Plane cabins resembling a cross between a restaurant, sports bar, living room and a shop could be coming to a flight path near you in the near future. That’s if a certain British aircraft interior designer and his team get their way. Ross Burns is the lead designer of cabin interiors at Bournemouth-based Aim … Read more
A mother and daughter attacked a pilot after pushing him into his cockpit and biting him in a row over a buggy, a court heard today. Henrietta Mitaiare, 23, and her mother Mary Roberts, 53, flew with Swiss Air from Zurich to London Heathrow on May 2 last year. Before the flight left Switzerland, Mitaiare … Read more
Air pollution is reducing global life expectancy by three years, killing 8.8million people a year, a study shows. More people are dying early from breathing toxic air than some of the largest killers, including malaria, HIV, war and smoking. Scientists led by Germany fear the world is facing an air pollution ‘pandemic’ after analysing deaths … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more
Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert 2020 idiomatically conducted by Andris Nelsons is a breath of fresh air… more, maestro, please By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 New Year’s Concert 2020 Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Andris Nelsons … Read more
The world’s first air traffic control tower was built by the UK government 100 years ago at Croydon Aerodrome, south London. And fascinating archive pictures of it – and the planes it monitored – highlight just how much the aviation industry has changed. The structure, a wooden hut, was built on the orders of the … Read more
STUNNING video shows an owl passing through a cloud of tiny helium bubbles in ultra slow motion, revealing how birds stay aloft by creating small circular flows of air beneath their wings Scientists at the Royal Veterinary College outside London studied bird flight They filmed two owls and a hawk as they flew through small … Read more
Illusionist makes GMB’s Kate Garraway DISAPPEAR live on air (but eagle-eyed viewers spot how trick was carried out) Darcey Oake from Winnipeg, Canada is about to embark on a 11 date tour Kate Garraway, 52, climbed inside a black box for the trick But some viewers think they spotted a trap door on the table the … Read more