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Pilot died after losing control of plane when seat slid backwards

A fatal plane crash happened because the pilot lost control when his seat slid backwards during take-off, an investigation has found. That is the “most likely” reason for the accident which killed the 66-year-old light aircraft pilot at an airfield ...

22 Sept 2022 at 16:01

Grandmother, 93, completes fifth wing-walk after being inspired by chocolate ad

A 93-year-old grandmother who has just completed her fifth wing-walk for charity said she was first inspired to strap herself to a plane by a chocolate bar advert on TV. Betty Bromage, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, performed a full loop ...

05 Aug 2022 at 18:48

Daredevil ‘may have started braking too soon’ during speed record bid

Daredevil ‘may have started breaking too soon’ during speed record bid

Daredevil businessman Zef Eisenberg may have started braking too soon in the moments before he died while attempting to break a speed record in a Porsche 911 Turbo, an inquest has heard. The 47-year-old was trying to prove he had created ...

18 May 2022 at 19:46

Daredevil ‘may have started breaking too soon’ during speed record bid

18 May 2022 at 17:25

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Investigation launched into microlight crash in East Lothian

Air crash investigators have been called in after a microlight aircraft crashed in a field in East Lothian. The incident took place close to the East Fortune Airfield near North Berwick at around 10.50am on Wednesday. A ...

02 Jun 2022 at 12:22

Reach for the sky: Brain cancer patient completes microlight flight for charity

A man recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer and who is semi-paralysed has completed a microlight flight to raise funds for charity. Jamie Fairweather, from Gullane, East Lothian, realised something ...

15 Sept 2022 at 19:53

Evacuation operation under way at Sudanese airfield amid ‘volatile’ ceasefire

British nationals are being processed for evacuation at an airfield in Sudan after an RAF mission was launched during a “volatile” ceasefire brokered between the warring factions. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said ...

25 Apr 2023 at 14:46

Tiger Moth trips give thrill-seekers chance to reach for the skies

Soaring 1,500ft feet above the Northumberland coastline in a 1940 Tiger Moth biplane on a perfect late summer’s day, pilot James Arnott acknowledges he is a lucky man. Away from his regular job flying ...

06 Sept 2023 at 12:10

‘Chilling effect’ if Jenrick statement used in airfield asylum case, court told

The Commons Speaker’s lawyers have warned about a potential “chilling effect” if a council seeking a legal challenge against the Home Office’s plans to house asylum seekers on airfields can use a ...

13 Jul 2023 at 14:04

First asylum seekers arrive at Wethersfield Airfield in Essex

First 50 asylum seekers arrive at Wethersfield Airfield in Essex

The first 46 asylum seekers have arrived at a former RAF airbase in Essex as it is brought into use. The arrivals on Wednesday to Wethersfield Airfield, around eight miles from Braintree, are ...

12 Jul 2023 at 18:05

Councils win bid to bring legal challenge over airfields plan for asylum seekers

Two councils opposing plans to house asylum seekers on disused airfields have been given the green light to bring a High Court challenge against the Home Office. Braintree District Council ...

14 Jul 2023 at 13:00

Council loses appeal over plans to use RAF site to house asylum seekers

Braintree District Council has lost a Court of Appeal challenge over Government plans to house asylum seekers at Wethersfield Airfield in Essex. The council brought legal action against ...

23 Jun 2023 at 17:49

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