• Ilyushin 76TD Crashed in Pakistan (Video)

    Updated: 2010-11-28 14:08:00
    One more of those fantastic Ilyushin 76s got lost According to ASN an Ilyushin 76TD operated by Sun Way crashed shortly after take-off from Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI), Pakistan. The flight was bound for Khartoum, Sudan. No one of the 8 crew members survived. Video Photos: http://en.rian.ru/world/20101128/161533955.html

  • NASA Sponsors Advanced Aircraft Concepts Study

    Updated: 2010-11-27 13:29:35
    Last week NASA has awarded two contracts for studies designed to identify advanced concepts for commercial airliners that could enter service in 2025. Main goal of the new airliners is that they need to be quieter, greener and more fuel-efficient. Lockheed Martin (Skunk Works) was selected for a contract worth $2.99 million. Northrop Grumman was selected for [...]

  • Boeing Modifications on 787

    Updated: 2010-11-25 20:55:23
    After investigation of the onboard electrical fire on ZA002, earlier this month, Boeing now is in need to make changes to its 787 design. Boeing is developing design changes to power distribution panels on the 787 and updates to the systems software that manages and protects power distribution on the airplane. Engineers have determined that the [...]

  • Flight Of The Lightnings

    Updated: 2010-11-25 16:24:09
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  • TSA Stupidness at Indianapolis Airport

    Updated: 2010-11-19 19:37:50
    Well, what could I say… you just have to read this story about a TSA screening of 200 armed soldiers, returning home from Afghanistan on a military charter, at Indianapolis International Airport. Link: http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/18/another-tsa-outrage/ Related: Pilot refuses AIT Screening - Fight for your Rights!

  • Video - Boeing 737 Performance Improvements

    Updated: 2010-11-16 21:43:33
    Last week an improved Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 successfully completed its first test flight. Aerodynamic and engine changes included in the package will reduce fuel consumption by 2 percent. Boeing is phasing the changes into production mid-2011 through early 2012. One percent of the savings comes from reducing resistance as air flows around the airplane. The upper [...]

  • CBS, Dick Rutan and the Barefoot Bandit

    Updated: 2010-11-13 19:44:33
    You read about Colton Harris-Moore, the infamous 19-year-old better known as the “Barefoot Bandit”—and the five airplanes he stole—in the November issue of AOPA Pilot. Tonight he’s the subject of 48 Hours Mystery: Chasing the Barefoot Bandit, which will be broadcast by CBS at 10 Eastern and Pacific. The show tracked Harris-Moore’s escapades over a six-month [...]

  • Wonderful Waco

    Updated: 2010-11-13 15:41:44
    As the final hours of the AOPA Foundation’s A Night for Flight auction wind down, the one who ends up with the highest bid on the custom-made Waco YMF-5D biplane will be one lucky pilot. I had the opportunity to fly the 300-horsepower Waco that’s on display at AOPA Aviation Summit with AOPA Pilot Senior [...]

  • EASA Airworthiness Directive for Rolls-Royce Trent 900 Engines

    Updated: 2010-11-12 19:57:32
    Referring to the uncontained engine failure of an Qantas Airbus A380 on November 4, the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) today issued an Airworthiness Directive for all Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. This applys to RB211 Trent 900 series engines, variants RB211 Trent 970-84, RB211 Trent 970B-84, RB211 Trent 972-84, RB211 Trent 972B-84, RB211 Trent 977-84, RB211 [...]

  • Boeing 787s Grounded

    Updated: 2010-11-10 20:49:41
    After a fire on one of the 787 Dreamliner test planes, Boeing has grounded all 787s until they investigated the cause of the incident. On Tuesday a Boeing 787 test flight was forced to do an emergency landing at Laredo, Texas after a fire broke out in the electrical-equipment bay, which is located underneath the passenger [...]

  • Qantas’ A380s Still Grounded

    Updated: 2010-11-08 19:50:50
    Qantas today announced that their Airbus A380 fleet remains grounded for at least another 72 hours and will not return to service until the engine issues have been identified and resolved. Qantas is continuing an intensive inspection program on all Rolls-Royce engines in its A380 fleet. As part of their investigation, Qantas engineers have removed a [...]

  • Crab and (not) slip — In a 787

    Updated: 2010-11-05 13:16:48
    A Boeing 787 test pilot proves the Dreamliner can take a wind whipping and keep on ticking.

  • Photos - Qantas A380 Engine Failure

    Updated: 2010-11-04 19:27:56
    Today Qantas flight QF32, an Airbus A380-842, experienced an uncontained engine failure after take-off from Singapore. It performed a turn back and landed safely back in Singapore Changi. Parts of debris of affected engine number 2 punctured the left wing. The plane landed with opened landing gear doors as well as undeployed leading edge flaps [...]

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