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Emergency crews simulate two planes ‘colliding’ at City Airport Barton

Emergency crews simulated the after effects of a huge plane crash in Salford yesterday. Police, firefighters, airport crews and paramedics mocked up a scenario with mass...

Love at 3,000ft: Is this Salford’s most ambitious ever wedding proposal?

A lovestruck would-be groom proposed to his fiancee while she flew high over Salford this week. Jamie Dell, 32, proposed to his fiancee Sally Richmond, 38, with a huge...

Pictured: Apache attack helicopter training at City Airport Barton

Aircraft spotters were shocked and delighted yesterday when a rare Apache attack helicopter swooped over Salford’s City Airport at Barton. Bosses at the airport...

Watch: Video and Pics – Vulcan Bomber flypast at City Airport Barton

Huge crowds gathered at Salford’s City Airport, Barton, to see the iconic delta-winged Vulcan Bomber fly overhead. The long-range former RAF nuclear bomber, XH558,...

Vulcan Bomber flypast: Iconic plane can be seen in Salford skies this weekend

Plane spotters will get a rare opportunity to see the last example of an RAF Vulcan nuclear bomber when it passes over Salford this weekend. The Avro Vulcan XH558,...

Pictured: Manchester Air Show wows crowds at City Airport

Pictures by Phil Hogan, Allen Worthington Some 15,000 people flocked to the City Aiport at Barton for this year’s Manchester Air Show. The event returned to Barton...

Pictured: Final flight of the Vulcan Bomber captured over Salford

Pictures by Nigel Eatough Photographers and readers were looking to the sky on Saturday 27 June trying to catch a glimpse of the last ever flight of the former RAF XH558...