Podcasts about Barnes Wallis

Dr. Dan Ellin, Historian and Archivist from the International Bomber Command Centre, joins Sean to discuss The Dam Busters (1955).Discussion Points:-Dan discusses his love/hate relationship with the film and it's portrayal of Operation Chastise.-The absence of major motion pictures about RAF Bomber Command.-The importance of collective memory regarding the Second World War. -The use of the Dam Busters march at 'Bomber' Harris's funeral.-The enemies in the film: bureaucrats, Whitehall and red tape.-The fantastic casting in the film.-The incredible flying during the making of the film.-Putting RAF Bomber Command into historical context.-The lack of the raid on the Sorpe Dam in the film.-The impact of the Official Secrets Act on the film.-Sean does his best to translate very English aspects of the film for American listeners. -The optics of history and the loss of nuance. -The influence on this film on George Lucas when he was making Star Wars (1977).-The things that Britain leans back on in times of adversity.Raised Questions:-Do people see RAF Bomber Command as either 'Dam Busters or Dresden'?-Are the historical details faithfully intact?-How important are myths to a country?-Was it really difficult for Barnes Wallis to get the idea for the raid accepted?-Why do the British love an underdog story?-Did the Americans have better PR and spin?-Would you love to see Peter Jackson's The Dam Busters?-Does the film tell the story of what happened rather than what was meant to happen?-Why is Guy Gibson portrayed a certain way in the film?-Does the film lack nuance?-Does the film serve as a good starting point for people who may not know the story of the Dam Busters raid?Further Reading Recommendations:-'Guy Gibson' by Richard Morris.-'Dam Buster Barnes Wallis: An Engineers Life' by Richard Morris.-'The Fire' (Original Title: Der Brand) by Jorg Friedrich.-'The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany' by Noble Frankland and Charles Webster.-The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960) and Elidor (1965) by Alan Garner.Film/Documentary Recommendations:-They Shall Not Grow Old (2018).-Dambusters Declassified (2010) with Martin Shaw. -Inspector George Gently (2007-2017).-Judge John Deed (2001-2007).-The Guns of Navarone (1961).-The Heroes of Telemark (1965).-The Carling Black Label adverts.Podcast Recommendations:-History Rage.-Never Mind The Dambusters.Thanks for Listening!Find us here: X: @YourselfReviewInstagram: reviewityourselfpodcast2021YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReviewItYourself⁠ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...in which we explore the industrial and social history of Barrow-in-Furness in the company of former mayor John Murphy and artist Maddi Nicholson. Overlooking Walney Channel and distant Black Combe, we delve into the Furness peninsula's deep past, when monks arrived in the secluded 'valley of the deadly nightshade'. We proceed to the discovery of iron ore, and Barrow's subsequent overnight transformation, from backwater farming hamlet into 'the Chicago of England'. In a whistle-stop tour of the town, we discuss the leaning tower of its remarkable town hall, the daily toil of workers in 'the Shed', the 'boilermaker's whisper' and the 'hellfires' that blazed above molten slag. Entering the war years, we consider Barrow's role in re-arming the nation, the realities of the Barrow Blitz and the construction of Barnes Wallis' ill-fated dirigible ‘Mayfly' – that did not fly. Finally, on a tour of the fabulous space at Art Gene, we learn about the social history of the town – through shops, hairdressing, meat pies and a moose.– before celebrating the forgotten women of Barrow and Walney, including Peggy Braithwaite, Britain's only woman lighthouse keeper and a mean shot with a rifle. For more information about the Re:discover Barrow Exhibition see art-gene.co.uk/place-rediscover-barrow-exhibition/ You can find out more about Maddi at art-gene.co.uk/artists-and-residences/maddi-nicholson/ and Art Gene generally at art-gene.co.uk

