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Following an uncomfortable debate about a news article in Aeroplane Monthly on Duxford's future plans, Matt reflects on how the Avgeek community communicates. He also looks at the challenges of online discourse within the aviation community, the need for constructive criticism and civil debate, what that means for our aviation publications and how he will try to engage with everyone going forward. ★Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace https://www.instagram.com/pimaair https://x.com/pimaair https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum ★Become a Damcasteer today on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and a welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcasters The Damcasters © 2024 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 00:00 The Duxford Dilemma: A Community in Conflict 09:42 Navigating Online Discourse in Aviation 17:48 The Future of Aviation Museums and Community Engagement
Navigating the Duxford Debate
Join us as comedian and historian Al Murray discusses the Battle for Arnhem and explains why the defeat still fascinates us today. Watch the full conversation with Al Murray on Arnhem: Black Tuesday here: https://youtu.be/mb1b1qv499Y ★Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace https://www.instagram.com/pimaair https://x.com/pimaair https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum ★Become a Damcasteer today on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and a welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcasters The Damcasters © 2024 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Why Arnhem? Exploring Market Garden with Al Murray #ww2
Tuesday, 19th September 1944, was Black Tuesday for the 1st Airborne Division trying to take and hold the road bridge at Arnhem. It was the day Operation Market Garden failed. Comedian and historian Al Murray joins us to discuss the efforts of the RAF's 38 Group to resupply the Paras and understand why the defeat still grips us 80 years later. ★Buy Arnhem: Black Tuesday by Al Murray at The Damcasters bookshop here (10% of each purchase supports the pod) UK only: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780857506566 ★Follow Al on Twitter/ X here: https://x.com/almurray ★Follow Al on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thealmurray/ ★Check out the Walking The Ground YouTube channel here: @WW2WalkingTheGround ★Listen to Stanley Maxted's BBC report from Arnhem during the 3rd Lift here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5foDTOMqjvpSmb1a16IxyY?si=d3a8345a19cf4c86 ★Get your 909 Apparel now! https://www.909apparel.com/ ★Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace https://www.instagram.com/pimaair https://x.com/pimaair https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum ★Become a Damcasteer today on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and a welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcasters The Damcasters © 2024 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 00:00 Introduction 02:03 Al Murray - Why Arnhem? 05:40 Writing Black Tuesday 14:08 Lack of Airpower Over Arnhem 21:34 38 Group - RAF Transport Command 26:07 Pima Visit Ad - VC-118 Liftmaster 29:27 38 Group's War Con't 33:37 The Failed 2nd Lift 37:57 The 3rd Lift 40:36 David Lord's VC 52:35 The Book Escapes 59:20 Wrap Up and Become a Damcasteer!
Arnhem: Black Tuesday with Al Murray
Join us as Lucy Hanson tells us about the day when she was waiting for the bombers of the US 8th Air Force to drop her food, and a British tank rolled into her Dutch town after four years of occupation. Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/KMsQVdZLNCA ★Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace https://www.instagram.com/pimaair https://x.com/pimaair https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum ★Become a Damcasteer today on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and a welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcasters The Damcasters © 2024 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Unexpected Joy: A Liverpool Soldier's Arrival Changes Everything!
In 1945, the RAF and USAAF flew two remarkable operations. Mana and Chowhound were missions to deliver food and vital medical supplies to break the 'Hunger Winter' famine in Occupied Holland. A truce with the Nazis was agreed and the bombers flew unopposed to drop their vital cargo. In Hilversum, south of Amsterdam, was 14-year-old Lucy Hanson, who saw food fall from the sky. Today Lucy joins us to tell her incredible story of life under Nazi occupation and the day she no longer feared the bombers. ★View the Nationaal Archief 'Hongerwinter' photo collection here: https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/zoeken?activeTab=photos&resultsPerPage=48&rm=gallery&searchTerm=hongerwinter ★Be sure to check out the  390th Memorial Museum's website at https://www.390th.org/ ★Watch our tour of the 390th's B-17G I'll Be Around here: https://youtu.be/cR6J_ZPC0ys ★Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace https://www.instagram.com/pimaair https://www.x.com/pimaairYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum ★Become a Damcasteer today on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and a welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcasters The Damcasters © 2024 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 00:00 Introduction 02:11 Life Under Nazi Occupation 12:18 The Hunger Winter 17:08 NASA's SOFIA Aircraft at PASM 20:16 Food Falling From the Sky 29:27 British Tanks Arrive in Hilversum 36:42 Reflections on the B-17 38:44 Conclusion and Become a Damcasteer!
Operation Chowhound: Feeding Starving People From the Sky
Mondays in the office don't get much better than when @airbus fly their Beluga XL past your office window! F-GXLO was heading into @LHRHeathrow Airport with parts for a damaged BA A350. Maybe the quality of the video may prompt my colleagues at @rxglobal_ RX Global to get the office windows cleaned!
Airbus Beluga XL over Richmond, UK!!! #avgeek #avgeeks #beluga #airbus #spotting #aviation
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