aircraft, which covers helicopters and airships, is the preferred usage, but planes is acceptable in headlines. Where possible be precise: airliner, fighter, trainer. Aircraft types: BAe-lll, DC-lO, F-lll, F-5E, Tu-144, MiG-21. But Boeing 727, Boeing 747-400. The use of hyphens between letters and figures is needed for consistency, although the use of hyphens by manufacturers follows no set pattern. Tornado becomes Tornados in the plural; the cap differentiates the name from the wind and enables us to follow RAF style. Concorde.

On board the space shuttle were commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; mission specialists David Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark; payload commander Michael Anderson; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon. All of them were killed.

Forum posts03 August 2011

If large numbers of teachers do boycott Ofsted, it'll be a public relations disaster for the unions. How will they be able to spin that as protecting the interests of children? It would be like a restaurant saying it won't allow itself to be visited by health inspectors in order to protect its customers. But for the sake of our schools, I hope they don't do anything so foolish.Our client is a prestigious private Hospital in central London and we are looking for a Nurse/ODP with strong leadership and mentoring skills to join their team.

The long term unemployed are a third as likely to find jobs as the short-term unemployed, the Bank said. Economists call this "hysteresis", caused by the loss of skills.