From Spaceships to Spitfires: Local Brit newspaper saved from folding by aerospace company

Dec. 29, 2009 - PRLog -- Following the recent unveiling by Sir RICHARD BRANSON of SPACESHIP 2 there has been  a huge surge in interest in domestic spaceflight.  Training to become an astronaut is now entirely possible, profitable and set to become a 'must qualify' activity throughout the next decade.

One British aeronautics company that has already benefited from this growing demand is WORLDVIEW SPACEFLIGHT LTD.   A  spokesperson, who admits the company has already turned in a 'comfortable profit' over the last quarter, said;  "We are fully aware of the vital pioneering tradition that the English aerospace industries have played, now evolved to such a stage that allows Richard Branson to be able to offer a whole new generation opportunities to actually travel into orbit.  As a flight provider we feel we owe a debt of gratitude to the very roots of this British pioneering spirit."

This debt of gratitude has taken the form of a generous investment in a struggling local newspaper that serves a community in South East England most famous for it's WW2 Spitfire base.  Bradwell-On-Sea in Essex was a key location for fight pilots to depart on sorties across the Channel and to protect the home front from invading Nazis.

Published independently, THE BRADWELL BUGLE newspaper had feared that the recent recession might finally spell the end for this community's hard won right to press freedom and in particular it's much loved local newspaper.

Fortunately Worldview Spaceflight Ltd's current managing director DUNCAN WILLIAMS also happened to have a background in publishing and a passionate interest in the history of the Battle of Britain. He remains a key shareholder at INDEPENDENT NEWS LIMITED, a well established media company that remains determined,  wherever possible, not to allow the closure of Britain's regional newspapers.

Says Duncan; "I got my first break thanks to local media some time ago and so when I heard that this area, with such a significant history for air flight, needed a little support, I knew I might be able to step in and offer a lifeline... "

As a result the small English village community of Bradwell-On-Sea are delighted. Staff at the paper are also relieved as their jobs are now saved by the surprise intervention.

At one time Bradwell was probably safeguarding the very freedom of speech that we all take for granted today. Now THE BRADWELL BUGLE, with it's iconic Super Marine Spitfire masthead, is once again going to press!

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