twisted thin silk thread into strong yarn. One of the forerunners of mechanisation was John Kay’s flying shuttle which he invented in 1733. This speeded up weaving considerably as the weavers no longer

the textile industry then became the engine of industrialisation. The beginning of this was the “flying weaver’s shuttle” invented by John Kay in 1733. This meant that weavers no longer pulled through

his mother Dorothy Shuttleworth continued to develop the collection. All the aircraft are kept in flying condition and the maintenance and restoration workshops are open to visitors. Hangers contain many

'Flying cigars', 'luxury liners of the air', 'giants of the skies': ever since the invention of airships they have sparked people's imagination. People are also the main focus of the Zeppelin Museum at [...] passenger cabins once built for the Hindenburg will marvel at the luxurious interior design of this flying hotel. Detailed models as well as films and photographs recount the history of airship aviation from

originated in 1963 when a group of enthusiasts began to collect artefacts relating to the history of flying. The museum opened in 1982 and has been known as the Lithuanian Aviation Museum since 1995. It occupies

of William Cockerill (1759-1832), a man of great mechanical talents who made his living by making flying shuttles and other components for textile machines. He went to St Petersburg in 1794, but after the

was one of the most significant figures of the early Industrial Revolution. His invention of the flying shuttle for weaving stimulated successive inventions in the mechanisation of textile production. [...] machine for twisting reed twine. Then, in 1733, he patented the ‘wheeled shuttle’ – later called the ‘flying shuttle’. This replaced the traditional shuttle that weavers passed across their looms to take the [...] ones for excavating canals, regulating temperature and manufacturing silk. Kay’s wire reeds and his flying shuttle were used worldwide but he remained in financial difficulty until his death. His son Robert

demand for thread was increasing due to the growing output of weavers who had begun using the new flying shuttle of John Kay. Before the invention of Hargreaves, cotton thread was made by drawing it through

recognised their potential for road transport. During the First World War he worked on engines for flying boats and for tanks, and in 1915 established his consultancy Engine Patents Ltd, which began operation

from 1954, and remained in touch will the railway until his death. His enthusiasm for railways and flying extended into promoting excursions for his workpeople at Retford to the Farnborough Air Show in Surrey [...] in 1958 by a new main line diesel engine. Pegler was deeply impressed when he saw the locomotive Flying Scotsman at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley when he was only four years of age in 1924. [...] locomotives in 1968, but Pegler played an important role in reversing that decision. In 1969 Pegler with Flying Scotsman embarked on a government-backed tour of the United States intended to promote British business

mechanical engineering, he became interested in flying. He built a series of small monoplanes, each called ‘de Spin’ (the spider), and demonstrated the third by flying it round the tower of Sint-Bavokerk, Haarlem

Aviation and its facilities are complex systems comprising flying objects, maintenance, handling and service facilities, repair yards, large-scale storehouses, administrative tracts, shops, building services

from one end to the other and back lasts around an hour. Passengers have the impression they are flying through the sky. For both the rails and the wheels are connected to the ceiling of the train. 12

motorbikes range from some of the earliest made to recent models. Among the unique items is a man-powered flying machine made in Austria in 1913. Visitors can try setting a traditional railway signal or operate