#OnThisDay 1969: Concorde made its maiden flight. It took off from Toulouse and was in the air for just 27 minutes before the pilot made the decision to land.

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End of the runway! London Gatwick LGW

“Although both crew members recall completing one crosswind landing during the simulator phase of their type rating, neither recalls receiving any specific training in relevant handling techniques and the wind used was not at or near the aircraft limit." coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-…

“The broken blade on the Pratt & Whitney engine had been used on 2,979 flights since its last inspection in 2016” seattletimes.com/business/exam-…

“The National Trust claims that Trerice Manor, an Elizabethan manor house in Cornwall, is suffering the effects of being exposed to sonic booms during Concorde test flights. It may be that one day there’ll be a Big Bang & the whole building will fall down” bbc.co.uk/archive/concor…

FAA safety engineer goes public to slam the agency’s oversight of Boeing’s 737 MAX seattletimes.com/business/boein…

London Gatwick LGW you having a laugh???

Inflite The Private Jet Centre. Lite. bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/business/steve…

Including friendly travel journalists?

Anal coronavirus swab tests compulsory for Heathrow and Gatwick travellers to China - MyLondon mylondon.news/news/health/an…

Air France flight made emergency landing in Bulgaria over disruptive passenger - Reuters UK apple.news/A0AuHI_bRSMa_u…

AEF launches new interactive map showing people’s experiences of aircraft noise before and during the pandemic. Check it out here 👉 aef.org.uk/2021/03/08/aef…

"The Airbnb boom is over." So what now? majorcadailybulletin.com/news/internati…

American Airlines Max jet suffers mechanical issue twib.in/l/dEKo6Bb99qBd

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