Boris Johnson’s RAF Voyager plane took off for the first time today after receiving a £900,000 red, white and blue paintjob. The jet’s tail fin had previously been spotted inside a hangar at an airfield in Cambridgeshire, where underwent a new Brexit paint job to help the PM fly the flag for the UK when … Read more
The red, white and blue makeover for Boris Johnson’s RAF plane will cost the taxpayer close to a million pounds, it was revealed today. The Voyager aircraft used by the PM on foreign trips is to get ‘national branding’, rather than the standard grey that makes it less visible in the sky. The idea has … Read more
Boris Johnson flies the flag: RAF jumbo jet gets patriotic paint job in red, white and blue for Prime Minister to use on trips abroad The grey Voyager is being painted the colours of the Union Jack in Cambridge Cost of repainting the plane is expected to be in the tens of thousands of pounds … Read more
RAF fire crews are scrambled as lockdown-flouting pilot makes bizarre 300-mile trip to Prince William’s ex-Anglesey airbase when it was closed because he ‘wanted a day at the beach’ His £4million aeroplane was surrounded by fire crews and military police Unnamed pilot claimed he had spotted the beach near the village of Rhosneigr He did … Read more
US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle warplanes stop off at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk on their way home to Idaho after flying missions over Syria and Iraq Jets are flying to Mountain Home base in Idaho after flying Middle East missions Elite warplanes stopped off in RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk earlier this week NATO warplanes have … Read more
An RAF radar technician has captured the wild, desolate and beautiful landscapes of the Falkland Islands in stunning drone footage. Paul Bromham, 38, from Swansea, Wales, started filming during his time-off while hiking. His edited video shows the sharp contrast in scenery from vast white stone runs (sometimes called stone rivers) to rolling boggy mounds … Read more
The wreckage of an RAF fighter plane that tumbled from 500ft with engine failure during the Second World War has been discovered on the British beach where it crash-landed 76 years ago. Dog walkers at Cleethorpes, Grimsby, were stunned to stumble across the seaweed-matted remains of the Bristol Beaufighter, which was dredged up by moving … Read more
It’s a deer miss! Family of animals narrowly miss being hit by FIGHTER JETS after dashing across an RAF runway Animals ran across runway at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, last Friday All three roe deer escaped unharmed from their close encounter with the planes Aviation enthusiast James Feneley, 52, filmed the near miss By Harry Howard For … Read more
The £35m car park: In a picture symbolising the economic crisis gripping Britain, an old RAF airbase is packed with new cars that nobody wants By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline Published: 22:10 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 22:13 BST, 5 May 2020 The brutal impact of the pandemic on the economy was laid bare … Read more
London tops the list with 54 sightings in a year which have been reported by air traffic control employees, pilots, police officers and journalists. Kent comes in second with 30 sightings.