The R101 was the great hope for Imperial Air Travel in late 1920s Britain. The brainchild of Christopher Birdwood Thomson and the Imperial Airship Scheme, R101 was the government-backed of the two grand airships, the other being the Barnes Wallis-designed R100, that were to whisk the great and good between England and India. S.C. Gwynne joins us to tell the tale of the doomed airship, the man who staked everything upon her and the princess his heart was set on.★Buy S.C. Gwynne's His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine at The Damcasters bookshop! 10% of every purchase goes to supporting the podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780861547081★Check out S.C. Gwynne's website at: https://scgwynne.com/★Follow S.C. Gwynne on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/scgwynne-★Fancy becoming a Damcasteer? Join the fun on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and grab some merch. Click here below for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcasters-Please check out the latest from our sponsor, the Pima Air and Space Museum, through the links below:★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum's website here: https://pimaair.org/★Learn more about the Titan Missle Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/-The Damcasters © 2022 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dambusters raid of May 1943 is one of the most celebrated episodes of the Second World War. But in military terms, was it in fact a flop? And was Barnes Wallis, the man behind the audacious attack, really the maverick genius long depicted in books and film? Richard Morris tells Spencer Mizen how the brilliant mind behind the Dambusters raid made the journey from cantankerous boffin to national hero. (Ad) Richard Morris is the author of Dam Buster: Barnes Wallis: An Engineer's Life (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Barnes-Wallis-Richard-Morris/dp/1474623425/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the night of 16/17 May 1943 the RAF's recently formed 617 Squadron carried out what was probably the most famous air raid of all time. A combination of the genius of Barnes Wallis and the astonishing courage and skill of the crews saw two major German dams breached and a third damaged, leading to loss and disruption to the Nazi war economy. Normally kept top secret, the aerial reconnaissance photos of the ruptured dams and consequent flooding were transmitted around the world, giving the Allies a major propaganda coup. How was the technology for the raid developed? Was the raid worth the lives of the 53 aircrew who perished on the night? How accurate was the epic 1955 Dambusters movie? Harry Sherrard presents a fascinating talk on the 80th anniversary of the raid for a fascinating presentation about one of the greatest feats of arms of World War 2.

In the early hours of 17 May 1943 a bold World War II attack destroyed two dams in the Ruhr Valley in Germany's industrial heartland, causing 1,600 casualties and catastrophic flooding which hampered the German war effort. The dams were highly protected but 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force had a new weapon – the bouncing bomb. Invented by Barnes Wallis, the weapon was designed to skip over the dams' defences and explode against the sides. The Dambusters mission was a huge propaganda success for Britain and later inspired a famous film. In 2013, Simon Watts spoke to George "Johnny" Johnson, the last survivor of the Dambusters squadron. (Photo: Squadron Leader George "Johnny" Johnson. Credit: Leon Neal via Getty Images)

Richard Morris joins us to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Dambuster's Raid. To mark the occasion, we take a deep dive into the life and career of Barnes Wallis, the man behind the bouncing bomb.Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhackTips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhackBuy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Dams Raid, in which Guy Gibson and 617 Squadron destroyed crucial German infrastructure using the innovative bouncing bomb - Al Murray and James Holland are presenting DAMBUSTERS WEEK.In our first episode we join the lads on the road, driving to the Möhne Dam in Germany. They discuss Barnes Wallis' hare-brained scheme to target the dams, the science behind the bouncing bomb and why this mission was so difficult.To watch EXCLUSIVE video content from this series, join our Patreon (patreon.com/wehaveways)A Goalhanger Films productionProduced by Joey McCarthyExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: www.wehavewayspod.comEmail: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1. Genesis  2. The People  3. The Plan - Operation Chastise  4.  AftermathOn the night of 16th May 1943, 133 men of the Royal Air Force, in 19 Lancaster Bombers, flew a daring mission to destroy the Dams in Germany's Ruhr valley.  Flying at night, at low level, these intrepid men destroyed 2 out of 3 of the dams.  1,300 where killed on the ground. 8 out of the 19 bombers didn't return.  3 airmen were taken prisoner.  Of the 133 men who took part in the Dam Buster's Raid, 53 were killed.This is perhaps the most famous story of a bombing mission in WW2.I first heard today's guest give a terrific description Op Chastise at the Turf Club a couple of years ago, and I'm very pleased he is with us today in person.  Welcome back to the podcast, Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan.and so it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Reference & Readings:Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy GibsonBomber Harris by Henry ProbartHugh Macdonald-Buchanan  http://www.hmbtourguide.co.uk See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

The stories of two contrasting inventors and innovators who made contributions to the allied efforts in World War II. Both featured in films. Hedy Lamar (1914 - 2000) was an Austrian actress and Hollywood star who was called the most beautiful woman in the world. She invented a radio technique still used today in wifi and bluetooth technologies. Barnes Wallis (1887 - 1979) invented the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in the dam busters raid of 1943 which breached the Mohne and Eder dams in Germany. He was played by Michael Redgrave in the 1955 film, the Dam Busters.

