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Moment civilian passenger, 64, is accidentally EJECTED from a French fighter jet when he panicked during ‘observation flight’ that he was ‘pressured into doing’ by colleagues Defence manufacturer gifted flight on Rafale B fighter jet by four colleagues BEA-E report says the passenger was nervous and pressured into flight He received inadequate safety checks and … Read more
Boris Johnson’s father today has declared his son ‘a fighter’ as the Prime Minister continues his intensive care battle against the killer coronavirus. Stanley Johnson, 79, who has himself gone into self-isolation following his son’s illness, said he is having to follow his son’s progress by watching the news. ‘I am not being told how … Read more
Katy Perry plans to name her baby girl after her deceased grandmother. The 35-year-old singer’s paternal grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson, who passed away shortly after Katy announced her pregnancy, will be the inspiration behind her daughter’s name, according to THE NAUGHTY BUT NICE WITH ROB podcast. Katy ‘plans to name her Pearl or Hudson or … Read more
Defence giant Cobham adapts fighter jet oxygen system technology to build NHS ventilators By Francesca Washtell and Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 Cobham has become the latest business to join the effort to make ventilators for the NHS. The British defence … Read more
Petrolhead revamps classic VW camper van with fighter plane jet engine that can do 300mph… (but he’s not dared do above 157mph) The owner of a garage has managed to turn an van from the 1950s into an incredible rocket-powered vehicle He used a fighter jet engine to give the rusty Volkswagen a makeover after … Read more
US F-22 stealth jets and Canadian F-18 fighters intercept two Russian reconnaissance planes that refused to leave the Alaskan Air Defense Zone for four hours Two Russian Tupolev Tu-142 reconnaissance planes were intercepted Monday US and Canadian fighter jets escorted the planes during four-hour flight North American officials say Russian planes flew 50 miles off Alaskan … Read more
Ayub Nurhussein, 29, pictured, is charged with entering into a funding arrangement totalling £2,699.19 for the purposes of terrorism, which he denies A terrorist who admits hoarding pro-Islamic State propaganda helped raise thousands of pounds for ‘fighter brothers’ in the Middle East, a court heard. Ayub Nurhussein, 29, is charged with entering into a funding … Read more
A Turkish fighter jet has shot down a Syrian government warplane over western Syria, the country’s defence ministry has said. An F-16 jet from the Turkish air force shot down an L-39 plane belonging to Assad’s forces over Idlib province on Tuesday. Syrian state news agency SANA confirmed that a regime plane had been targeted, … Read more
Elon Musk believes the era of fighter jets is over and future warfare will be carried out by autonomous drones. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the prediction while speaking with US Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida on Friday. ‘Drone warfare is where the future will … Read more
BAE shrugs off concerns over £10bn deal to sell Saudi Arabia Typhoon fighter jets By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 20 February 2020 BAE Systems’ boss brushed aside concerns about the future impact of a multi-billion-pound deal to sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. … Read more