• Airbus with new logo

    Updated: 2010-09-29 01:02:08
    In case you haven’t notice yet, after 41 years Airbus recently changed its logo! If you ask me, it looks quite immature, way too Web2.0-ish. Nothing to represent an established 40 year old company. The old one was far more confiding. I don’t like it at all. Airbus unveiled this new branding a few days ago. The [...]

  • Takeoff weight: One Million Pounds

    Updated: 2010-09-23 01:56:32
    Boeing recently tested its 747 Freighter with a takeoff weight of more than one million pounds. Amazing! www.boeing.com/Features/2010/08/bca_one_million_08_23_10.html

  • Elgin Wells Jr.’s “Starjammer”

    Updated: 2010-09-22 15:52:42
    Elgin Wells Jr. is an innovator in both flying and music — and his ability to entertain is on display with this new aerobatic aircraft meant for night air shows. This video makes me look forward to watching him fly in person! www.elginwells.com/Pages/Starjammer%20Video.html

  • Aerocar owners keep it flying

    Updated: 2010-09-21 14:38:07
    Current owners of the Aerocar tell you in a video (see the link below) how things are going with the history-making car/aircraft. The video was shot a year ago in California where Eric (shown on the right), son of Aerocar owner Ed Sweeney, runs Auburn Aircraft Works. The video was finally put together this week. Watch [...]

  • Cathay Pacific orders 30 Airbus A350 XWB

    Updated: 2010-09-20 20:20:12
    Cathay Pacific, one of the world’s most prestigious airlines, has firmed up a commitment for 30 ­Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. The purchase agreement was finalised in Hong Kong on 16 September by Tony Tyler, Chief Executive, Cathay Pacific Airways and John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer Customers, Airbus. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent [...]

  • Afraid of heights?

    Updated: 2010-09-16 21:34:33
    This is a video you have to watch. Yes, there is an aviation tie, albeit weak. But I couldn’t resist posting it. It’s curious to me that so many pilots are afraid of heights, and I count myself among them. Anyway, check out this video of a worker climbing a 1,768-foot transmission tower. I promise [...]

  • Image - Boeing 747-8 Cockpit

    Updated: 2010-09-12 01:53:26
    The latest issue of Boeing AERO magazine features an interesting article about the improvements of the 747-8 compared to the 747-400. Besides new engines (GEnx-2B) that share commonality with the ones used on the 787, new wing design and improved aerodynamics, the flight deck has been redesigned as well. The new flight deck includes a new flight [...]

  • (Videos) - Tupolev Tu-154M Emergency Landing in Russia

    Updated: 2010-09-10 23:10:47
    On Tuesday a Tupolev Tu-154M (RA-85684) accomplished an emergency landing in Russia. The plane, operated by Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise, was bound from Polyarnyj (PYJ/UERP) to Moskva-Domodedovo (DME/UUDD) when suddely all of its electrical systems, radio and navigation systems, flaps and fuel pumps have been lost. According to aviation-safety.net the crew was left with only [...]

  • ‘It feels good’

    Updated: 2010-09-09 23:52:12
    It’s not often that I get to take someone on his or her first GA airplane ride, but when I do, I’m not sure who is more excited—me or my passenger. During Labor Day weekend, I took up my youngest passenger, Sara Moore, a sixth grader in Reedy, W.Va., a rural farming community where I [...]

  • Jet Off in 20 minutes? - The practicalities of chartering a private jet

    Updated: 2010-09-08 21:21:33
    It was once only A-list celebrities and government officials that organised Private Jet Hire for travel to meetings or an all important film festival. However this type of aviation has become increasingly popular and with such benefits as a 20 minute check in, a considerable baggage allowance and flight time to suit it’s easy to [...]

  • UPS 747F Down in Dubai

    Updated: 2010-09-04 22:21:16
    On Friday evening a UPS Boeing 747-44AF (N571UP) crashed shortly after takeoff from Dubai Airport (DXB), UAE. Both crew members have been killed in this accident. Flight UPS6 was bound from Dubai to Köln/Bonn-Konrad Adenauer Airport (CGN / Cologne) Germany. Eye witnesses have reported they saw that the plane was on fire before it crashed. Video by [...]

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