Today, Rob and Duncan are flying in low and back to 1955 for The Dam Busters! The true story of Guy Gibson, Barnes Wallis and the famous bouncing bomb – brought to life by director Michael Anderson and a cast including Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. How did The Dam Busters inspire Star Wars? Were the men in suits the real antagonists? And did they really have to keep saying the dog's name?! Presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Executive produced by Nick Hilton for Podot. Produced by Ewan Cameron. This is a Podot podcast. For sales and advertising visit podotpods.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Este primer episodio presenta a los poderosos bombarderos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, desde el bombardero nocturno británico, el Lancaster, hasta la Dakota estadounidense / canadiense. Cuenta la historia de la bomba que rebota y describe cómo los Dambusters lograron su famosa misión utilizando el arma diseñada por el ingeniero británico Barnes Wallis para destruir una presa alemana. El episodio termina con la historia del bombardero de largo alcance B-52 desde su primer vuelo en 1952, en plena guerra fría.

26 Tháng 9 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Ngày Sinh Của Serena Williams Ngôi Sao Quần Vợt Mỹ SỰ KIỆN 2007 – Nhịp dẫn cầu Cần Thơ sập làm 54 người chết, 180 người bị thương 2008 - Phi công và nhà phát minh người Thụy Sĩ Yves Rossy trở thành người đầu tiên điều khiển chiếc cánh gắn động cơ phản lực qua eo biển Manche. 1969 - Abbey Road , album thu âm cuối cùng của The Beatles , được phát hành. 1687 – Đền Parthenon tại Athena bị phá hủy một phần trong một xung đột vũ trang giữa cộng hòa Venezia và đế quốc Ottoman. 1907 – Newfoundland và New Zealand trở thành quốc gia tự trị của Đế quốc Anh. 1973 - Chiếc máy bay chở khách Concorde lần đầu tiên vượt Đại Tây Dương không ngừng nghỉ trong thời gian kỷ lục. Ngày lễ và kỷ niệm Ngày ngôn ngữ châu Âu. Mục tiêu chung của ngày này nhằm giúp cho công chúng hiểu được tầm quan trọng của việc học đa dạng ngôn ngữ và phạm vi của ngôn ngữ học. Sinh 1981 – Serena Williams, ngôi sao quần vợt Mỹ 1887 - Barnes Wallis , nhà khoa học và kỹ sư người Anh, phát minh ra bom Bouncing (mất năm 1979) 1927 - Robert Cade , bác sĩ và nhà giáo dục người Mỹ, đồng phát minh ra Gatorade (mất năm 2007) 1948 Ngô Thụy Miên, nhạc sĩ Việt Nam 1976 - Michael Ballack,cầu thủ bóng đá Đức 1981 – Serena Williams, ngôi sao quần vợt Mỹ 1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, cầu thủ bóng đá Bồ Đào Nha Mất 2019 – Jacques Chirac, cựu tổng thống Pháp (s. 1932) 1902 - Levi Strauss , doanh nhân người Mỹ gốc Đức, thành lập Levi Strauss & Co. (1829) 2000 – Robert Hải, nam diễn viên điện ảnh Việt Nam. Chương trình "Hôm nay ngày gì" hiện đã có mặt trên Youtube, Facebook và Spotify: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aweekmedia - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWeekTV - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rC4CgZNV6tJpX2RIcbK0J - Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../h%C3%B4m-nay.../id1586073418 #aweektv #26thang9 #SerenaWilliams #NgôThụyMiên #MichaelBallack #SerenaWilliams #JacquesChirac Các video đều thuộc quyền sở hữu của Adwell jsc, mọi hành động sử dụng lại nội dung của chúng tôi đều không được phép. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aweek-tv/message

The Boys from Anger Management Studios have spent a couple of months fighting against the evils of modern society, quitting their sh*tty jobs and building a brand new studio, but now....THEY'RE BACK! In episode one of season two, Liam takes us on a vivid tour of Primark while special guest Rich "The Rollercoaster" Sumnall explains how he wants to bury bone idle tradesmen under the very patio they're supposed to be building in his garden. Andy meanwhile goes full Barnes Wallis on some German holiday makers. Songs featured are (in order) - "Big Part" by The Silver Bars "The Rhine" by Kadelburg "Midnight Red" by Flowers Of Sacrifice "Like This Forever" by The Baines Support the podcast at https://www.paypal.me/AMSPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/angermanagement/message

