Welcome to Air-Britain
The world’s leading organisation for aviation enthusiasts!
Since 1948, Air-Britain has been bringing together spotters, historians, aviation writers, pilots and photographers - all having a passion for aircraft and aviation. Air-Britain is an international organisation with 3,000 members - many of them outside the UK. It is a registered charity (the Air-Britain Trust Ltd.) run by a board of volunteers who are elected by the members of the organisation.
We publish two magazines - the monthly Air-Britain News and the quarterly Aviation World. We also produce authoritative books for the spotting community - and historical books on a wide range of aviation topics.
Join us here and find out about the many faces of Air-Britain and how it can bring you into the exciting world of aviation.
An interesting website exploring the stories behind airport design
Why Toronto Pearson could have looked completely different
www.airporthistory.org
With a title inspired by the setting of the iconic 70s film "Airport", this blog is the ultimate destination for airport history fans. Some of the content we'll feature: ✈ Unique airport...An interesting story from Aviation Week on what the aerospace industry is doing to help combat the Corona virus Covid 19 pandemic.
Aviation Companies Aiding Medical Manufacturing Drives | Aviation Week Network
aviationweek.com
In the past few weeks, the likes of Rolls-Royce and Airbus are some of the big aviation industry names using their engineering capabilities to aid the manufacture of medical ventilators and help address shortages.AFQR Update April 6th
At the close of business today, all orders received up to April 2nd have been processed and despatched. Note that postal services in some areas are restricted, so your order may take longer to arrive.
Due to a fault with our e-mail system not all order acknowledgements have been sent out, so please do not chase for now.
Also due to an error in the March Air-Britain News, the wrong prices were quoted. All who have sent in post orders with cheques for £9.95 will have their orders returned and asked for cheques for the correct amount - £11.00 for members and £13.50 for non-members.
An interesting explanation of what happens when you ground an aircraft or a whole fleet.
But please ignore the last comment about giving plane spotters great opportunities - taking photos of grounded fleets is NOT an essential activity and not an excuse for a drive to your nearest airfield.
This is how we park the majority of our aircraft
blog.klm.com
Schiphol is packed. Not with passengers, unfortunately, but with the many aircraft parked on the ramp and even on a runway. Choreographing this sad and unique sight is quite a parking-puzzle.Update April 3rd
After working extremely hard all week, with despatches every day, the backlog is down to under 200 orders (not the same orders we mentioned earlier in the week, but new ones received in the last day). The team are now taking a well deserved pause before returning on Monday.
Remember that although we are getting orders through the our system and out promptly, the Post Office is not functioning properly in all areas, so any delay is quite possibly down to that part of the delivery chain.
