In 1901 something was accomplished that hadn’t happened in the history of mankind, a man flew upon a glider and covered a respectable distance in a manmade device that was not held aloft by lighter-than-air gas. The skepticism that greeted this event was profound, with people all over the world saying the Wright Brothers were more liars than fliers, a claim that would be refuted by a demonstration of what would be the most important aeronautics event in the world. International Civil Aviation Day celebrates the science, art, and sport of aviation that grew out of this initial glide, and the men and women who push the frontiers of it today. I don't mind flying - I may have mentioned before that I'm not a fan of the airport experience. Manchester airport does pretty badly in most customer surveys.
And we have the Wright brothers to thank for the massive rapid growth in aviation technology in Europe once they proved the possibility. Their patent enforcement approach held back innovation in the US. The mad Europeans were not so constrained.
Probably won’t get off the ground, but a pilot friend of mine once flew a plane from Hampshire to Inverness in a plane powered by a beetle engine and swore it was the most reliable engine he used in his planes
The only civil part of aviation is when you're in the pointy end of an aircraft, I couldn't fly economy anymore.
Try Stansted or Luton if you want a bad experience Ryanairs arrival really destroyed what used to be a lovely little airport Luton well where do you start, it is in a constant state of construction and confusion nothing civil at these two
