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By Steve Beebee 30th October 2023

… aircraft. This remarkable odyssey has been dubbed by Tom Cruise as “a pilot's Everest” in a personal letter written to …

By BRUCE HALES-DUTTON 7th October 2023

… And once the nose and the windscreen visor are raised for cruise, the cockpit noise level also drops markedly. “The cruise phase is also fascinating.  One of its great pleasures … vocation.  Accompanied by his wife, Jane, Reid entertains cruise ship passengers with stories from his flying career …

By Tom Williams 30th June 2023

… North Sea from their base at RAF Mildenhall . Photographer Tom Williams went along for the ride. “Showtime,” was how the … basis. The noise on board the aircraft whilst in cruise is understandably more than that of a conventional …

By Joe Lavery 6th February 2024

… Come on, admit it, who hasn't imagined themselves playing Tom Cruise in Top Gun, with the chance to fly in a real F-14 …

By JOHN CHADWICK 13th December 2023

… of some 10 per cent from the four Darts, with climb and cruise power outputs remaining the same. One of the major … record was still held by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell-Black from the MacRobertson Air Race in 1934. …

By Tom Batchelor 11th April 2023

… Tom Batchelor speaks to key players from the blossoming … Sea, and the airport’s vicinity to both the freeport and cruise port, this policy aims to explore Malta’s potential to …

By Tom Kaminski 21st January 2023

… Grumman B-2A entered service more than 30 years ago. Tom Kaminski reports Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force … did confirm some earlier speculation. ‘Sixth generation’ Tom Jones, President of Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics … providing a high lift-to-drag ratio resulting in greater cruise efficiency. It appears that both the engine inlets and …

By ANDREW THOMAS 20th May 2023

… of these on the 15th, Fg Off Duffy’s rear gunner, F/Sgt Tom MacLean, shot down two Messerschmitt Bf 110 … operational debut of the Storm Shadow long-range precision cruise missile. During the attack, crews were engaged by …

By Tom Batchelor 11th March 2023

… From shark skin fuselage coatings to bat-inspired wings, Tom Batchelor examines some of the latest incredible concepts … to demonstrate an automated emergency diversion in the cruise, automatic landing and taxi assistance. “DragonFly …

By Tom Allett 24th December 2022

… Tom Allett looks back to May 2009, when Bruntingthorpe’s … light weight of the aircraft he confined the engines to cruise, rather than full power, using the aircraft’s … began to accelerate rapidly as the co-pilot applied cruise power. As per Standard Operating Procedures, the …

By Tom Kaminski 22nd April 2023

… sales have already accounted for 30% of the purchases. Tom Kaminski concludes his two-part look at the Poseidon … The P-8I is compatible with the AGM-84H SLAM-ER stand-off cruise missile, AGM-84L Harpoon II anti-ship missile and the …

By Tom Batchelor 6th February 2023

… It may be plane food, but it’s certainly not plain food, as Tom Batchelor discovers in Delhi, learning about the culinary … Dreamliner cabins, which have a decibel level in the cruise in the low-70s. A Lufthansa-commissioned study carried …

By Ben Dunnell 4th February 2023

… a second run. I’ll never forget that one. On the following cruise, the same thing happened but they got a hit in the … demonstration team, owned by the widow of the late Tom Righetti. It had been put on static display in the …

By Thomas Haynes 25th May 2022

… years to the day since the iconic 1986 film Top Gun, Tom Cruise will return as Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in its …

By Mark Ayton 26th September 2022

… variants. One former member of the Airbus management team, Tom Williams, is renowned for his objective commentary and … at Airbus, described sales momentum at the time as “a good cruise speed” with the pitch: “This aircraft drops an …