The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 (G-CTAM) was able to avoid a potentially fatal crash by deploying the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) earlier today. The aircraft was on a flight from Dunkeswell Airfield in Exeter to Lee-On-Solent before the pilot lost control of the aircraft for an unknown reason [read more]
Watch live as a new era of human spaceflight gets underway when American astronauts are once again launched on an American rocket from American soil on a mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifting off on [read more]
Wizz Air has announced five new routes from London Luton, most of which will start in Summer 2020. The new routes are all to destinations in mainland Spain, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands showing that, as travel restrictions ease, Wizz Air is thinking that Spain will be a busy destination [read more]
A privately owned aircraft landed at a closed RAF Base without permission on Bank Holiday Monday according to the MOD’s Air safety information management system (ASIMS). The report filed says that a Pilatus PC12 N412MD took off from Fairoaks Airfield in Surrey and flew to RAF Valley on Anglesey. As [read more]
Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) is to begin a consultation with staff as it prepares to cut up to 4,500 staff from its workforce. The airline was recently given a £600m loan by the UK Government to help it survive the Coronavirus Pandemic but now says it needs to make the [read more]
As we start to see the easing of restrictions into the new normal we look at which UK airlines have said they plan to start flying again and when. A number of airlines have recently issued updates on their plans and here is what we know so far. British Airways [read more]
It doesn’t happen very often but sometimes Airports have to change their runway numbers as a result of magnetic drift and that’s exactly whats just happened at London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW). The airport previously had runways 08 and 26 but now the magnetic heading of the runway has drifted past [read more]
A new series starting to UK television channel Quest this evening will show what happens when aircraft come to their end of their flying days. Plane Reclaimers follows the work of St Athan based end of life specialists eCube Solutions as they strip off all usable parts from airlines before [read more]
Spain has announced that it will remove restrictions on travel for the 1st July paving the way for flights from the UK to the popular holiday destination to resume. Ryanair has already announced that it plans to get 40% its normal schedule from the 1st July and has welcomed the [read more]
A major fire has broken out at the Bombardier’s aircraft factory which is on Queens island next to Belfast City Airport. Pictures from the scene showed massive plumes of smoke rising from the site as fire tore through the roof of one building where fuselage sections are made. The fire [read more]
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