Week on the Web

Flight International issue 8-14 April

Flight celebrated the RAF’s 90th anniversary last week by taking a look into our 100 year archives and found the original document outlining the creation of the permanent Royal Air Force by Winston Churchill, then Secretary of State for Air, and stories documenting the RAF's finest hour during the Battle of Britain in World War Two.

Flight’s webmaster Andrew Costerton took a flight in Chinook helicopter, Bravo November or "BN" as it is known. The twin-rotor helicopter has recently undergone an extensive service. She was the sole survivor of six Chinooks that were sent to the South Atlantic at the start of the Falklands Conflict in 1982 and is currently serving in Afghanistan.

Flightglobal went to Hamburg to discover the latest thinking on the future of aircraft cabins at the Aircraft Interiors EXPO last week. See innovative designs and seat configurations including theatre-type seats that fold as you stand up to let your fellow passenger get by so you don’t clog up the aisle.

Take a look at the AirSpace gallery of images of seat configurations plus videos showing demonstrations of how seats smoothly recline into a flat bed and Airbus showcases its new A350 XWB cabin.