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A Ukrainian reporter who revealed that a state news agency tried to bar interviews with opposition politicians said he received a draft notification the next day. Ukraine’s domestic spy agency spied on staff members of an investigative news outlet through peepholes in their hotel rooms. Journalists and groups monitoring press freedoms are raising alarms over what they say are increasing restrictions and pressures on the media in Ukraine under the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky that go well beyond the country’s wartime needs. “It’s really disturbing,” said Oksana Romanyuk, director of the Institute of Mass Information, a nonprofit that monitors media freedoms. That is particularly true, she said, in a war where Ukraine is “fighting for democracy against the values of dictatorship embodied by Russia.”
Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, , , Oksana Romanyuk Organizations: of Mass Locations: Ukrainian, peepholes, Ukraine, Russia
What it was like to pilot the supersonic Concorde jet
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +28 min
It’s said that during the aircraft’s 27 years of service, there were more qualified American astronauts than there were British Airways Concorde pilots. Supersonic flyingA photo of Concorde pilot Barbara Harmer, Concorde at the controls for a London to New York flight in 1993. Concorde: When supersonic travel was a reality 02:32 - Source: CNNThe small pool of Concorde pilots also meant everyone knew everyone. It would take him back to the day he stood at Heathrow, watching the first commercial Concorde flight take off. Future of supersonic flightAlmost two decades since Concorde’s final flight, the allure of supersonic flight hasn’t waned, with companies such as Boom Supersonic plotting plans for Concorde’s successor.
Suzanne Plunkett/CNN Restricted view: Concorde's windows were much smaller than those on a normal passenger airplane. Suzanne Plunkett/CNN Concorde cloakroom: Despite the space limitations, there was room for a closet to ensure Concorde's well-heeled passengers wouldn't crease their coats and garments. Suzanne Plunkett/CNN Work with perks: "The flight attendants loved being on it; the passengers loved being on it. Suzanne Plunkett/CNN Switches and dials: Meanwhile, in the cockpit, the pilots relied on simple analog dials and switches to control the super-fast jet. There are always rumors of new supersonic aircraft in the works, and I enjoy tracking the updates, but nothing seems concrete yet.
Persons: CNN —, it’s, Lewis Whyld, , I’ve, I’d, Lewis, would’ve, Ian Waldie, Suzanne Plunkett, Gordon, Su Marshall, Richard Quest, Richard Ford, MARTYN HAYHOW, tycoons, Mario Tama, CNN's, , you’re, nothing’s, wouldn’t, , we’ve, I’m Organizations: CNN, Concorde, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, downdraft, South West News Service, UK, Concorde Alpha, Aerospace Bristol, Business, British Airways, CNN Concorde, Getty, Bristol Aerospace, eBay, afterburners, Royce, Royce Olympus, Alpha, Aerospace, UK’s Press Association, The Telegraph, It’s Locations: Bristol, England, Clifton, Concorde, London, New York, AFP, Filton, France, Ukraine
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