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Formula E of the skies gets step closer with first piloted flight of electric racing aeroplane

Published 02 February 2022
By Sunday Times Driving
The first ever flight of a piloted all-electric racing aircraft has taken place in Norway in what its makers hope is a significant breakthrough.
2019 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Concorde Edition reveal

Aston celebrates Concorde with special edition DBS

Aston Martin has paid tribute to one of the most famous planes of all time, in the form of a Concorde-inspired DBS Superleggera special edition.
Published 27 November 2019
Heathrow airport ULEz

Heathrow planning to charge for polluting cars

Heathrow Airport wants to launch an Ultra Low Emission Zone by 2022, to clamp down on what it calls "the main source of local air pollution".
Published 29 May 2019
Vintage aircraft crashes on highway in California

Video: Classic plane in German WWII livery crashes

A classic aircraft dressed in the livery of a WWII aeroplane from the German Luftwaffe crashed on a highway in the United States of America.
Published 24 October 2018
Qantas called it a world first, as the all-electric SUV successfully towed the Dreamliner as part of a Guinness World Record attempt, as the heaviest tow by an electric production passenger vehicle.

Another car has towed a jumbo jet

If PR stunts can become clichéd, cars pulling jumbo jets has surely reached that status after Qantas and Tesla used a Model X to pull a 787.
Published 16 May 2018
Me and My Motor: Nick and Giles English, founders of Bremont luxury watches

Me and My Motor: Nick and Giles English

Nick and Giles English founded Bremont, maker of precision British-built mechanical watches, in 2002 and sold their first watch in 2007...
Published 19 December 2016
Me and My Motor: Emily Collett, British aerobatics champion, on the planes that made her

Me and My Motor: Emily Collett, British aerobatics...

At the age of nine, Emily Collett looked in awe at an F18 jet fighter and announced firmly: “When I grow up, I’m going to be an engineer and fly...
Published 13 June 2016
Pilot crash-lands plane in Connecticut bus lane

Pilot crash-lands plane in Connecticut bus lane

This was the scene after a crash landing yesterday by one of America's unluckiest pilots. Danny Hall, 48, was in his Cessna Skylane light aircraft...
Published 02 December 2014
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News: Ford creates Mustang inspired by troubled F-35...

Ford has announced it is building a custom version of its all-new Mustang based on the troubled F-35 fighter jet.
Published 16 July 2014
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News: HondaJet reaches for the sky in readiness for...

It can make mincemeat of traffic jams and take you from London to Glasgow in a little over one hour but you won’t find this Honda in your local...
Published 30 June 2014