I have just finished two weeks in Bedford, Massachusetts, that was supposed to be the next stage of my flying adventures. Despite my advance planning and requests to the flying school I logged just one hour of flying in the … Continue reading
A series of bombings struck Thailand at a variety of locations, including sites popular with tourists, on Thursday night and Friday morning, in what a senior Thai official called a coordinated wave of attacks. Two bombs went off at the … Continue reading
From the Economist (other than adding a note about the source of statement from the PM’s office and also the statement from the EU.) The people have spoken, albeit in a muted and contrived fashion. In a closely-controlled constitutional referendum … Continue reading
Thailand’s latest constitutional referendum was held today. And the coupe leaders got the blessing that they wanted. The constitution has muted public support. There are links from AOB to news reports on the vote. But here is a local Thai … Continue reading
(Updated on 4th and 5th August and 6 September) The GCAA has released a preliminary report to the ICAO and made it public: EK521 preliminary report issued by GCAA Emirates flight 521 from Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) crashed on landing at DXB … Continue reading
Dennis Amiss was my cricketing hero in the late 1960s and 1970s. A Warwickshire man through and through. Dad sometimes used to get home early from work and we would head off to Edgbaston for the evening session of a … Continue reading
