About this podcast
For the Best Aerospace Era this is MansPlaneing. Let's talk about airplanes and rockets. Here we cover those who imagined, those who designed, and those who piloted mankind into the Best Aerospace Era. (1903-1975) A time when we pushed the envelope and the sky was not the limit.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 47 episodes
- Hillbilly Aviator Pt. 2 · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 7On this episode we continue our profile of the aerospace legend Chuck Yeager. We pick up right were we left off from Hillbilly Aviator Pt.1. Send us Fan Mail
- Space Time · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 6We talked about some of the first pilot watches on an early MansPlaneing Podcast episode "On Time." Let's take this to another level and talk about the first watches that were…
- What Makes it count? · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 5What makes a spaceflight count? This is the question that took over this unplanned Mansplaneing Podcast episode. Let us know what your thoughts are after listening. Send us Fan…
- The Long Way Home · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 4The greatest aerospace adventure you've never heard of. In the Episode No Safe Haven we have profiled stories from the crews and passengers of Pan Am’s Anzac, Hong Kong, and…
- No Safe Haven · 33 min · Season 5 Episode 3This is an epic story of survival. What happens when a commercial airliner is suddenly caught in a war zone? This happened to four Pan Am Clippers after the Japanese's attack on…
- National Air and Space Museum at 50 · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 22026 is the 50th anniversary of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Perfect time to profile the museum, its history, and what its like to visit there today. Send us…
- Riding the Saturn V · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 1How about we start series 5 with the Saturn V. On this Mansplaneing podcast episode we cover the achievement of the first Moon rocket, and share quotes of what it was like to…
- Extra Section Back With Jeff Lester · 50 minOn this Extra Section Episode, we welcome back Jeff Lester to talk airlines. Topics include airline history, and the airline industry, but more prominently Piedmont Airlines…
- Hillbilly Aviator Pt.1 · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 7You might not expect the state of West Virginia to produce one of the most daring aviators of all time. This is part 1 of Chuck Yeager's story from the hollers of West Virginia…
- Who is Arthur Godfrey · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 6Mansplaneing in the 1950s? In celebration of 50 years of flight a documentary was made in 1953. Aviation needed an ambassador. Someone who the public knew to show how far…
- The United States of Aerospace · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 5The perfect episode to listen to on the eve of the 4th of July and our 250 anniversary. The founding fathers could not fathomed what we would accomplish in the air and in space…
- Where are the Ladies · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 4On this episode we try and answer the question of why there were no female Astronauts during the Best Aerospace Era? The question is more complex than you may think. Send us Fan…
- My Dream Hangar · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 3What if you had Howad Hughes money? Enough money to build a hangar and display anything you wanted inside, what would you choose? Here is my Dream Hangar. After listening to this…
- Hold My Bat · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 2Since its baseball season I though this was the perfect time to tell the story of how major league baseball legend Ted Williams ended up back in the Marines flying an F9F Panther…
- Artemis II vs Apollo · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 1We were there to witness the launch of Artemis II, and on this episode we compare and profile it against one of the Apollo mission. Which one though? Send us Fan Mail
- Series 4 is in Range · 2 minHere is a preview of topics for series 4 of the Mansplaneing 7 series. Send us Fan Mail
- Year 1 · 2 minThank You! for supporting the Best Aerospace Era platform and listening to the Mansplaneing Podcast. Send us Fan Mail
- Extra Section at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum · 37 minThere is more to Neil Armstrong than that one small step. My guest on this Extra Section episode is Logan Rex from the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. We discuss Neil Armstrong's…
- What happened in 1926 · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 7What happened a hundred years ago in 1926. This evet was pivotal for the future of aerospace. Here is a profile of this event and the man behind it. Robert Hutchings Goddard…
