Updated: 2010-06-28 04:22:58
Hello Folks, looks like it’s just me here again this week. Darn, it’s lonely at the top, which is where I seem to wind up every Sunday. I’m getting too old to support this huge site all by myself. Why don’t you Folks get on the proprietors of this thing and tell them to get [...]
Updated: 2010-06-24 14:13:32
We have it on very good authority (and by “authority,” I mean the folks who can ruin your weekend with a ramp check) that an upcoming episode of “Mythbusters” will be devoted to the creation of a home-made balloon. The gang will set out to prove (or disprove) whether a hand-crafted hot air device can [...]
Updated: 2010-06-21 03:18:54
Hello Folks, well, seven more in the books which means there are now 20 days until aircraft arrival day for the Geneseo Airshow 2010. Boy, is it flying by. (No pun intended…..really). I hope your week went well and all you Dads out there had one AB FAN Father’s Day. My son is grown so [...]
Updated: 2010-06-17 16:57:31
After a morning of meetings, I retrieved a voice message from my wife. She had called to report seeing five taildraggers–at least three of them Piper Cubs–heading northeast together near Frederick, Md., earlier today. “That just made my morning,” she said.
I’ll bet lunch that they are en route to Lock Haven, Penn., where the 25th [...]
Updated: 2010-06-14 03:06:22
Hello Folks, yep, here I am again, That must mean another seven days are gone that we can’t ever get back. Darn, that was fast. I hope your week went well. A bit more work was done on the A-20 being reassembled in Geneseo. The engine cowlings have been installed. I don’t know why, but [...]
Updated: 2010-06-13 18:05:05
I had the amazing chance to enter a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and see it from inside. This very plane was built in 1961 and is still on active duty, at least till 2020. It seems like nothing was modernized since then as you can see on the photos below. Climbing through the cramped inside and [...]
Updated: 2010-06-08 06:29:27
The oldest aviation show in the world - ILA Berlin Air Show - celebrates its 100th anniversary these days!
With the largest participation in a history stretching back over 100 years the ILA 2010 will be the year’s largest industry event for every aspect of the aerospace business. From 8 to 13 June a total of [...]
Updated: 2010-06-07 21:38:54
The first Boeing 747-8 Freighter painted in customer livery left the Boeing paint hangar on June 7. The airplane sports an updated livery for launch customer Cargolux. The Luxembourg-based cargo operator has a total of 13 Boeing 747-8 Freighters on order.
“The design stands for continuity and commitment while confirming the fundamental principles that made Cargolux [...]
Updated: 2010-06-07 19:11:10
On Sunday 6 June, Lufthansa operated its first commercial Airbus A380 flight. Lufthansa flew the German national soccer team to the Soccer World Cup in Johannesburg aboard its new flagship Airbus A380. The A380 (D-AIMA / MSN038) operating the Frankfurt-Johannesburg route under flight number LH2010 left Frankfurt Airport at 20:30 and arrived at Johannesburg at [...]
Updated: 2010-06-07 03:17:22
Hello again Folks. Yep, another week shot to heck already. I hope yours went well with a minimum of stress. That’s a rare thing today, isn’t it? Oh well. We’ll put this one to rest, and take a nice no-stress stroll down History Lane, shall we? Yes, I think we shall. Of course, 66 years [...]