The Great War - Birth of Aerial BombingNever again - Between the WarsWorld War 2 - Strategic BombingPost War/cold WarThe modern era - Shock and AweShock and Awe has entered the modern lexicon as a description of the effectiveness and efficiency of modern air power.  Yet the employment of air assets took a century to evolve.  In the earliest days over the Western Front during the Great War, rickety biplanes often struggled to find a role both in reconnaissance and as fighters.  As ground attack aircraft, the technology available was in its infancy and bombs where little more than light weight flechette darts. As the conflict progressed, it was the Germans who developed and pushed ahead with the concept of the strategic bomber and conducted raids over London and other cities. First the Zeppelin airship and then with their Gotha and Staaken bombers.  It was during the post war period that air strategists including Trenchard, Mitchell and Douchet evolved the concept of aerial bombing and air supremacy.  The myth that the bomber will always get through was born.  There was the belief in ‘never again', that the bomber would allow nations to avoid the slaughter of trench warfare and break the morale of the enemy at home.  It was only later, with the use of the atomic bomb over Japan and precision weapons in later conflicts that some of the hopes of those earlier thinkers and pioneers have been shown to be partially true.  As counterinsurgency from Vietnam to Afghanistan have shown, air power alone is still not enough.So it GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson Ref.Baldwin reading by David HartleyAudio clip - Sir Arthur Harris at the Bomber Command Association 1977 See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the word See https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Dr Iain Murray from the Barnes Wallis Foundation talks with Harry Sherrard about the Highball design, its tests in 1943 and retrieval from Loch Striven in 2017. It is now displayed with other Barnes Wallis designed munitions at Brooklands Museum.

Elisabeth talks about life in the Barnes Wallis house In Effingham during her formative years.

Grenade sous-marine, la bombe rebondissante a surtout été utilisée durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Inventée par Barnes Wallis, un ingénieur britannique, cette arme a notamment été employée durant l'opération Chastise, un raid mené contre des barrages de la vallée de la Ruhr... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the bouncing bomb to Concorde, one of the towering figures in post-war aeronautics gives a tour-de-force on his careers and the lessons that he learned along the way or, as he put it, “it is a great temptation when you are my age…to blather away about all of the things that you did in the past and it is a temptation quite frankly that I didn’t resist”. In 1934 Sir George fancied “a dabble in the aeroplane racket” and started as a draftsman at Vickers, before working with Barnes Wallis, Sydney Camm and Rex Rex Pierson. He discusses such projects as Barnes Wallis’s bouncing bomb, before moving onto the projects that he was involved in such as the Vickers Valiant and the BAC TSR2, as well as the collaborative projects of SEPECAT Jaguar and Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, whether as Chief Designer or Managing Director or Chairman on the Board. He then goes on to explore the forces that affected the aerospace industry during his career, before looking into his crystal ball to predict the future and make a number of suggestions with the hope that “younger members of the community…. can discern any sort of a message here or there…. and have the courage to do something about it”. The 62nd Wilbur & Orville Wright Lecture took place on 6 December 1973, the podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS and it was digitised thanks to a grant from the Royal Aeronautical Society Foundation.

En el programa de esta semana volvemos a viajar hasta la Segunda Guerra Mundial para conocer mejor al Escuadrón 617 de la RAF y su acción más famosa, la Operación Chastise, que tuvo como objetivo el bombardeo de precisión a las represas de la cuenca de Ruhr. En el programa veremos, en primer lugar, el desarrollo de las bombas Upkeep y Highball por parte de Barnes Wallis y la creación del Escuadrón 617 puesto al mando de Guy Gibson. En la segunda parte del programa narraremos el desarrollo de la propia Operación Chastise, para finalizar repasando la biografía de algunos de los protagonistas tras la acción que hoy nos ocupa.

