It’s the one that set the record for the fastest flight from JFK to London Heathrow in under 3 hours, so it is that special. In any case they all are.

It was actually retired because what became Airbus wasn’t prepared to continue supporting it, and while British Airways had begun to make it profitable after the Air France crash the market for it was dealt a death blow in the wake of 9/11. Some of those killed in the World Trade Center attack were among its most…

I flew on it twice. The seats were about the size of those in business class at the time and the noise wasn’t really noticeable after reaching cruising speed. The food and drink service was similar to that in an upscaled business class with fewer options but similar quality to first class. Having flown first class for…

Agreed, apart from enjoying the actual flying part. I don’t hate that part but I don’t enjoy it like I used to.

Don’t make assumptions about people you don’t know. I did 2 years traveling the world as a diplomatic courier, where traveling was all I did. I had 250,000 frequent flyer miles with just one of the airlines (that I wasn’t allowed to use for personal purposes). And I’ve been flying more than 35 years. I certainly don’t…

And they decided it was unsafe at any speed.

I have isolating earphones which help cut any noise but there’s much more to it than that. From baggage check to security; ever increasing food and drink prices in terminals; competition for boarding groups; carry on luggage space; shrinking and declining quality of inflight food and drink options; rude passengers;…

I’ve never had a problem with the safety aspect of flying. But the experience for passengers has really gotten worse, particularly over the past few years, to the point that it’s not enjoyable any more.

When this race was announced I had friends who were cheering saying they were going to go. My first thought was that the track was going to suck and I’d far prefer COTA. Of course the friends have since discovered the price gouging and I doubt they’ll be there anyway.

My comment about shipping was intended to include things transported by airfreight but I concede I didn’t make that clear at all. And most things that arrive on container ships end up having to be transported overland as well.

How about we start making manufacturing, farming, etc more local/regional again, rather than shipping every damn thing we consume from other countries? How carbon efficient is that?

He outqualified his teammate after having 1 session in the SIM and about 2 hours running in the car. He then, as you said, came up with the idea of making his final pitstop early to get out of traffic, which got him from the back of the field up to the position he started from. It was a wise call that paid off due to…

And your grandfather plays his Frank Sinatra that loud because otherwise he can’t hear it anymore.

I agree with most of that, but with new car prices now - even for so called “cheap cars” - there are a lot of people digging themselves into debt by buying new rather than used.

The McLaren requires a quirky driving style, particularly in slower corners, that Daniel was never able to adapt to fully. I liken it to playing guitar all your life but then being given one that’s strung left handed. I’ve tried it - it’s like learning an entire new language. But he’s been fast in every F1 car he’s…

“The restart gave Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton the opportunity to move up the field. He was able to get by Piastri, but not Norris, who took second place.”

Let’s face it - no matter how long you spent weighing up the pros and cons it’d still be an Impulse buy.

Coincidentally I was on the parkway with my wife yesterday and said to her that the empty trailer with ramps being towed ahead of us almost looked like you could drive onto it. Then this morning saw this on the news.

Knowing that there wasn’t much he could do, the moped rider moped about it.