ALB Gate 4: Easing a Passenger's Distress

I heard an announcement: "If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately." (poets.org) More...

British Woman, WW2 Pilot, Dies at 103

A trailblazing pilot who was one of the last surviving women to have taken on the task of transporting aircraft to the frontlines of the second world war has died at the age of 103. (www.theguardian.com) More...

Short-hop bio electric hybrid aircraft (Beha), first aircraft since1920s to have three-winged box design

In the shadows of the old Spitfires and Hurricanes that helped win the Battle of Britain, Faradair, a UK startup operating from the historic Duxford airfield, is hoping to help Britain fight the new war against climate change by developing a revolutionary 18-seat bioelectric hybrid plane which will eventually, hopes its designer, be carbon neutral. (www.theguardian.com) More...

A Pilot's Son Takes Flight

Maurice Wilson left London in a Tiger Moth in 1933 on his way to Mount Everest, to attempt a solo climb. The author of a book about this adventure tells his own story of flying a Tiger Moth, with a pilot who served in the RAF with his father. (www.newyorker.com) More...