From Balloons to Drones
Exploring the development of air power from the earliest days of flight to now and the future.
Editors: Dr Ross Mahoney, Dr Maria Burczynska, Dr Mike Hankins, Dr Brian Laslie, Abby Whitlock and James Jeffries.
https://balloonstodrones.com
@jdkightly.bsky.social
Does history - not an historian. Does aviation - not a pilot. Writes, reads, learns, communicates. Aviation Cultures Conferences. Interesting in many things. Freelance. No AI. He/him. Aviation content based at: https://vintageaerowriter.wordpress.com/
@danieljleahy.bsky.social
Aviation archaeologist researching the air power landscape in Australia during WWII. Developer of @AirPowerArchaeo.bsky.social. BInfoTech, BA(Hons). Trekkie. He/him.
@smoorebofb1940.bsky.social
ECR 20th century conflict historian. SWW, ADGB (especially night defence) & strategic bombing in Europe. Long-suffering NUFC Supporter. BSB incident officer.
@ninabake2.bsky.social
Independent engineering historian: women in engineering, motoring, aviation, construction. Writing book on women's motoring clubs worldwide. Ex-MN. Ex-Deacon Hammermen of Glasgow. OBE. No profile? I won't follow you https://womenengineerssite.wordpress.com
@timdocchoi.bsky.social
Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️.
@hushkit.bsky.social
alternative aviation blog: news, satire & history from 25K feet. I am human & I need Tupolevs. https://hushkit.substack.com our massive blog hushkit.net
@luketruxal.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Author of “Uniting Against the Reich.” Adjunct Professor of History at Cumberland University. Assistant Editor at Balloons to Drones. Air Power and #WW2 Historian.
@drrobthompson.com
Bluesky’s resident Vietnam War historian. Army University Press historian and documentary maker. Author of _Clear, Hold, and Destroy_—a book about pacification in Phú Yên. All views my own. Слава Україні! Web: https://www.drrobthompson.com
@jfb1066.bsky.social
Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2025?). Next: Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
@mazjovanovich.bsky.social
Aussie military aviatrix, test pilot, lapsed physicist, occasional writer. Come for the aeroplanes, stay for the snark.
@alanallport.bsky.social
Dr. Walter Montgomery & Marian Gruber Professor of History, Syracuse, NY. https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/directory/alan-allport Husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025)
@airpowerhistory.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of 'From Balloons to Drones.' Specialist in Air Power History, Transport History, & Heritage. Brit in Brisbane, QLD. Tweets ≠ endorsement. https://drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/ & https://balloonstodrones.com/