‘Somebody lives there?” My taxi driver is so astonished by the size of Holdenby House that we nearly miss the turning. Yet Holdenby, eight miles from Northampton, stands at just an eighth of its original size. Pronounced “Holmby”, it was built by Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton in 1583 to […]
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Why Boeing’s 747 is ‘Queen of the Skies’ no more
Two engines are more fuel efficient than four, especially when they are modern gas turbines that merely sip kerosine when compared to gas-guzzling older models. With the oil price so low at the moment, fuel costs are not foremost in airline chiefs’ minds. However, once the price begins to rise, cents on […]