It may have been an American dream to send the first privately funded rocket into orbit this week. But I can reveal that the SpaceX mission, which saw two astronauts blast off on Saturday and safely dock at the International Space Station less than a day later, has thoroughly British roots. The Flight Director at … Read more
Air passengers face the biggest changes to travel since the 9/11 terror attacks – with everyone on board planes having to wear face masks, told not to queue up for toilets and facing limited duty-free sales in airports. Masks, health checks and a limit to on-board movements made up part of the industry guidelines, which … Read more
A British Airways passenger has complained about the lack of social distancing on a ‘packed’ flight from Heathrow to Gibraltar with only ‘one or two’ empty seats as photo show people huddling together in the aisle as they disembark. The Gibraltarian national said he captured the shots to give people an insight into what flying … Read more
A conservationist has undertaken one of ‘history’s biggest habitat recovery projects’ and moved 24 lions from five locations across South Africa to a new home hundreds of miles away. Ivan Carter and his team transported the animals by plane and truck to the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique, an area which has been without the predators for … Read more
Checking in… Mike Read: The DJ and broadcaster talks about playing with The Jolly Boys in Jamaica and a frightening flight to Brussels By Richard Webber For The Daily Mail Published: 09:54 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 09:59 BST, 25 May 2020 DJ and broadcaster Mike Read This week DJ and broadcaster Mike Read … Read more
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is poised to make history today as it sends satellite-launching craft on first test flight to space LauncherOne, used to deliver small satellites into orbit, will take off on Sunday If successful it will be the first time this system launches something into space Virgin Orbit’s vice-president is confident his team’s … Read more
Avengers Endgame sparks rush of online flight searches for Thor’s home of ‘New Asgard’ Movie shows Thor living in ‘New Asgard’ – five years after Avengers: Infinity War It is depicted as a quaint fishing village with a pretty harbour amid rolling hills New Asgard scenes were filmed in St Abbs in Scottish Borders and … Read more
Beware the perils at 35,000ft! How everything from eating to using the loo on a plane can put your health at risk Learn the cabin crew ABC of what to eat at altitude – ‘Anything But Chicken’ Fizzy drinks fill your system with gas and chewing gum makes you inhale stale air Don’t ignore the … Read more
My flights to Geneva for a ski holiday over Easter were cancelled by easyJet due to coronavirus. It offered me the chance to rebook or vouchers but I do not have any future travel plans, so wanted my money back. I followed some links on its site for cancelled flights, which took me through to … Read more
Gulp. Captain Mike Blythe, British Airways Flight Technical and Training Manager for the Airbus A380 and A350 is sitting next to me. ‘Take a deep breath,’ he says. Why? Because I’m about to take a British Airways Airbus A350 down one of London Heathrow’s runways and take-off for the very first time. Ted prepares to … Read more