St Helena Airport Regains Accreditation One of the world’s most remote islands has had to close its only airport. However, its now to reopen on Tuesday 17th February. After a series of faults with its three fire appliances airport engineers…
The world of aviation at sea now has a brand new exhibition to visit. Called the ‘Carrier Experience’ this new display is all part of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset in the UK. To enter the hall…
A birthday party was held for a helicopter at a former Royal Navy helicopter base in Dorset for one called Damien. And as I was invited, I am being a little indulgent presenting this news/travel?/feature. However, some of my readers…
If ever a person’s name suited their future career then, John Stringfellow, certainly fell perfectly into that category. His contribution to the world of aviation is hardly known outside of the small Somerset market town of Chard where he lived,…
The Traveltrunk has been given exclusive preview of a unique historical exhibition dedicated to the Royal Flying Corps. As the forerunner to the Royal Air Force this very first British military aviation organisation display is housed in a purpose-built hanger…
The former boss of the Minardi Formula 1 race team and CEO of the European Aviation Group spoke to me about his views on the future of the airline business and his too. This was following the arrival of one…
'Faster than a speeding bullet’. Was the phrase used to describe a Concorde flight around 50 years ago in the in 1969. Today the ability to fly passengers commercially at anywhere near that speed can be only dreamt about. By…
It’s been the butt of jokes since the 1970’s. However Luton Airport could well be having the last laugh. A £160 million redevelopment investment programme by the airport is bringing some classy additions to its much-expanded duty free shopping concourse,…
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