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Katie and Kirsten prepare for a training flight (Image: The Aviation Media Co.)

Wingwalking, not your average 9-5, but you can do it too!

01/06/2018 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Last year we published a story on Wingwalking, in particular, AeroSuperBatics search for a new Wingwalker for 2018 so we sent Aviation Wales’ “upper wing balancing expert” Nick Harding along to meet the lucky applicant who gets to spend their summer with the best view in the sky! Pulling up the [read more]

British Airways 787 powered by Roll-Royce Trent 1000 Engines. (Max Thrust Digital)

Rolls-Royce preparing to test Trent 1000 fix

01/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Rolls-Royce has said that it aims to start testing a permanent fix for the Trent 1000 engine compressor issue in early June. The Derby-based engine manufacturer hopes to start rolling out the replacement part later this year as the company comes under increasing pressure from airlines who have been forced [read more]

Virgin Atlantic switches to all 747 operation at Manchester

31/05/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is making changes to its schedules from Manchester Airport as it switches to an all Boeing 747-400 operation for Winter 18/19. The airport previously had a mix of Airbus A330 and Boeing 747 aircraft but the latest changes to its Atlanta and New York JFK flights see [read more]

Rockwell B1-B Lancer flying past RAF Fairford (Max Thrust Digital)

B1 Bombers start month long deployment at RAF Fairford

30/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

A flight of three Rockwell B1-B Lancers, commonly known as “Bones” has touched down at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The aircraft flew from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas overnight as MYTEE 11 with an en-route fuel stop at Bangor Maine. Weather nearly hampered their arrival into RAF Fairford when at one [read more]

Stars, Slicks and Sails – Just another weekend in Welsh Aviation

29/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Bank Holiday weekend saw some interesting movements in the skies over South Wales thanks to some unusual happenings in the region. BBC Music’s biggest weekend saw a raft of stars including Taylor Swift, Rita Ora and Camilla Cabello descend on Swansea which saw several private jets fly into Cardiff [read more]

Dutch say MH17 was shot down by Russian Forces Buk

25/05/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Dutch investigators have said that the Malaysian Airlines 777 that was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 was shot down by a missile provided by Russian Forces. The investigators have studied video footage of the missile launch which they say proves that the missile belonged to Russia’s 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade who had [read more]

Qatar Airways returns to Gatwick after 7 year abscence

22/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Qatar Airways has returned to London Gatwick airport today for the first time since it stopped services in 2011. The worlds best airline has resumed operations with a twice-daily service to Doha (DOH/OTHH) using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The return offers yet another link from the UK to Qatar and [read more]

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 G-VOWS (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

Virgin move Las Vegas flights from Gatwick to Heathrow

22/05/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Virgin Atlantic is moving its London to Las Vegas flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from March 2019. The route will also benefit from an upgrade to a state of the art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft instead of the current Boeing 747-400. The upgrade means an increase in [read more]

Primera Air to start Birmingham to New York with 757

17/05/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Low-cost airline Primera Air began services from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) this week with flights to New York starting on Friday 18th May. The airline’s operation at Birmingham got underway on Monday with the first flight to Malaga and Palma from the Midlands airport. Primera, like many other airlines, is being hit by [read more]

The not so strange plane flying over the Welsh Valleys

14/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Keen-eyed users of online flight tracking apps may have noticed a small aircraft circling the Welsh valleys this afternoon, it certainly got one local news outlet rather excited! The plane in question, a Cessna 404 Titan (G-MIND), was carrying out chemical spill response or pollutant response tests using fresh water [read more]