Posts Tagged ‘after’

Qantas keeps superjumbos grounded after accident

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

Qantas keeps superjumbos grounded after accident
Qantas will keep all its flagship A380 superjumbos on the ground until further notice in response to a midair engine disintegration that revealed a problem of potentially disastrous oil leaks in some motors on the world’s largest jetliner, the company’s chief executive said Saturday. The move sets Australia’s national airline apart from the other two airlines using the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 …

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Aircraft parts dumped after WW2

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010


A long filled in quarry in Gloucestershire, re-excavated in the early 1990’s. Parts unearthed included Frazer Nash gun turrets from Lancaster bombers. The video also shows some Tiger Moth fuel tanks and a Lancaster pilot’s seat, complete with armour plate.