whole team of expert observers... except perhaps one! - - - - by Plane Tales
16 min listen
Key Must Go: The crash of Papa India, a Trident, near Staines. A disaster which brought to light the need for Crew Resource Management in the cockpit environment. - - Images under Creative Commons licence by TSRL and Nimbus227. by Plane Tales
18 min listen
The Divine Wind: An opportunity to set the record straight about Japanese suicide missions in the final days of the Second World war - Images under Creative Commons licence, US Gov. by Plane Tales
15 min listen
Burning the Forrestal: July 1967 and USS Forrestal is preparing for a major strike against North Vietnam. All goes well until a combination of a change in arming procedure, a batch of old unstable bombs and a few loose electrons combine. by Plane Tales
17 min listen
The Buff: The history of the B52 Buff and some of it's more memorable moments. - - - - Image through Creative Commons licence, US Gov and USAF. by Plane Tales
18 min listen
But Sir, Harriers Don’t Actually Hover: By for the most successful vertical take off fighter ever built. The Harrier was a technological success for Hawker Siddeley that produced a fast jet fighter that could land on a runway and in a ploughed field! - - - - - by Plane Tales
17 min listen
The Ghost Fleet: Some of the lesser known but vital parts played by the Allied Air Forces during the D Day invasion. - - - Title Image under Creative Commons licence, UK Gov, RAF crown copyright. by Plane Tales
16 min listen
The Second Series of Interviews with Andy Anderson – Part 3: Capt Nick's final conversation with Andy Anderson, holder of the Legion d'Honneur and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Association. by Plane Tales
13 min listen

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RAF Form 414, Vol 24: After I landed my aircraft I clambered out of the Hornet with the cold realisation that I might have flown my last sortie. The spinning sensation had ceased and the sortie had gone beautifully, it was almost as if it had been a bad dream. by Plane Tales
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon: The year is 1957 and the space race is underway. The major powers around the world, mainly the Soviet Union and the United States, are all striving to develop the technology that will allow them to reach outer space. by Plane Tales
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When History Repeats Itself: In the tale, the Applegate Memorandum, I described the difficult birth that McDonnell Douglas had with the DC-10 when it’s safety record was permanently marred by a cargo door design flaw that plagued its introduction. Sadly, by Plane Tales
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Flight 600: Let me take you back to the dim distant past and Captain Jeff’s start with his legacy airline, ACME, I mean Delta, no ACME, Delta, Acta, Delme… oh whatever. His career started, not in the Captain’s seat but somewhere in the bowels of flight deck, by Plane Tales
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The Consequence of a Deliberate Act: Two of the Saratoga’s F14 Tomcats were tasked to defend the carrier against a simulated attack during Exercise Display Determination 87. The leader of this small formation included a senior pilot and skipper of a newly arrived Junior Grade Lieutenant T... by Plane Tales
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Joe Gilmore – Revisited

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