The tragedy of the young footballer Emilio Sala’s untimely death in an avoidable light aircraft crash has opened a can of worms in the general aviation world that seems to have been aided by the internet and misuse of American regulations. By using US registered aircraft some appear to be avoiding regulatory scrutiny and indulging …
The original B737 was launched in 1965 with small turbojet engines and went on to be a very successful aircraft. As fuel efficiency and noise became priorities, the aircraft was fitted with larger CFM turbofan engines and whilst quieter and more fuel efficient the extra size only just made the under wing location viable, due …
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Article by Terry Tozer. First published in the Western Morning News in March 2008 Turn on the news and you are likely to hear of another post office closure somewhere in Britain. On Friday (7th March) it was the impending closure of Maida Vale Post Office in London that made the headlines; with celebrities like …
Article by Terry Tozer, first published in the Western Morning News, July 8th 2006 When the big change in Sunday trading laws was made in the1990s, I was in favour of the idea. That the Church was one of the most vociferous opponents only served to convince me that establishment dinosaurs were attempting to stifle …
Article by Terry Tozer. First published in the Western Morning News in September 2008, under the title Quota Rules Don’t Catch Out Fishermen One of the joys of shopping in Spain is a walk around the fish section of any market. The pinnacle of this visual and gastronomic wonder is probably the Boceria in Barcelona. …
The world is still rocking on its foundations from the seismic shocks in the banking industry and few of us are unaffected in some way or another. Even if we are not the real unfortunates who have lost their life savings or jobs, given the economic gloom now settled on Britain and elsewhere, few are …
As always after a crash, especially a major one with high numbers of fatalities, everyone wants answers. These are not always available soon after the event and in this case it has opened a discussion about an aircraft design that may or may not have been a factor.What is clear that the similarities between this …