Let us fly again! Furious pilots and cabin crews march on Westminster to demand ministers reopen our skies fully to save the travel industry Travel industry workers called on PM to expand the quarantine-free green list Around 400 protesters gathered outside the Commons on Travel Day of Action Senior Conservative MPs, including Sir Iain Duncan-Smith, … Read more
RAF pilots are issued with a fleet of 15mph e-scooters to commute from their quarters to work to encourage greener travel RAF pilots have been issued with a fleet of e-scooters with top speed of 15.5mph Personnel at RAF Marham in Norfolk use e-scooters to make three-mile journey Military chiefs have purchased 90 of the … Read more
Pilots for the U.S. Navy saw UFOs off the coast of Virginia so frequently they got used to them despite them ‘watching us’ every day, a new report claims. Former Navy Lieutenant Ryan Graves called the unidentified aerial phenomena a threat to national security in an interview with 60 Minutes that will air on Sunday. Graves’ F/A-18 … Read more
RAF Typhoon pilots smash Isis mountain cave network in Iraq with deadly fusillade of Storm Shadow cruise missiles RAF Typhoon pilots used the Storm Shadow cruise missile for the first time Previously the high-tech weapon system was used by the Tornado GR4 fleet ISIS in Iraq and Syria were also blasted by Hellfire and Paveway … Read more
Jet2 pilots are asked to avoid booking time off this summer in a sign travel firms expect Britons to be able to take foreign breaks after lockdown Jet2 cancelled holidays until April after Government introduced new restrictions Request to 1,000 UK pilots signals vaccine rollout could save summer holidays The scheme is entirely voluntary but … Read more
A fascinating photo album that highlights the perilous nature of landing fighter planes on aircraft carriers at the start of the Second World War has been unearthed. The black and white snaps were taken in 1939 and show Royal Naval biplanes coming a cropper while practising take-offs and landings on HMS Courageous, a converted battlecruiser. … Read more
More than 1,000 workers at Gatwick Airport are to lose their jobs after Norwegian Air announced it was axing its long-haul operation. The cash-strapped carrier has announced it is abandoning long-haul flights, many of which fly out of the airport in Crawley, West Sussex. The move will lead to the loss of 1,100 pilot and cabin … Read more
Peter Weber said his relationship with girlfriend Kelley Flanagan ‘simply didn’t work out in the end,’ as he announced their split via Instagram last week. But a source close to the situation claims that the 29-year-old pilot’s notoriously ‘overbearing’ mother Barbara may have played a role in the couple’s untimely breakup. ‘Barb put a lot of pressure … Read more
WWII pilot’s daughter takes to the skies in Hurricane he flew to defend Britain in WWII to honour his memory and his ‘mates who didn’t come back’ Eugenie Brooks, 55, flew her father John’s Hawker Hurricane over RAF Manston John flew the plane with the 174 (Mauritius) squadron during Second World War Fighter pilot also … Read more
Charles Holbrook was shot and killed as he was in the observation area of a botched training mission on Holloman Air Force Base in January 2017 The family of a civilian contractor accidentally strafed and killed by a student F-16 pilot during a botched 2017 training has been awarded a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. On … Read more