On 14 July, the Royal Netherlands Air Force has received two more F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters at Leeuwarden Air Base, with some delay. New fighters were delivered to the Netherlands with delay due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy, where the aircraft were built. According to the Scramble Magazine, the new F-35 fighters with…
Heathrow Airport is introducing cleaning robots to try to reduce the risk of virus transmission as the country eases travel restrictions. The robots use ultraviolet rays to kill viruses and bacteria at night, according to a statement from the airport, which did not say how many of the machines were being deployed. Heathrow said 100…
The Emirates A380 was back in the sky for the first time since the Dubai airline grounded its fleet of superjumbos in March. Flight #EK001 departed Dubai International Airport just before 8am this morning headed for London Heathrow. The world’s largest passenger landed in the UK just after midday, local time. It’s the first A380…
The US Navy’s first Black female fighter pilot has earned her wings. Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle completed the Tactical Air (Strike) aviator syllabus. According to the Navy, Swegle is currently assigned to the Redhawks of Training Squadron (VT) 21 at Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas. The photo that accompanied the Navy tweet celebrating Swegle’s…
A plane carrying aid to the flood victims in Beledweyne and other parts of the region has crashed in Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiran region, Somalia. The plane crashed at Beledweyne airport, carrying aid from Djibouti The three crew members were rescued. According to local sources the aircraft ID was 5Y-VVU, a 1999 built…
Air India flight 101 was flying from Mumbai – then known as Bombay – to London when it crashed near the summit of Mont Blanc on 24 January 1966. The flight had made two scheduled stops in Delhi and Beirut, Lebanon, and was on its way to another stop in Geneva, Switzerland. However, during the…
An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after a black passenger threatens to kill everyone on board if they don’t “accept that Jesus was a black man”. An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington on Saturday after a passenger threatened to…
The Department of the Air Force has awarded a nearly $1.2 billion contract for its first lot of eight F-15EX fighter aircraft. The contract, awarded to Boeing, provides for the design, development, integration, manufacturing, test, verification, certification, delivery, sustainment and modification of F-15EX aircraft, including spares, support equipment, training materials, technical data and technical support.…
A flight from Krakow to Dublin was forced to land after a note was discovered in a toilet claiming there were explosives on board. The Ryanair flight was diverted to Stansted Airport where Essex Police officers were carrying out checks. Ryanair’s FR1902 flight left Krakow in Poland for Dublin at about 4.30pm. Two RAF Typhoon…
Yesterday Ryanair was the busiest airline operating 1,273 flights according to Eurocontrol. Next busiest: Turkish Airlines with 607 flights Wizzair with 501 flights easyJet 415 flights
A cow that plunged down a 150ft waterfall in Cumbria was airlifted to safety by an RAF helicopter five days later. A Puma helicopter operated by the 28 Squadron airlifted the cow back to safety.
Qantas is operating three farewell flights. The Boeing 747-400 (reg. VH-OEJ) performed a farewell flight from Sydney. There will be two other flights: Brisbane (Wednesday 15th July) – 1015 Canberra (Friday July 17th) – 1200
