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Britain’s last surviving female World War Two pilot has dies aged 103 decades after she flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Hellcats. Eleanor Wadsworth died at her home in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk last month, reported The Sun. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) trainee pilot scheme after war broke out in 1939. Born in … Read more
Mystery ‘triangle shape’ is spotted in Area 51 hangar by pilot who took 1,000 photos during Christmas Day flypast of secretive military base in Nevada Gabe Zeifman, a private pilot and amateur photographer, spent Christmas Day flying his Cessna 150 plane over the Nevada Test and Training Range The hangar is just south of the main … Read more
Sharp moves! Pilot flies in the shape of a SYRINGE over Germany to celebrate launch of Covid vaccines across Europe Samy Kramer said he hoped the stunt would be a fun way to raise awareness The flight took off over the German town of Friedrichscafen on Wednesday Germany began vaccinating vulnerable residents on Saturday, with … Read more
In the summer of 1940, as the Nazi war machine marched its way across Europe and set its sights on Britain, the RAF braced for the worst. Young men, in their late teens or early twenties, were trained to fly Spitfires and Hurricanes for the coming Battle for Britain, with others flying Blenheims, Beaufighters and … Read more
New Zealand pilot blamed for Taiwan’s first local virus infection since April is sacked and fined £8,000 for failing to ‘truthfully declare’ his contacts to officials The pilot who worked for Taiwan’s EVA Airways has been sacked by his airline The New Zealander did not wear a mask on duty and did not declare his … Read more
The scientists behind the Government’s Moonshot testing plans have leapt to the defence of lateral flow coronavirus tests – even after their own study found they were less than 50 per cent reliable at detecting the virus. Experts who masterminded the pilot in Liverpool say the rapid tests are ‘very helpful’ and a ‘good alternative’ … Read more
Taiwan records its first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in 253 days after woman catches it from a New Zealand pilot friend Taiwan has not had a locally transmitted case of Covid-19 since mid-April Authorities are now testing more than 100 contacts of the unnamed woman Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Tuesday that the New … Read more
A British airline pilot was jailed for 20 years today after being found guilty of murdering his daughter while intoxicated by drink and drugs at a luxury hotel in Kazakhstan. Airbus captain Mohamed Barakat, 42, ‘crushed the brains’ and fractured the skull of one-year-old Sophia by banging her head against a wall, a court found. … Read more
A British pilot accused of beating his one-year-old baby girl to death in a five star hotel has claimed he ‘would never hurt my own daughter’, a court heard. Airbus captain Mohamed Barakat, 42, faces a life sentence if convicted by a judge in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is accused of murdering his daughter Sophia by … Read more
Plane JUST avoids crashing into trees on take-off as pilot manages to pull up just in time Video footage shows the Rada Airlines Ilyushin Il-62 travelling down the runway In a nail-biting moment, the aircraft clipped the top of the trees during takeoff It nearly didn’t clear the trees as it took off from Niš … Read more