En el programa de esta semana volvemos a viajar hasta la Segunda Guerra Mundial para conocer mejor al Escuadrón 617 de la RAF y su acción más famosa, la Operación Chastise, que tuvo como objetivo el bombardeo de precisión a las represas de la cuenca de Ruhr. En el programa veremos, en primer lugar, el desarrollo de las bombas Upkeep y Highball por parte de Barnes Wallis y la creación del Escuadrón 617 puesto al mando de Guy Gibson. En la segunda parte del programa narraremos el desarrollo de la propia Operación Chastise, para finalizar repasando la biografía de algunos de los protagonistas tras la acción que hoy nos ocupa.

In his insider’s history of the first fifty years of the R.A.F., Sir Victor Goddard gives insights into the forces and personalities that formed and developed the RAF and made it into an equal partner with the other two armed services. Sir Victor’s career covered the pioneering years of service aviation; from a cadet in 1912 who co-presented to the Admiralty a scheme for an aircraft bombsight to a seat on the Air Council and a role contributing to the Berlin Airlift. From this insider’s view he gave his audience picture of the forces and personalities that formed and developed the RAF. He considers the founding belief that the RAF needed to be formed in order for air warfare to escape the prejudices of sea and land, how Trenchard moulded the embryo service over a five year period, the decline of airships and how the service came of age during the campaigns against Mesopotamia, Iraq, Aden and against the “Mad Mullah” in Somaliland, where the RAF was able to frustrate the resources of adversaries. Sir Victor also discusses the RAF’s sometime slow harnessing of technology, including the adoption of monoplanes and radar, and tells stories of how he helped to frustrate the development of the German bomber force, his part in helping the RAF to adopt and then use Barnes Wallis’s bombs during the World War II and how he just managed to avoid a court martial after allowing the first use of a parachute to escape an aircraft. The lecture was delivered to the Royal Aeronautical Society's Historical Group on 19 April 1964. The podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS and it was digitised thanks to a grant from the Royal Aeronautical Society Foundation.

A man renown for his genius as a designer and inventor, Barnes Wallis turned his mind to helping Britain to win the Second World War by creating weapons that could defeat the industrial might of Germany.  From his ten ton bomb Tall Boy to the bouncing bomb Upkeep, his remarkable talent ran from designing Airships to supersonic aircraft.  This is his story.           Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Royal Society on Twitter, The US Library of Congress, the Imperial War Museum, Royal Air Force and the RAF Museum Cosford.

David Jemitus talks with Jim (now in his nineties) who worked with Sir Barnes Wallis as an apprentice on aircraft design and who flew Mosquitoes in the war.

On the night of May 16th, 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers took off from England heading toward the German industrial heartland of the Ruhr. They carried a new bomb, designed to skip across water avoiding any torpedo nets before hitting the target and sinking into the depths; then exploding.. The bomb was codenamed ‘upkeep’, we know it today as the ‘bouncing bomb’ designed by Barnes Wallis. Those Lancaster's of 617 squadron, commanded 24 year old Guy Gibsonwould become known as the ‘Dam Busters’, the operation was CHASTISE. The mission would be a success, as in two of the targeted dams were hit and breached causing millions of tons of water to surge down into the Ruhr region, flooding mines, destroying factories and homes. The crews that survived the raid would arrive back in Britain as celebrities, swept up in the wartime propaganda; and of course memorialised in books such as Paul Brickhill’s ‘The ‘Dam Busters’, of which the well known 1955 film is based. Joining me to discuss the raid is Victoria Taylor. Victoria is a Post Graduate Researcher at the University of Hull. Her MA thesis is Redressing the Wartime and Postwar Mythologization of Operation CHASTISE in Britain. Recommended books about operation Chastise. Cooper, Alan W. The Men Who Breached the Dams. Pen & Sword Books, 2013. Holland, James. Dam Busters. Random House, 2012. Sweetman, Dr John. The Dambusters Raid(Cassell Military Paperbacks). W&N, 1999.  

