Do you know what jet streams are? Aboard his Winnie Mae, Post shattered his own record as he completed the first solo flight around the world on July 22, 1933 after flying for 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. He demonstrated significant aviation technologies during this flight, including two new aeronautical devices – radio direction finder and an autopilot …
European judges have tonight thwarted the Home Office's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda at the 11th hour as their ruling left Home Secretary Priti Patel's flagship policy in tatters. issued an urgent call summoning activists to the detention centre at Heathrow Police officers stand near activists blocking a road leading away from the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre The …
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On January 11, 2021, Air India made a historic trip with an all-women cockpit crew that flew a plane from San Francisco, US to Bengaluru, India. Another question that is being asked is why flights are not going via the South Pole instead of the North Pole, specifically this Air India flight when Bengaluru is in South India. This is …
Virgin Galactic is set to launch its VSS Unity space plane as early as next week - this will be the first flight since coronavirus restrictions were introduced in New Mexico. The flight will launch on or after December 11 from Spaceport America, New Mexico and will include two pilots and an experimental payload for NASA This flight expects to …