MAVGEEKS: A Military Aircraft Obsession

Is it Rude to Stare? RIAT 25: Eyes in the Skies Pt 2

We all know what it’s like. You’re waiting for an episode of your favourite military aviation podcast to drop and then two come along at once!   Join Gini and Jamie for

Is it Rude to Stare? RIAT 25: Eyes in the Skies Pt 1

Like Nicholas Cage landing the Fairchild C-123 Provider in Con Air, Gini and Jamie have wrestled back the controls of Mavgeeks:  A Military Aircraft Obsession to bring yo

Christmas Craftsmanship: Airfix's Creativity Unwrapped

Ho ho holy ****, Christmas snuck up quicker than a Sopwith on skis! With gift-giving on the MavMind, the final episode of series five sees Gini Carlin and Jamie Gordon me

Height Cuisine: Al Bridger's Flavours of Flight

Airline food gets a bad rap. For some of us, no other words paint so vivid a picture of bullet-hard potatoes and custard lumpier than a regional runway. However, one man

Above the Battlefield: The Life of a Helicopter Door Gunner

Helicopters are sadly, sorely neglected by us here at MavGeeks towers, but no longer! The mononymous Russ is a former door gunner on the Westland Lynx Mk7 and Mk9, amongs

Heroics on the Hercules: Scott Bateman MBE’s Flights of Fancy

Earlier this year, Gini Carlin and Jamie Gordon caught up with none other than Scott Bateman MBE. An RAF veteran with a storied career as Hercules Captain, Scott was perf

Royal Canadian Air Force Turns 100: Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

The Royal Canadian Air Force turns 100 this year! In that spirit, Canada resident Gini Carlin takes the lead for a guided tour of the fabulous Force's history. At this ye

Remembering the Real Masters of the Air

This week, our Gini Carlin enjoyed a blast from the past in several senses. She paid a visit to the delightfully well-preserved 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum at RAF Th

MavShrieks with Danny Robins and Denver International Airport

Hilariously, bizarrely, Denver International Airport is something of a lightning rod for conspiracy theories: in the mind of the open-eyed, the Illuminati’s clubhouse sha

Eject! Eject!

Something a bit different this week, dearest MavMates! Gini and Jamie enjoyed a natter with Tony Gaunt, Business Development Executive at Martin-Baker. Informally, they'r

The One With All the Planespotters

In this week's episode, Canada-based Gini pays our Jamie a little visit, which can only mean one thing... ROADTRIP! (Gini's driving permitting, of course). Reunited at la

Four Reds Make a Right

It’s the 60th anniversary year of the RAF's Red Arrows aerobatics team, and with the commemorations taking in our Gini’s far-flung Canada, it felt only right that we cele

Never Bring an Aardvark to a Dogfight

Known affectionately as the Aardvark for its reputation as a terrain-hugger with a big nose, the General Dynamics F-111 was one of the United States Air Force and Royal A

The RIAT Round-Up 2024!

We’re back, baby! To all MavGeeks old and new: welcome! Man, it feels good to be home. Gini Carlin and Jamie Gordon are absolutely buzzing to begin a bumper new sequence

MavGeeks Returns for Series 5!

Got an obsession with aircraft that’s impossible to contain? Worried you might be as maniacal about big metal birds as that bloke that sat on a car park by Heathrow Airpo

International Women's Day With Colonel Kim Campbell

This International Women's Day, our Gini takes to the skies with none other than the decorated Colonel Kim Campbell. The pair trace Kim's extensive career, from a storied

Saving Lives With Llewis Ingamells of Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance

To tie a knot on this fourth series of MavGeeks, Gini and Jamie come good on a promise they made way back in one of its earliest episodes. That's right, they've tracked d

More Takeoffs Than Landings With Chris Burwell

This week, Gini joins Jamie from her new Canadian digs for an otherwise classic slice of MavGeeks. Earlier this year, the pair managed to pin down ex-Harrier pilot turned

Long Road to RIAT

As winter hits hard and we weather enough storms with names to crew an Avro Lancaster, Gini and Jamie take a look back on (marginally) sunnier times and climes in this RI

Mandy Hickson: Queen of the Skies

Jamie’s in the cockpit today for a long-overdue natter with Mandy Hickson. Rightly described by Gini as a “Queen of the skies”, Mandy’s a decorated Tornado GR-4 pilot wit