Olympic Torch Arrives By Firefly

The plane carrying the Olympic torch from Greece arrived today in Cornwall (UK) at RNAS Culdrose around 7:00pm. The Airbus A319 has been specially repainted with gold at the front and also has the words 'Our moment to shine' near the back, and was apparently designed by school children. The fl...

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Spaceshuttle Last Flight

The space shuttle discovery was carried on the back of a Boeing 747-100 for the very last time today as it was carried to a air museum near Dulles airport in Washington United States. The plane made a series of low passes over Washington to show spectators to look at the historic shuttle in flight for the very last time and then landed at around 11am. The shuttle will replace the prototype currently at the museum...

Olympic Torch Arrives By Firefly

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Olympic plane called 'Fire Fly'.

The plane carrying the Olympic torch from Greece arrived today in Cornwall (UK) at RNAS Culdrose around 7:00pm. The Airbus A319 has been specially repainted with gold at the front and also has the words 'Our moment to shine' near the back, and was apparently designed by school children. The flame was strapped firmly and safely in the front row (1A and 1B) which on this plane would be luxury business class. Famous people on the flight were David Beckham and Princess Anne who were greeted on arrival by local spectators and the deputy prime-minister.

Notice how the aircraft was using call sign 'Speedbird 2012'.

About 1 month ago British Airways also announced and showed off another livery called the 'Dove'.

The flame now will do a 70 day tour of England, starting from Lands End.

Side view of G-EUPC.

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Space Shuttle Discovery Last Flight

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N.A.S.A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle for the very last time






 The space shuttle discovery was carried on the back of a Boeing 747-100 for the very last time today as it was carried to a air museum near Dulles airport in Washington United States. The plane made a series of low passes over Washington to show spectators to look at the historic shuttle in flight for the very last time and then landed at around 11am. The shuttle will replace the prototype currently at the museum.


10 Facts about Space Shuttle Discovery
  1. February last year was the last time the space shuttle launched
  2. March 2011 was the final time the shuttle landed. think space flight is not worth funding?
  3. Discovery was the most successful space aircraft ever made with a total of 39 successful missions.
  4. First ever mission with Discover was in August 1984.
  5. The shuttle helped the Hubble telescope (in space).
  6. The name discover is named after two famous sailing boats.
  7. In 2000, this shuttle flew it's 100th mission.
  8. Traveled a massive, 148,221,675 miles
  9. Provided 99 upgrades and 88 scientific tests on space stations.
  10. Some other space shuttles include: Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, and Endeavour

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Virgin Atlantic A330 Emergency Landing

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Virgin Atlantic A330 after incident
This morning a Virgin Atlantic plane carrying 299 passengers and 13 crew returned to London Gatwick airport after smoke filled the cockpit of the Airbus A330-300 aircraft. According to passenger reports, the captain requested all of the flight attendants to go to the front of the plane which many passengers believed it was a medical emergency. A few minutes later the captain of the plane came on to intercom system and told the passengers that there was smoke and a fire indication and were going to make a emergency landing. At 75nm out the pilots leveled off at 22,000ft and returned, stopping and evacuating on runway 08. Four passengers we hurt and many others with minor cuts and bruises, with the only damage to the planes exterior was tire deflation.

The Airbus A330 with registration G-VSXY was only put in service 2011 and is just over 1 year old.

The airport was closed for about 2 hours until the aircraft was towed off the runway.

Airplane on runway - evacuating passengers

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