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Monarch Airlines, simply known as Monarch, was a British charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family. The company later became a low-cost airline [ 3][ 4] in 2004 before abandoning charter flying completely. The airline's headquarters were based at London–Luton, and ...
Royal family. The first aircraft ordered specifically for transport of the royal family, two Westland Wapitis, were delivered to No. 24 Squadron at RAF Northolt in April 1928. Although the Royal Air Force maintained at least one of these aircraft for a time, the Prince of Wales eventually became solely responsible for the aircraft.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge watching Queen Elizabeth II's address to world leaders at the COP26 summit, 2021. Special addresses by the monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (and previously of the British Empire and its Dominions), outside the annual Royal Christmas Message and the Commonwealth Day Message, only take place at times of significant national or royal ...
24 December – 1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash: Imperial Airways biplane G-EBBX crashes at Purley shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, killing all eight people on board, the new line's first fatal accident, [ 13] leading to the first UK public inquiry into a civil aviation accident.
Pioneer era 1853–1914. Otto Lilienthal in mid-flight, c. 1895. First manned glider flight: was made by an unnamed boy in an uncontrolled glider launched by George Cayley in 1853. [ 36][ 37] First confirmed manned powered flight: was made by Clément Ader in an uncontrolled monoplane of his own design, in 1890.
1 January – The UK's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire. [1]7 January – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release, covertly funded by the CIA.
King Charles is set to return to public duties after the positive effect of his treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.. The 75-year-old monarch has been receiving outpatient care and has ...
24 April – Manchester United F.C. defeat Blackpool 4–2 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium to claim their first major trophy for 37 years. [10] 26 April – King George VI and Queen Elizabeth celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a service at St Paul's Cathedral followed by a 22-mile motor procession around London.