Scottish budget carrier Flyglobespan is being taken to court by the UK Civil Aviation Authority over an alleged safety breach which occurred last year.
The CAA claims the airline operated a flight using an aircraft with unserviceable engine pressure gauges and then failed to report the incident. A CAA spokesman says Flyglobespan will appear before […]

Berlin’s Schönefeld airport was shut for more than an hour this afternoon after the EADS historic flight’s Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 ‘Black Two’ – piloted by Walter Eichhorn – groundlooped onto the grass after landing on the tarmac following the aircraft’s ILA2008 display.
The starboard undercarriage leg collapsed causing the starboard wing tip and the propeller to […]

The newly-manufactured Messerschmitt Me262B-1A D-IMTT/N262MS that is such a prominent feature of each day’s ILA 2008 flying display is the one that was presented to the Messerschmitt Foundation here at ILA two years ago.
It is now operated by the EADS Heritage Flight Germany’s Manching airbase, and flown on alternate days by 71-year-old retired test […]

Think you’ve got the right stuff? Well, you only have a couple of weeks left to prove it. The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for new astronauts, but you have to apply by June 15.
But don’t get too excited - ESA expects around 50,000 applications for the four astronaut training vacancies. Successful candidates will […]

Major UK airport expansion should be halted because disputed data underpinning the country’s aviation strategy makes it impossible to weigh up the true impact…