You see some odd sights on the main roads and motorways as you travel around the country, including some human powered vehicles, and an unexpected piece of road haulage I spotted on my way to Donington Park recently was a Boeing 737 on the A42. Being just around the corner from East Midlands Airport and…
I realised that last time I wrote about the Donington Aero Park, the aircraft museum beside East Midlands Airport, I mentioned the Nimrod there but did not include any photographs of the aircraft. I took a trip back there at the weekend, and it seemed a good opportunity to take a few photos of the…
I was out this week with a couple of friends, and they suggested that a page of one-liners about holidays may be topical. However, as we have had holiday jokes already, I thought flying jokes would be a relatively close topic. As ever, they come with no guarantee of funniness or originality… A…
You may have heard the story of the Dornier 17 – or rather, the Dornier Do-17 – aircraft that was rescued from the bottom of the English Channel in June 2013. The aircraft had been shot down in 1940 as part of the Battle of Britain, and when it was recovered, it was believed to…
One of the most impressive sights at each British Grand Prix is not of the four wheeled variety, but rather the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, more commonly known as The Red Arrows. The Red Arrows were formed in 1964, bringing together a series of RAF display teams that started in 1920. The Red Arrows…
I have mentioned before that I have had the pleasure of visiting various aircraft hangars, museums and shows over the years including Farnborough and the Donington Aeropark. This week, I had the pleasure of adding some exhibits from the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow to the list. I was not at the museum itself, but…
I posted recently about the Donington Aeropark near East Midlands Airport, and it seems, given the comments on Twitter and Facebook, that aircraft are a popular choice of topic. I thought that I would mention some other aviation stories. Rather than some of the more interesting aircraft that I have flown on – helicopters, domestic…
You might start to think that I am obsessed with Castle Donington. I mentioned how it has a great history in motorsport, rock music and aviation, and how wonderful the Donington Collection, the world’s largest collection of Grand Prix cars, is. I also have mentioned that when I was there for lunch yesterday, Ayrton Senna’s…