92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2. Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as “lovely: it was perfect”, making her feel “quite young.” The ATA made an enormous contribution to…
International Development Secretary Justine Greening has said that David Cameron will scrap plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport. She said he believed that the Government would start a new long-term strategy to increase airport capacity by shelving Heathrow. Miss Greening is a known opponent to Heathrow expansion. Miss Greening added she was…
Emergency services have been called to the scene of a light plane crash near Palisades Reservoir Sunday afternoon. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that all four people aboard were killed in the crash. The cause of the crash is currently unknown. More information to come. Originally published by eastidahonews -Brendan Grainger
The fire started near Ezeiza International Airport. The cause has not been identified yet, however an investigation is in progress. Firefighters suppressed the fire, which is close to some of the planes, while the security services are also at the scene of the accident.
The 747 borrowed by band Iron Maiden has been damaged by a truck at Santiago, Chile airport. They released this statement on their website:
An EasyJet flight from Geneva to Copenhagen was moments from taking off when a passenger glanced out of his window and noticed a spanner in the wing. The passenger alerted the pilot and the flight was halted. “I realised straight away that what I was seeing was not normal. “There was a spanner attached to…
Several objects that could be debris from a Boeing 777 has been found off Mozambique and Reunion island are being examined by investigators searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Photos of debris found off Mozambique The man who found the piece of Boeing 777 wreckage off the Mozambique coast has been traveling around the…
American B-52 bombers are “ready and able” to strike ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, a top Air Force official confirmed Monday. The air campaign against ISIS is “taking a toll on our aircraft, our readiness and our airmen” but the “venerable B-52 … remains ready and able to meet combatant commander requirements,” Secretary of…
Qatar Airways will begin direct flights to Auckland from December 3 and in the process put one of the world’s longest non-stop flights onto its network map. The 9,000 mile journey on a long-range Boeing 777-200LR jet will see passengers strapped in for around 17½ hours. Flight QR921 will depart Auckland at 2.40pm to reach…
The UN’s aviation agency has announced real-time tracking of airliners will be introduced to stop a disappearance like that of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 two years ago. The council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in Montreal adopted new measures requiring aircraft to have tracking devices that can transmit location information at least once…
Emergency services have been called to the scence of a light plane crash Thursday afternoon. Emergency services were quickly to establish that the only soul on board, the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigations have began into what caused the light plane to crash. –Brendan Grainger
