[url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895]Palestinian gunmen infiltrate Israel after rocket barrage from Gaza - BBC News[/url] Read More

Russia’s woes in building new tanks, repairing or even refurbishing old stocks, optics and ball bearings are all normally sourced from the west, so they have a severe shortage now hence the low output in armour etc.

I've done a couple of business trips recently and during the most recent it struck me just how god-awful the airport experience often is! I went through Birmingham (BHX), which appears to be a dirty, confused and soul-destroying place. It appears to be going through some form of upgrading at the moment with lots of hoardings forcing people down eve... Read More

Thank you Wensleydale, I'll jump to it and find something suitable. Have a go at this one. Read More

Sister aircraft made it home POLAIR, HEMS, WESTPAC all looking for debris Read More

Just turned up on BBC news... could be a computer error or a new pricing strategy by O'Leary. Passengers are unable to access a digital boarding pass unless they pay for a seat. With a randomly assigned seat, they could only collect a printed boarding pass at the airport desk. htt... 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

[url=https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/07/labor-same-job-same-pay-laws-closing-loopholes-bill-to-pass-parliament-after-deal-with-jacqui-lambie-david-pocock]Labor’s same-job, same-pay laws pass parliament after deal with Lambie and Pocock[/url] This law looks set to pass parliament today. What effect, if any, will this have on a... Read More

Aplan to overturn [url=https://www.express.co.uk/latest/london]London's[/url] [url=https://www.express.co.uk/latest/ulez]Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ)[/url] scheme has received major new backing just days before... Read More

[ame]https://youtu.be/7rdapQfJDAM[/ame] I have nothing to add Read More

China claims to have learned from SARS and not to be hushing up the current outbreak. A relative working in China has seen this notice. What should he make of it? Read More

This morning I was out walking. A couple were walking toward me, both staring at the screens of their phones. As the distance between us closed it dawned on me that neither had sensed my approach. At the very last moment I raised my hand, palm facing the man and sidestepped, just avoiding him. Neither he nor his companion looked up from their phone... Read More

YMML yesterday 25 aircraft waiting for takeoff. Taxi time 90 minutes. ​​​​​​09 would have been ok , why not use it, only a few arrivals into Essendon on 17 you could send a few departures in the meantime until the next Essendon arrival comes. what about gate holds? Anyone from ATC able to comment? Read More

I know there is a cohort of strong Putin supporters here, but this looks to be getting serious and his shtick might be going over for the home side, but maybe it is time for him to stop playing with matches. Lots of jaw-jaw going on at the moment as it should. Options, however, to give leverage to those talks seem limited in this scenario. Fo... Read More

a quick scan of various magazines and film titles would suggest this is the case If so, it seems like the obvious question would be "What's in it for them?" Read More

The Brazilian Armed Forces have reportedly been placed into a Hhightened state of readiness due to a significant movement of military equipment and troops to Eastern Venezuela on the border with Guyana, Officials believing that Venezuela may soon Invade Guyana in order to annex the “Guayana Esequiba” region which accounts for over 60% of the Gu... Read More

[url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-67613815]Lincolnshire Police warn not to keep presents under Christmas tree - BBC News[/url] So that's our fault too now is it? I dunno, call me old fashioned but perhaps more bobbies on the beat preventing burglaries might help? Read More

source: X [ame]https://twitter.com/JacdecNew/status/1731229652557926657[/ame] (already a day or two old, hope not a double post, but didn't see this coming by, nor found it while forum-searchin... Read More

https://michaelwest.com.au/a-joyceful-farewell-looming-strike-at-qantas-miners-carrier/ this could be interesting Last Sunday, at a meeting in Perth, pilots belonging to the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP), which covers a... Read More

And he’s gone. Good riddance! https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/announcement-on-qantas-ceo-succession/ Read More

Why is it on American TV or films when someone gets out of a vehicle it lurches forward several inches? Isn't it taught in America to apply the handbrake? Read More

I was asked a question of the other day about the source of RAF pilots and being of a certain age, I had to say I had no idea ! The gist of the query was where non-fast jet pilots actually emanated from. When I was going through, the RAF was of a size that those that fell by the fast jet wayside were, having reached an acceptable stage of traini... Read More

C1020/23 REVIEW C1015/23
TEMPO RESTRICTED AREA ACT
IN CTA CLASS A, C, D AND E AIRSPACE
ATS IN THE YBBB FIR SUBJECT TO CONTINGENCY DUE OPR RESTRICTIONS IN THE FLW AIRSPACE:
BRISBANE CENTRE 130.4 SPRINGBROOK. DESIGNATED AIRSPACE HANDBOOK (DAH)
SECTOR VOLUME NAMES AFFECTED ARE: 'GOLD COAST A, B, C, D, E, F'
CONTINGENCY MAP (LISTED UNDER GOLD COAS... Read More				

						
				
			

[left]BBC exit poll giving Con 368 seats Lab 191 SNP 55 Lib 13 an 86 majority.. We have a couple of billboards up round here, large one for Con in the local horses field as normal, and a tiny one in a garden for Lab[/left] Read More

A beautiful display over the presidential palace and Abu Dhabi beachfront today, thanks to President Vladimir Putin landing today in his Ilyuchin 96, escorted by SU35. [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jAL3NslaoE]Putin's Diplomatic Flight: SU-35 Escort to UAE for Key Talks - YouTube[/ame] The UAEAF display team flew smoke trails with the ru... Read More