New England Air Museum review
Welcome to this New England Air Museum review. If you’ve visited a fair few aviation museums, as I have, then you’ll know it’s fair to say they vary in quality. I’m glad to say that New England Air Museum (NEAM) is one of the good ones. It is an excellent museum. Situated adjacent to Bradley […]
Bromma to Arlanda: Scandinavia part two
Bromma to Arlanda. This article completes my January visit to Scandinavia – part one is here. Stockholm Bromma airport was the main airport for the city until Arlanda was opened in the early 1960s. It is still Sweden’s third busiest airport. Like many early airports the surrounding land has been built on and further expansion is […]
RAF Tornado final flypast
Get set for the Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado final fly past. Across three days, 19 to 21 February 2019, the RAF will say goodbye to its Panavia Tornado fleet with a series of flypasts across the United Kingdom. Tornados returned to RAF Marham, Norfolk earlier this month marking their final return to the UK […]
Boeing 747 vs Airbus A380
Boeing 747 vs Airbus A380. It’s been the battle of the giants since Airbus first launched its A380 model in December 2000. A battle between the ‘Queen of the Skies’ and the new upstart. And today, Valentines Day 2019, Airbus conceded defeat. First announced as a project at the Farnborough Airshow in 1990, Airbus wanted […]
LATAM Business Class: Madrid to Frankfurt
How many modes of transport can you fit into a day? And all to arrive back at the same place. This little adventure started out when I found that LAN (now LATAM) operated a Boeing 787 between Madrid and Frankfurt – and had some very competitive business class fares on the route. So, the chance […]
Heathrow Queen’s Building
Heathrow Queen’s Building. You must be of a certain age to remember the roof gardens at the Heathrow Queen’s Building at their best. Opened in 1956, along with Terminal 2 (then the ‘Europa Terminal’), the Queen’s Building sported an extensive viewing terrace, later extended onto the Terminal 2 roof. These early Heathrow buildings were demolished […]