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@railnigel A bit like flying your first solo, when the enormity of what you've just done hits you your legs turn to jelly. Both are something relatively few people get to experience and come with an incredible buzz.

Having been passed to drive in 1984, I shall never forget the pride, trepidation, responsibility and achievement I felt walking across the yard to climb aboard my first rostered locomotive on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. I feel the same thing every time, 22 years later.

@cynicalkind @SimonCalder I think at the very start of hostilities the Birmingham midday flight was here for 3 days, until they got the hang of monitoring Shaheed flights and getting the big boys in safely. I think Emirates, Qatar etc are going to be taking big hits to their bottom lines this year.

@BRCWCo @SimonCalder 2 DXB flights left NCL today, one being yesterday’s cancelled flight.

Foreign Office warns against travel to/through the UAE. That includes merely changing planes at Dubai or Abu Dhabi airports. Yet thousands of British travellers do just that every day. Emirates and Etihad are selling tickets for flights through their hubs. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@seatsixtyone Bruce. Unfortunately it was a 2000km round trip to turn it off again.

Who left the tap on..?

@cynicalkind @SimonCalder And yesterday the lunchtime flight from Birmingham was 6 hours late and I think the evening flight cancelled.

@SimonCalder But a lot of their flights to/from the UK have been cancelled recently. My local option of Newcastle being a case in point.

@Dovydas44444 The clogged toilets were as it was transiting the Med towards the Suez Canal. Had to turn round and dock in Greece.

🇬🇧British media (Independent): the most advanced US aircraft carrier GR Ford, which cost $13 billion to build, is “forced back to port after its toilets were clogged”. 🇺🇸American media (Bloomberg etc.): the ship “returns to port after fire in the laundry room”. Whom to believe? Was it: A) clogged toilets; B) burning laundry room; C) other?

@Elwick70 @oldguy_steve It's not as if the Japanese were close to concluding renegotiations of a treaty torn up because it had another presidents name on it with the US just before they bombed either.

@oldguy_steve You were literally bombed by Japan then Germany declared war on you. It was your war.

You know, World War 2 wasn't our war either. Had it not been for the USA, all of Europe would be speaking German.

@Elwick70 @swabby71 @oldguy_steve The Russians didn't repay a penny and reverse engineered everything they could.

@swabby71 @oldguy_steve You sent it because we bought it. We finished paying for it in 2006. That wasn’t old guy Steve’s point tho. He said it wasn’t your war. When Japan bombed you and Germany declared war on you it was your war. You’re welcome.

@WilliamBarter1 @SimonCalder From a personal point of view, I think a guard operating the doors to close them would have a much better view of the whole platform area than a driver looking at a display of several small camera views on a fairly small screen covering just the platform edge.

@SimonCalder The question then is whether, if the second person is not available on the day, must their trains be cancelled? Insisting that the guard works the doors is the RMT trying to preserve its industrial muscle.

Talking to the new leader of the train drivers’ union, Aslef: Dave Calfe. He says: "No to driver-only operation – every train should have a 2nd safety-critical person.” "Open-access rail firms [Lumo, Grand Central and Hull Trains] should be nationalised." independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@jumpjim I would love to have been at a place like Monkey World in Dorset, unfortunately the injury that took my license would make working there uncomfortable at best.

The question “What would I have done if I was unable to fly?” has flickered through my head a lot over the years. I often watch trades like Chris and his amazing thatching and think what an incredibly rewarding and satisfying career it must be. The same for artists, cabinet makers, stone carvers, hedge layers etc. The fact that we have steered the last couple of generations away from trades with the “You must have a degree..” line has done the country a massive disservice IMHO. Don’t get me wrong.. Flying is an AMAZING job which I love, but there are a lot of other paths I have come across that draw me in on a visceral level. What’s your specialist trade that you would like to encourage youngsters into, that you think is under publicised and under appreciated but provides you with a satisfying and enjoyable career?

@MGoddard2001 Wonder how much having the skipper back on the pitch had to do with it?

That’s more like it. When was the last time we had a clean sheet? UTV

@SonnerSounds @HSRailGroup HS2 reduces domestic flights and by giving passengers an option to Heathrow reduces the demand for longhaul flights from there, helping fill existing flights from BHX.

@HSRailGroup But I thought it was about reducing flights?

HS2 will mean trains from London to Birmingham Airport in 32 minutes. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

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@peteirishpilot Pilatus aircraft have some incredible performance, once saw a Turbo Porter turn down the taxiway onto the runway and was airbourne before it got there. Ground roll looked less than 100ft.

Pilatus Plunge! (PC-12 STEEP Approach and POSITIVE Landing into St Barts) A great video via stbarth.spotter on Instagram 📸 Commentary by Pete the Irish Pilot 🎙️ #aviation #Pilatus #PC12 #StBarts #shortrunway #steepapproach #bushflying #AvGeek #aviationvideos

@railnigel 6 or 7. 1 looks like it's just come in from the field and still chewing cud.

3 or 4

@peteirishpilot Lost track of how many times I set the airstairs for the cabin crew.

Ryanair’s Stairway to Savings! (SPECIAL Boeing 737 Feature) A great video via skylivingguru on Instagram 📸 Commentary by Pete the Irish Pilot 🎙️ #aviation #Ryanair #Boeing737 #airstairs #aircraftdesign #pilotlife #AvGeek #aviationvideos #airportlife

@stephen37292ML I know the driver who drove the 37 they used to separate the units, very sad situation.

Bellgrove 37 years ago March 6th 1989 my train was involved in a SPAD , entered a single lead junction and collided with another train on green aspects, a combined 50-60mph collision. Unfortunately two of our railway family died. If the other overrode I would not be here today !

@thaywoodphoto Don't worry, I looked it up on Google Earth as the old chord to the Edinburgh line used until they remodeled the junction.

@BRCWCo This is where the lines from Glasgow coming in from the left and Edinburgh coming on from the Wright meet onto the West Coast Main line

Some drone shots give you only one chance. An Avanti West Coast Pendolino passing Carstairs at about 100 mph leaves no margin for error. Drone positioned, framing ready, recording started. Miss the moment and it is gone. 40 seconds of speed from the air.

@owenoo @S26PHY That's Edinburgh to Kings Cross, not Stirling to Euston.

@S26PHY ooooh watch out for the 'peterborough surprise' where there have been a bunch of over-speed incidents !

@RAF_Luton I've seen these chaps deploy those weapons, dashed good at reducing the power of the sun as the knotted hanky on ones noggin isn't as effective as it once was! Keep up the good work and have a Keo for me in the bar.

BREAKING: Squadron of Harrier front line attack jets sent to RAF Holibobs in Cyprus to defend against baddy missile attacks. Each jet can carry 1x Environmentally Good Ordnance semi-nuclear bomb and fly in formations just 71.75ft apart Photographed from a Canberra