Ep.163 - Fairey Swordfish with Matt Willis

Xtended

Content provided by XTP Media. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by XTP Media or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

Via Podcast

1
The Southwest’s Wildest Outdoor Art: From Lightning Fields to Sun Tunnels 30:55

18 days ago30:55

Play Later

Lists

Liked

30:55

A secret field that summons lightning. A massive spiral that disappears into a salt lake. A celestial observatory carved into a volcano. Meet the wild—and sometimes explosive—world of land art, where artists craft masterpieces with dynamite and bulldozers. In our Season 2 premiere, guest Dylan Thuras, cofounder of Atlas Obscura, takes us off road and into the minds of the artists who literally reshaped parts of the Southwest. These works aren’t meant to be easy to reach—or to explain—but they just might change how you see the world. Land art you’ll visit in this episode: - Double Negative and City by Michael Heizer (Garden Valley, Nevada) - Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson (Great Salt Lake, Utah) - Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt (Great Basin Desert, Utah) - Lightning Field by Walter De Maria (Catron County, New Mexico) - Roden Crater by James Turrell (Painted Desert, Arizona) Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group.…

2 years ago 1:14:52

MP3•Episode home

Few aircraft encompass as many contradictions as the Fairey Swordfish – the legendary ‘Stringbag’ naval torpedo bomber which was approaching antiquation at the start of the second world war yet struck mortal blows against some of the most powerful battleships in the Axis fleets.

We are joined by Naval Air Historian Matt Willis to discuss many of the lesser known aspects of the aircraft and its real impact on World War Two Fleet Air Arm operations.

Matt’s book is available through our bookstore:

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781911658498

Recorded 11th January 2023

Link Tree https://linktr.ee/aviationxtended

Matt Willis

Twitter https://twitter.com/navalairhistory
Website: https://navalairhistory.com/
Matt Willis on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matthew-Willis/e/B00DQNCNZS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Morton Books – Fleet Air Arm Legends: Fairey Swordfish https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/15066/book-8498-fleet-air-arm-legends-fairey-swordfish

Aviation Xtended Partners

• Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/
• Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/
• XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/
• Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94

Show Supporters

• The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/
• Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html
• Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076
• Aircrew Book Review http://aircrewbookreview.blogspot.com/

You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us):
• https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1

For Aviation and Aerospace Podcasts join https://www.facebook.com/groups/FlightAudioandVideo/

88 episodes

#Aviation #Lifestyle #Aerospace #Airshow #XTP Media #Aircraft #Space #Avgeek #Fly