by Kate Coldwind | Apr 3, 2021 | News
What do you get if you cross the sea with an aeroplane? Generally, you get a nice, fast, mostly smooth, comfortable ride to wherever you’re going. There may be food. Perhaps a movie or some other multimedia entertainment. And there’s no need to worry about rough...
by Kate Coldwind | Mar 28, 2021 | News
Many of you will be familiar with home computer flight simulation. For some of you, as for me, it’ll be the main way you engage with the world of aviation. If for some reason you’re not in a position to fly for real, whether temporarily or at all, a flight simulator,...
by Kate Coldwind | Mar 25, 2021 | News
A BAE Systems Hawk training aircraft from the Royal Navy’s 736 Naval Air Squadron has crashed in Cornwall in south-west England. Witnesses in the area reported hearing a loud bang, and saw the two pilots ejecting from the aircraft. Both crew are reported to have...
by Kate Coldwind | Mar 22, 2021 | News
Newer technologies mean that VOR systems are, gradually, going away. Will you miss them when they’re gone? More importantly, should you? Article By Kate Coldwind You can’t stop progress, they say. Most of the time, you probably don’t want to. Things generally...
by Kate Coldwind | Mar 21, 2021 | News
To many, the ornithopter (a flapping-wing flying machine) was a footnote in history. But there is more to it than just historic appeal! Article By Kate Coldwind 2021 is expected to see the release of a new film treatment of Frank Herbert’s famous science-fiction novel...