The Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast

About The Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast

Welcome to The Aviation Show! The Aviation Show celebrates aviation and aerospace, from the first attempts of people jumping off things to humans being fired into space. If it flies, we will cover the story behind those flights and the people who made them happen. Brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Matt Bone

Category

history · leisure · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Aug 2022

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

145 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Getting 'Beach City Baby' Ready to Fly Again - C-53 Skytrooper Tour

   Join us as Jason Capra and the Vintage Wing Inc. team show us around 'Beach City Baby', a C-53 Skytrooper with an incredible history that takes in the early days of airlines in the United States, Air Transport Command's efforts in North Africa and her role in the growth of civil aviation in Ohio. She is getting a new set of wings, and you can find out how you can help too! Check out all the latest Beach City Baby news via their website and socials below: 🛩️ https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/ (https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/) 🛫 https://www.facebook.com/groups/497180673794873/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/497180673794873/) 🛩️ https://www.instagram.com/vintagewingsinc/ (https://www.instagram.com/vintagewingsinc/) Donate and help get those wings on and 'Beach City Baby' back in the air here: https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/donate (https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/donate) Buy your 'Beach City Baby' merch here: https://stores.inksoft.com/VintageWingsInc/shop/products/all?page=1 (https://stores.inksoft.com/VintageWingsInc/shop/products/all?page=1) 👕Did you like the Douglas t-shirt? Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/ (https://www.909apparel.com/) ----------------------------------------------------- 🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow (https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow) ----------------------------------------------------- ✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ (https://pimaair.org/) https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace (https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace) https://www.instagram.com/pimaair (https://www.instagram.com/pimaair) https://x.com/pimaair (https://x.com/pimaair) https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum (https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum) Check out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ (https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/) ----------------------------------------------------- The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International ----------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Meeting Beach City Baby 4:24 Wartime Service 7:36 Inside the Cabin 13:03 Ohio Governor's Aircraft 18:37 Modern Avionics Upgrade 22:58 Finding the Derelict DC-3 25:11 Meet the Wing Crew 27:27 Rewinging the C-53 30:50 Keeping Her Airworthy 36:56 Families Reunited Aloft 42:07 Where to Follow Vintage Wings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Selling History? How WWII Signatures Became a Cash Grab

   I promise this is the last video on autographs and signatures, but I recently bought a mostly lovely print of Frank Wootton's Typhoon Squadron, which had had all the signatures cut out of it. This led me down a rabbit hole of looking at the commoditisation of these signatures and autographs, where the very rarest are now sliced out and added to both new and old artwork, all in the name of "exclusivity". I mean, we look at a Rommel signature in this one... Erasing History Part 1: https://pod.fo/e/4276b7 (https://pod.fo/e/4276b7) Erasing History Part 2 with Dr Philip W Blood: https://pod.fo/e/55f3cb (https://pod.fo/e/55f3cb) The HushKit Typhoon t-shirt is available here: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/This-Machine-Hawker-Typhoon-D-Day-Woody-Gutherie-by-HushKit/159678494/e22z (https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/This-Machine-Hawker-Typhoon-D-Day-Woody-Gutherie-by-HushKit/159678494/e22z) 👕 I've just ordered in a new batch of 909 Apparel t-shirts for my holiday, so you best get your aviation too! Check out the 909 Apparel website here: https://www.909apparel.com/ (https://www.909apparel.com/) ----------------------------------------------------- 🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow (https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow) ----------------------------------------------------- ✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ (https://pimaair.org/) https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace (https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace) https://www.instagram.com/pimaair (https://www.instagram.com/pimaair) https://x.com/pimaair (https://x.com/pimaair) https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum (https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum) Check out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ (https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/) ----------------------------------------------------- The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International ----------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Signatures as Commodities 2:56 Cutting Up Prints For Their Parts 5:19 Autographs on New Editions 8:07 No Historic Value 10:08 History for Sale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Erasing History Part 2: Is A Signature Historic?

   Dr Philip W. Blood, author of 'Birds of Prey', joins us in this follow-up to our recent episode where I erased the noted Luftwaffe ace, Gunther Rall, signature, off of a print by Robert Taylor. Phil and I delve into the truth about Luftwaffe complicity in the crimes of the Nazis during the Second World War and discuss the uncomfortable relationship with the regard to which those who survived were viewed. Grab your copy of Phil's Birds of Prey: Hitler’s Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland and War Comes to Aachen: The Nazis, Churchill and the 'Stalingrad of the West' at The Aviation Show Bookshop. 10% of every sale supports the show and independent bookshops. Birds of Prey UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9783838215679 (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9783838215679) US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9783838215679 (https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9783838215679) War Comes to Aachen UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9781911723691 (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9781911723691) US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9781911723691 (https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9781911723691) You can listen to both parts of our Birds of Prey discussion with Dr. Philip Blood via the old History Hack podcast here on The Aviation Show website here: https://theaviation.show/hedge-hopping/ (https://theaviation.show/hedge-hopping/) ----------------------------------------------------- 🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow (https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow) ----------------------------------------------------- ✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials! Website: https://pimaair.org/ (https://pimaair.org/) https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace (https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpace) https://www.instagram.com/pimaair (https://www.instagram.com/pimaair) https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum (https://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum) Check out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ (https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/) 👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/ (https://www.909apparel.com/) ----------------------------------------------------- The Aviation Show © 2026 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International ----------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Erasing History Debate 1:49 Collecting Luftwaffe Prints 7:38 Luftwaffe and Nazi Ideology 15:08 Signatures and Historical Value 17:56 Mass Signatures Questioned 27:59 Rudel and War Myths 36:32 Commercial Versus Historic Autographs 38:54 Erasure as History 46:57 Public Memory and Hero Worship 49:17 Anti-Semitism in Luftwaffe Stories 54:35 Final Solution and Aftermath 56:31 Auschwitz Book Preview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on The Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ken Katz
• Kenneth P Katz
• Leo Denham
• Matthew Willis
• David Rooney

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YouTube views

3,052,048

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

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Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

90

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