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Simon Hackett
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The history, development, collaborations in aviation. Plus how aircraft fly and what its like to fly and why bother.

  1. The Helicopter

    12/08/2023

    The Helicopter

    A potted history of the most versatile flying machine

    8 min

  2. 29/04/2023

    Aircraft Recognition

    The means of recognising different aircraft types, their role and who operate and build them.

    14 min
  3. Westland Aircraft

    24/02/2021

    Westland Aircraft

    The story of Westland Aircraft . Typical of companies at the time, licence building, designing their own, merging with others and totally reinventing themselves in a different area. Westland did that by diversifying into solely producing helicopters

    16 min
  4. Avro Aircraft Company

    17/02/2021

    Avro Aircraft Company

    History of possibly the most famous of British Aircraft manufacturers Avro. Makers of the Lancaster and Vulcan bombers

    8 min
  5. Bristol Aircraft Company

    10/02/2021

    Bristol Aircraft Company

    The Famous Bristol Aircraft Company, that created designs such as the Blenheim, Beaufort, and Beaufighter, made cars, and engines that would go on and power Concorde. They designed and made aircraft used in the testing of characteristics for high speed/supersonic flight - crucial for Concorde's development

    8 min
  6. Vickers Aircraft Company

    10/02/2021

    Vickers Aircraft Company

    One of Britian's biggest engineering companies that moved into aviation at the start. Continued and developed many famous aircraft including the world's first turbo prop- the Vickers Viscount and the fastest Sub Sonic airliner of its day - the Vickers VC10.

    7 min
  7. DeHavilland Aircraft Company

    23/01/2021

    DeHavilland Aircraft Company

    Possible the most innovative, but certainly designer of he most graceful aircraft and the iconic aircraft like the Mosquito - 'The Wooden Wonder',  and the World's first jet powered airliner, the Comet

    8 min
  8. Hawker Aircraft Company

    22/01/2021

    Hawker Aircraft Company

    History of one the most famous and successful names in aviation

    7 min
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The history, development, collaborations in aviation. Plus how aircraft fly and what its like to fly and why bother.

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  • Creator
    Simon Hackett
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
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