Aluminium features

 

How planes survive lightning

When Tony Blair's Canadair Regional Jet was hit by lightning, he reportedly "didn't bat an eyelid", despite anxious faces on the media pack around him. Given the protection planes have against lightning, the prime minister had good reason not to worry.

Source: featured in the BBC News Magazine

Read more

Aluminium Bond proof

Find out what important role aluminium plays in the new James Bond film "The World is not Enough".

In Autumn 1999, when the new James Bond movie The World is not Enough called for a special money case for 007, there was only one choice : a suitcase made from aluminium.

Read more