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Thirty years ago on Saturday, an Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing flight to Antarctica collided with Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. Read More…
Saturday marked 22 years to the day since the South African Airways Boeing 747, Helderberg, crashed off the coast of Mauritius after an uncontrollable fire broke out on the aircraft, killing all 159 people on board. Did SAA remember it? I didn’t see anything. Did you? Read More…
Sunday Times photographer Raymond Preston hopped on the luxury 42-foot catamaran Broadbill for a couple of days of game fishing on St Lazarus Banks, off the coast of Northern Mozambique.
They hooked dorado, tuna, sailfish and a couple of seriously toothy and vicious barracuda.
To experience some of the action close up, check out Fishing off St Lazarus Banks, Preston’s outstanding slideshow.
If you’ve ever wanted to own your own steam locomotives – and the railway to run them on – your time has come. Read More…
Eight British tourists who were trapped by lions when their game-viewing vehicle rolled are suing Sanbona Wildlife Reserve near Cape Town for hundreds of thousands of pounds, The Times reports from London.
According to papers filed before the High Court in Cape Town, the tourists’ vehicle allegedly rolled after the ranger reversed away from the pride of lions. Read More…
London’s Circle Line railway, which for years has been notorious for slow running and endless service delays, will soon be history. Read More…
The Oasis of the Seas, the world’s biggest cruise ship, will set off on her maiden voyage on November 30.
The vessel can carry 6 296 passengers who are looked after by 2 195 crew. That’s 8 491 souls on board. Read More…
On a trip to the Airbus factory in Toulouse some years ago, proud trechnicians showed us around the mock-up of the giant A380 double-decker. It was beautiful. It had a cocktail bar, done up in pastel colours and soft lighting.
“How many people can it carry?” I asked. Read More…
The South African Air Force has these marvellous entities called volunteer squadrons. The units are made up of civilian volunteer pilots who use their OWN aircraft on scheduled transport tasks for the SAAF. Read More…
