The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced that MOD Sealand in Flintshire has been chosen as the global repair hub for European F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The F-35 Program Office has chosen the North Wales site to provide maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services for F-35 avionics and aircraft components. [read more]
The Circuit of Wales, a proposed race track near Ebbw Vale which would host a UK round of the Moto GP championship and bring countless jobs to one of the poorest regions in Wales and political hot potato for the Welsh Government. What’s this got to do with aviation you [read more]
The Red Arrows are “here to stay” Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has confirmed today in a statement that also confirmed they will be getting new aircraft to replace the ageing BAe Hawks. The Reds, who are currently on a tour of China, are one of the most recognisable display [read more]
9am on a Saturday morning would normally see me sipping a coffee, maybe checking some emails and catching up with the worlds overnight events but today is different, today it finds me handing my passport over to the Military Police. The reason? I’ve been invited to spend some time with [read more]
Monarch Airlines (MON/ZB) has denied rumours that it is about to cease operations using their social media accounts despite the fact that the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have been chartering aircraft from Omni Air, Air Transat and United Airlines to cover routes served by Monarch as their operating licence [read more]
Gwent police say they are dealing with a light aircraft which has crashed into the A40 between Abergaveney and Raglan. A spokesperson for the emergency services said: The light aircraft which crashed was carrying a pilot and two passengers. They are being treated for minor injuries. No other vehicle was [read more]
The 2nd reading of the Wales Bill went through Parliament this week and one of the big topics for Wales, that affects everyone in Wales was discarded. Largely as it was bad for England so it begs the question, do Welsh MP’s really care whats right for Wales? The topic [read more]
The Daily Post, the newspaper of North Wales, has done it again. Following on from their breaking story about governments spraying chemicals from unseen aircraft, they have exclusively revealed that aircraft fly over North Wales daily! The North Walian paper broke the story on saturday and showed video evidence that [read more]
With the UK Government giving its clearest signal yet that it is willing to consider devolving Air Passenger Duty (APD) to the Welsh Government, Bristol Airport has once again decided to throw its toys out of the pram releasing a statement onhow it would be bad for Britain PLC and [read more]
On Saturday the 22nd August a terrible accident occurred at the Shoreham Air Show in West Sussex when a Hunter T7, G-BXFI (WV372) crashed into the A27 killing at least 11 people on the ground. By some miracle the pilot, Andy Hill was pulled from the wreckage alive, but in a [read more]
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