Topic: Manston

2 chapters across the catalog

Madoff has left the building
Episode 260 1:21:45 - 1:25:34

260: Madoff has left the building

Airman History and Global Warming Cycles

A donation from Baron von Pelsmacher triggers a discussion about Manston, a large RAF airfield used during World War II for damaged planes returning from Europe. The hosts then pivot to a Weather Channel report on the 1930s Dust Bowl, arguing that current climate patterns are part of a natural 10-year cycle rather than man-made global warming. They acknowledge several "human resource" donors turning 55 in 2010.

Lightning Strikes
Episode 101 1:21 - 5:32

101: Lightning Strikes

Search and Rescue Mission, Experimental Ultralight Aircraft in Kent

Adam Curry recounts participating in a search-and-rescue operation while flying from the Netherlands to London near Manston and Dover. Air traffic control requested his assistance in locating a lost experimental ultralight aircraft after radio contact was severed. Curry describes descending to 600 feet to scan fields near Canterbury but failing to locate the missing pilot.