Sitting at the end of the runway, with just seconds before getting clearance for take-off, the spinning propeller of the plane I am in sitting in unexpectedly judders to a quick, and ominous, halt.

Flying lessons for people with disabilities are set to start at an airport in Kent. The programme, based at Lydd Airport, is a collaboration between the site's existing flight training centre and ...

‘Where do you want to go?’ asks the pilot as we walk to the plane. ‘Oh, erm… could we go to Oxford and back?’ I ask. ‘Yeah, no problem,’ comes the reply. This is no ordinary flight. For starters, it ...