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2017: The Safest year on record for Civil Aviation

Highly experienced & popular pilot named as victim of crash

Published 15/01/2018 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute Aeros Flight Training have named the pilot involved in last weeks fatal accident in Worcestershire. John Smith (52) is described by Aeros as “highly experienced, very popular with both his colleagues …

Final preparations underway for Santa 1 flight

Final preparations underway for special xmas eve flight

Published 18/12/2017 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes With just 1 week to go until Christmas day, final checks are well underway for a special Xmas eve flight which will see SANTA 1 take flight once again. The annual …

Report says Police helicopters need urgent reform

Published 30/11/2017 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has suggested that Police helicopters in the UK need urgent reform. National Police Air Service (NPAS) has …

Two men badly injured in Coventry light aircraft crash

Published 28/09/2017 Written by: UK Aviation News < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute Two men have suffered life-threatening injuries and burns in a light aircraft crash in near Coventry. The aircraft came down in a field near the village of Wolvey around 4pm …

Seaplane touches down in Cardiff Bay

Published 28/09/2017 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute If you were out and about in Cardiff this afternoon you were in for a big surprise as a seaplane touched down in Cardiff Bay. The Cessna 182R Amphibian arrived …

Police Helicopters honour fallen colleagues in fly past

Published 27/09/2017 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes The National Police Air Service (NPAS) conducted a flypast of Police helicopters over St. David’s Hall in Cardiff on Sunday as part of the service of remembrance for National Police …

Happy Valley at Anglesey Airport

Published 12/09/2017 Written by: Martin Cunliffe 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes The airport in the Isle of Barra Scotland may be bijou and quirky but the civilian airport at RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey is the very model of …

Chasing a Solar Eclipse

Published 21/08/2017 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Today sees the total solar eclipse of the sun across the Pacific Ocean and certain states of America. For most people, the period of totality will last around 2 minutes, …

RAF Hawk T2 (Image: Flt Lt Paul Heasman RAF/MOD)

RAF Valley move Hawks to Llanbedr Airfield

Published 05/08/2017 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute The Royal Air Force has confirmed that Hawk T2 aircraft from RAF Valley will operate at Llanbedr Airfield between the 7th and 11th August. The aircraft, from RAF Valley’s 4(R) Squadron, will …

Security forces road closures for Wales National Airshow

Published 22/06/2017 Written by: Lisa Parkes 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Wales National Airshow organisers have announced a road closure for safety and security reasons. The move means that that Oystermouth Road, the main road along Swansea Bay will be closed on …