Transport Industries

Airwork Ltd/Airwork Services, now owned by VT group plc, has a long and distinguished history. It played an important role in defence support servi...

Tony Ryan was one of the greatest Irishmen of the twentieth century. Ingenious, driven and sometimes reckless, his sheer spirit and adventurousne...

In its heyday Spalding was a busy commercial port, with a shipping industry that affected a large majority of the local population. But today that ...

In 1963 Dr Beechings infamous report signalled the end for over 15,000 miles of track, a third of Britains stations, and for 70,000 jobs, as well a...

Silver City Airways rose from obscure beginnings to pioneer and become world famous for its cross-Channel car ferry service. When the only alternat...

Do not think of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a business enterprise, Forbes magazine informed its readers in May 1936. Think of it as a nation. At t...

Former FAA chief counsel and senior aviation policy official Mark Gerchick unravels the unseen forces and little-known facts that have reshaped our...

Its hard to imagine a history of British engineering without Rolls-Royce: there would be no Silver Ghost, no Merlin for the Spitfire, no Alcock and...