Still keeping his tail in the air, Red coaxed the “Airknocker” ahead and as we grasped his struts he slowly retarded the throttle. We walked the plane between two tiedown blocks and not until we had tied the struts did Red cut the switch.

The store failed because all of the manager's friends were free riders who drove paying customers away.

For the nonelite, seeing the inauguration in Washington involves standing on the Mall[…]

The illumination was organised by Martin Whyte from events company The Stage Group, fulfilling a long-held ambition of his to light up the 21-arch Scottish structure.