This week we return to the British Army's Balloon Factory for their first government-backed foray into airships and that creator's attempt at a successful early biplane.
Sep 21, 2020
16 min
This week we discuss one experimental aircraft and two early french airships that would go on to serve overseas.
Sep 7, 2020
10 min
Here we talk about the first Wright aircraft to be dedicated to military purposes and touch briefly on this aircraft so similar to the one that caught the publics' attention.
Aug 24, 2020
16 min
This episode takes us across the channel as a British officer with Boer War experience takes charge of aircraft research for the British Army.
Aug 10, 2020
10 min
In Ep.2 we cross the Atlantic to France where a pioneer has beginning success with aircraft and writes a prophetic piece of aeronautic literature.
Jul 27, 2020
10 min
Ep.1 covers a failed experimental aircraft funded by the US Government that devolved into a feud between the Wright Brothers and the Smithsonian.
Jul 13, 2020
23 min