40 years since his death, a celebration of the life of Sir Barnes Wallis in Effingham

This podcast is about Barnes Wallis who was a British inventor during both WW I and WW II

One of the towering figures in post-war aeronautics, Sir George gives his views on the challenges and opportunities facing the British aerospace industry in the early 1970s, from his seat at the head of British Aircraft Corporation’s board. Starting off with a look at the growth of aviation and the state of British exports, Sir George turns to the advantages and disadvantages of international projects such as the SEPECAT Jaguar and Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, discusses the BAC Intelsat IV satellite and concludes by giving his frank views on the impact that politicians played in the post-war aerospace industry. Sir George started off his career under Barnes Wallis at Vickers, before moving through the company. Amongst his roles at Vickers was to head aircraft projects including the design of the Vickers Viscount and Valiant. His last roles were to mould BAC, first as Managing Director and then as Chairman. The Lecture was the Sixth Tizard Memorial Lecture to the RAeS Boscombe Down Branch and was delivered on 29 February 1972. The podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS and it was digitised thanks to a grant from the Royal Aeronautical Society Foundation.

Discover the ingenuity behind Barnes Wallis's invention of the bouncing bomb during World War II. Learn how this seemingly improbable technique revolutionized wartime tactics and became a decisive tool in the Allied forces' arsenal. Dive into the history and mechanics of this extraordinary invention. #BouncingBombs #BarnesWallis #WW2 #innovation #wartimetactics #WorldWarIIhistory #militarytechnology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sir Barnes Wallis Hon FRAeS takes listeners through his technical life story. Starting with his time designing airships, he moves into talking about the Second World War when he designed the dam-destroying Bouncing Bomb and 22,000 lb ‘ten-ton’ bomb. He also discusses his contribution towards the geodetic structure of the Vickers Wellington bomber. The podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS and it was digitised thanks to a donation from the Royal Aeronautical Society Foundation.

Early Westlands chief test pilot and aviation historian Harald Penrose discusses some of the great figures he met during his career in the aircraft industry, including T. O. M. ‘Tommy’ Sopwith, Barnes Wallis and Sydney Camm. He also talks about Vickers test pilots E. R. C. ‘Tiny’ Scholefield and Joseph ‘Mutt’ Summers, together with their chief designer Rex Pierson, before going onto discuss working with test pilot Jeffrey Quill when Westlands built Supermarine Seafires and when he flew the prototype Supermarine Spitfire at Martlesham in 1936. Harald Penrose was interviewed by Rodney Giesler in 1983 and 1989 and the podcasts were edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS.

Kate Silverton on: Martin Aitchison who worked with Barnes Wallis on the bouncing bomb but made his name illustrating the Peter and Jane ladybird books. Sir Mota Singh, the Kenyan born Barrister who became Britain's first ethnic minority judge making headlines worldwide as the first judge in 300 years not to wear the horse hair wig William Trevor - one of Ireland's greatest writers - a novelist, playwright and short story writer, his work was compared with Chekhov Ruth Gruber, journalist, author, humanitarian and spy. She documented Stalin's gulags, life in Nazi Germany and the plight of Jewish refugees and David Mancuso, dance music legend and music host who founded the Loft in New York. Producer: Neil George.

This week, we bring you the best bits of technology from the world of engineering including a guiding light into the workings of a retroreflector, the dual life of bi-stable structures, and a new way to harness energy from our rivers. Plus, we unearth the workings of a copper mine, discover how Barnes Wallis designed his famous bouncing bomb and bring you an atomic insight into the art of metalworking!

This week, we bring you the best bits of technology from the world of engineering including a guiding light into the workings of a retroreflector, the dual life of bi-stable structures, and a new way to harness energy from our rivers. Plus, we unearth the workings of a copper mine, discover how Barnes Wallis designed his famous bouncing bomb and bring you an atomic insight into the art of metalworking! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week, we bring you the best bits of technology from the world of engineering including a guiding light into the workings of a retroreflector, the dual life of bi-stable structures, and a new way to harness energy from our rivers. Plus, we unearth the workings of a copper mine, discover how Barnes Wallis designed his famous bouncing bomb and bring you an atomic insight into the art of metalworking! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Researchers re-create the experiments carried out by Barnes Wallis on the bouncing bomb; we discuss the Texan pre-Clovis finds; the Nichoria bone earns its place at multiple points in history and we explore the massacre at Fin Cop hill fort. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology: how to go about doing a bit of zooarchaeology! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Researchers re-create the experiments carried out by Barnes Wallis on the bouncing bomb; we discuss the Texan pre-Clovis finds; the Nichoria bone earns its place at multiple points in history and we explore the massacre at Fin Cop hill fort. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology: how to go about doing a bit of zooarchaeology! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy