I am 80 years of age, several ailments. After 5 months of monthly blood tests, each one worse than the last, receptionist at my surgery telephoned to say my phone consultation was cancelled as not urgent. I have eye problems, need regular injections to prevent sight loss. NHS prefers to wait until sight loss, then perhaps treatment. Urg... Read More

https://www.army.mil/article/262523 The U.S. Army has awarded the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract to Bell Textron, Incorporated.“I am excited to be part of this momentous day for our Army,” said Mr. Doug Bush, Assistant Secretary of t... Read More

[QUOTE]In 1943, the U.S. military had a problem. It didn’t suffer from a lack of bombs and missiles, but there was no reliable way to accurately guide them for a precision strike. A psychologist, though, had a solution: use pigeons to get the job done. Thus, [url=https://www.army.mil/article/111511/its_a_bird_its_a_plane]Project Pigeon[/url] was bo... Read More

There are a lot of soundings at the moment in relation to Eastern Ukraine and the possibility that Kiev Government will look to conduct a major attack on this area. In 2014 the people in this area disliked the Maidan Sq protests and did one of the own which was attacked by Kiev. As this area is populated by people with more Ethnic ties to Russia... Read More

In reading aviation safety reports, I have noticed it is common for the reports to refer to "left" or "right" when describing manoeuvres but also when describing the side of an aircraft on which damage occurred etc. For example, https://www.ntsb.gov/inv... Read More

It is with considerable sadness to inform you that my father, Rufus passed away last Thursday afternoon at the age of 97. Dad joined the Royal Air Force in 1942 and learnt to fly on the Empire Flying Training Scheme in Rhodesia, then returning to the UK to eventually do the Spitfire OCU before being posted to India flying the Tempest II with 20... Read More

It seems like cabin crew are preparing for a strike over the christmas holidays & new year. They won't have any support from the company unless pilots join in which will effectively impact operations. What are your thoughts? Read More

M'lady just walked in and posed the question "Do you know what today's anniversary is ?" Instant panic and hasty mental revision of birthdays and significant events .... nothing ! Eventually had to admit lack of recall. 9 years ago, at approximately 2230 in the middle of a "once in a 100 year storm" our house was destroyed and we had to be rescu... Read More