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Wrong Paris post-war

connection Vulcan to the Sky Trust Although there was little in
the way of novelties at
Uncertainty surrounding the the Paris Aero
future of UK regional carrier Show, one came
Flybe doubtless led away with the
investigative hacks to trawl the impression that
internet in search of information the general excellence of
on Connect Airways – the design were far in advance
consortium that acquired the of anything seen at the Paris
airline just a few months before Show of 1913. Naturally this
its recent troubles emerged – as development has been
well as Virgin Connect, its new mainly due to the exacting
name for Flybe. requirements of the War.
But that might not have been
as simple as it seemed. Zhukov’s aircraft
For one thing, Virgin Connect May marks the 60th anniversary of the first flight of The recent advance of the
was already established as the XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan, which departed Russian armies is staggering
brand for Virgin Group’s the skies in 2015 after an old age delighting crowds on in its immensity.
telecoms division in Russia – the air show circuit. To mark the diamond celebration, The Russian
and those unfamiliar with this fans are being offered the chance to be part the Tin Generals have
quirk would have found Triangle’s history by having their names inscribed on her covered
themselves presented with a lot wing. For details, contact Vulcan to the Sky Trust themselves with glory.
of Cyrillic script, precious little Marshal Zhukov (once the
of which had anything to do defender of Moscow) is
with civil aviation. Age no barrier perhaps the most brilliant
But there’s worse. Some among them, and he has
unwary hacks might have tried They say that once you reach a shown his perspicacity by
– quite reasonably – to go down certain age, policemen begin to the use he has made of his
the Connect Airways route by look younger. aircraft, particularly his
logging onto the “co.uk” version Maybe the same applies to dive-bombers.
of the “connectairways” URL, aerospace business leaders. At
only to be redirected – for the age of just 25, Ishan Sahgal is Grob Aircraft The Laker position
reasons which aren’t entirely the chief operating officer of Freddie Laker attacked the
clear – to an, ahem, adult Grob Aircraft, the Bavarian Ishan Sahgal: generation apart Board of Trade for failing to
merchandise company called manufacturer of military stand up for the
Pink Devil. trainers, having been appointed Foreign travel interests of the
We’ve checked, and Pink last July. British non-
Devil outwardly appears to have The keen aviator assumed his Given that the English scheduled effort
rather little in common with position after working for the conurbations are 38km apart and on the North Atlantic. He
low-cost turboprop travel – company for five years – and one does not have an airport, said the board was bending
other than, perhaps, the degree surely has a claim to be the only few could have been confused over backwards to toe the
of vibration involved. There is Generation Z (a person born in by the recent flightglobal.com ECAC line when it was
also apparently no connection the mid- to late 1990s) C-suite headline: “WestJet to connect Britain that had pioneered
to a former short-lived Flybe executive in aircraft Halifax and Manchester”. the inclusive tour industry.
rival: Buzz. manufacturing. Mind you, since a journey
from Manchester to the original Brazil on the line
Halifax involves crossing the GTE Airfone is to equip
Yorkshire border, it might count Brazilian airline Varig’s 43
as an international flight. aircraft with
GenStar
What the heli? passenger
telephones
We are sure that the new during 1995, in the first
European Rotors show, South American air-to-
scheduled for November in ground telecommunications
Cologne, will be a success, but contract. GTE and a
European Rotors its slogan might need some the associated ground-
Brazilian partner will build
working on (unveiled, left, at the
launch ceremony).
station network.
Blame Google translate?
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