It’s a good question. And one that should be directed at a blind person. The concept is easy enough; it’s a ship with a flat deck that aircraft can land on, or take-off from, but what might it look like in a blind person’s imagination? A few...
The star attraction on the Île de Nantes in the middle of the Loire river as it passes through Nantes in Brittany, is the iconic* Grand Éléphant, much loved by the millions of visitors to the famous Machines de l’île machines. However, he/she is a bit knackered....
Tomorrow, the new £15m Royal Marines Experience at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will open to the public. I was able to get a sneak peek yesterday. It’s been nine years since the former Royal Marines Museum in Eastleigh closed. Since then the Royal Navy Museums Team have carefully...
A week ago, the Dubai Police announced that they had added a high-powered Lamborghini Temerario to their luxury patrol fleet. You wouldn’t want to try and flee from justice in Dubai. The hybrid supercar can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (60mph) in just 2.7 seconds! Today,...
Most of Normandy’s D-Day/Battle of Normandy battlefield and memorial sites are both impressive and emotional, but once you get way from the coast and head inland, you begin to find evocative sites that are comparatively unknown and rarely visited. Here are ten sites, off the beaten path,...
This is the 105mm naval gun from the foredeck of Germany’s WW1 torpedo destroyer SMS B.98 SMS B.98 was the lead ship of Commander Heinrich Schuur’s 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla, which part of the scouting force at the 1916 Battle of Jutland. During the battle, she was...
The Musée Espace Air Passion at Angers airport is focused on the restoration and presentation of extraordinary French aircraft, or aircraft with a French connection. The majority of the collection is made up of rare, often unique, civil light aircraft and historic gliders, some of which have...
The Musée Espace Air Passion at Angers airport does exactly what it says ‘on the tin’ – it’s a space, a giant hanger, filled with extraordinary aircraft and people who are passionate about them. The majority of the collection here is made up of rare, often unique,...
This is a neat piece of civil engineering. If you take the Soroksári út road into the centre of Budapest each day, you’ll know how busy it is. The Ferencváros – Kelenföld S-bahn railway line, which crosses over the road near the Közvágóhíd tram stop, needs expanding....
Now I wouldn’t ordinarily promote a new car just for the sake of it, but this is a new Bentley (my Dad loved Bentleys), it looks pretty cool, and yesterday it was given its global launch in London. Key points… It’s Bentley’s fourth model line, adding a...
Chiltern Railways services will move into public ownership tomorrow – Sunday 20 September 2026. Connecting London Marylebone with communities across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands, Chiltern Railways will become the sixth operator whose services transfer into public ownership as part of the government’s drive to...
I was sent a press release recently from a French company, JPB Système, saying that they will be exhibiting their BOLTRAKK® sensors at September’s IAAPA* Expo Europe trade show in London. Er, okay… But then it got more interesting. It turns out they make 5mm thick sensors,...
MSC World Asia, built at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, is MSC’s third LNG-powered World Class vessel. Though she uses Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as her primary fuel, she is also capable of running on bio and synthetic renewable LNG fuels, and is has shore...
Rail passengers are set to enjoy faster and more frequent services when a new fleet of battery-electric trains begin operating on TransPennine Express* routes. Great British Railways (GBR), the UK Government’s new body that runs most of Britain’s rail network, has signed a £1 billion contract with...
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