65 years since the CH-47 Chinook helicopter's first flight
21 September 2026 marks 65 years since the first flight of the prototype that led to the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Boeing and the US Army date the YCH...
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Qatar Airways leads Skytrax’s 2026 ranking for the world’s best business class airline
Qatar Airways ranks first in Skytrax’s 2026 list of airlines for the overall business-class experience. Singapore Airlines is second, Cathay Pacific t...
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Birmingham Airport reports a record of more than 1.57 million passengers in August
Birmingham Airport announced 1,575,318 passengers in August 2026, the highest monthly volume it has reported. The figure is 3.7% above August 2025. Th...
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World Maritime Day 2026 puts shipping at the centre of international cooperation
World Maritime Day 2026 is observed on 24 September, under the International Maritime Organization, the UN specialised agency for the safety, security...
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Major works on the A2 between Everdingen and Deil bring restrictions until October 16
Rijkswaterstaat is working, until Friday 16 October 2026 in the morning, on the A2 between the Everdingen and Deil junctions towards ’s-Hertogenbosch....
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Millisecond-long software error triggered UK air-traffic disruption
NATS has published a preliminary report on the 8 September 2026 incident: a previously unknown software defect in a legacy module of the National Airs...
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115 years since RMS Olympic collided with cruiser HMS Hawke
On 20 September 1911, RMS Olympic and the protected cruiser HMS Hawke collided in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight. The White Star liner was leaving...
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187 years since the Netherlands opened its first public railway
On 20 September 1839 the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij opened the first public railway in the Netherlands, between Amsterdam and Haarlem....
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Free buses in Portsmouth on every weekend in September
In Portsmouth, bus travel is free for all passengers every weekend in September 2026, according to Travel Portsmouth, the City Council service. The of...
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120 years since RMS Mauretania was launched, the liner that dominated the Atlantic
On 20 September 1906, at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson’s Wallsend yard on the River Tyne, Cunard launched the liner RMS Mauretania. The Duchess of R...
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59 years since the launch of Queen Elizabeth 2 at Clydebank
On 20 September 1967, at John Brown’s yard in Clydebank, Queen Elizabeth II launched the liner Cunard named Queen Elizabeth 2 — with an Arabic numeral...
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243 years since the Montgolfier brothers’ demonstration flight with a sheep, a duck and a rooster
On 19 September 1783, in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier sent aloft a hot-air balloon carryin...
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