Airbus has begun a detailed review of why its design and engineering system allowed a manufacturing flaw to creep into the system that has led to an excessive structural strain being placed on some wing rib-feet causing cracks in the component. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Airbus is bringing to market the A330 passenger to freighter program with ST Aerospace, with the aircraft to enter service in 2016. Both the A330-300 (to come first) and -200 (due a year later) will be part of the P2F program which also includes EADS’ EFW unit. ST Aerospace will have the development lead, with EFW performing the modification and marketing. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the F-16V, a new variant and upgrade package that includes datalinks allowing the aircraft to operate alongside the F-35 and F-22. In a separate development, Lockheed Martin is developing new variants of the C-130, including the XJ. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Commonly known as “drones”, unmanned aerial vehicles have been around for a while and have proven to be very useful in military operations. Starting with the Vietnam War, drones have been proliferating at an astonishing rate. (waynefarley.com) More...
Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, won the Gold Award in the African Airline of the Year 2011/12 Award organized by the African Aviation News Portal. (ethiopiaforums.com) More...
Not to mention the $100 per flight "fee" (fees = taxes). We have airlines removing pilowing, blankets, magazines, even counting the number of peanuts in bags. All in the name of saving money, now we get to pay the national debt. (www.ainonline.com) More...
The union says 97 per cent of the 3,000 Air Canada pilots it represents have voted in favour of a strike if necessary to press their contract demands. (www.cbc.ca) More...
A Dallas woman says TSA agents repeatedly asked her to step back into a body scanning machine at DFW International Airport. “I feel like I was totally exposed,” said Ellen Terrell, who is a wife and mother. “They wanted a nice good look.” When Ellen Terrell and her husband, Charlie, flew out of DFW Airport several months ago, Terrell says she was surprised by a question a female TSA agent asked her. “She says to me, ‘Do you play tennis?’ And I said, ‘Why?’ She said, ‘You just have such a cute… (dfw.cbslocal.com) More...
The nation's largest airlines had one of their best years for getting passengers to their destinations on time in 2011, despite unexpected snowstorms and Tropical Storm Irene, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Tuesday. (travel.usatoday.com) More...
According to the Broward County Sheriff's Department, a man stole a Rolex watch valued at $6,500 from another passenger at the security checkpoint of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. The event was captured on TSA video surveillance.... (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) More...
The Garmin G5000H glass cockpit for twin-turbine, medium-lift helicopters was announced at Heli-Expo in Dallas Feb. 12. It combines widescreen displays with voice command, 3-D spatial audio that helps a pilot differentiate among several communication sources, and touchscreen technology. (www.aopa.org) More...
A close aide to Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila was among five people killed on Sunday when a small plane crashed in the country's east, the government confirmed on Monday. (nycaviation.com) More...
Hired two years ago as a copilot for SkyKing, a small operation with 10 jets, Crowley made his first flight as captain on Jan. 28 from West Palm Beach to Worcester, Mass. His parents rode along. (www.sun-sentinel.com) More...
In the winter of 1962, the nation needed a hero. Americans had yet to recover from the Soviet Union’s launching of the first spacecraft, Sputnik, in October 1957 — a rude jolt to our confidence as world leaders in all things technological. The space race was on. Soon after he took office in 1961, President John F. Kennedy had thrown down the challenge to send men to the Moon by the end of the decade. But the Russians still set the pace, boastfully. They launched a dog into orbit, then the first… (www.nytimes.com) More...
Arguably the most impressive new design on display at Dubai is Adcom Systems’ latest unmanned air vehicle, the United 40. Based in Abu Dhabi, the company has forged a reputation for taking innovative approaches to UAV and aerial target design, and the United 40 does not disappoint due to its tandem-wing layout and dramatic S-shaped fuselage. (www.ainonline.com) More...
Chicago-based Boeing Co. said on Tuesday it signed its largest ever commercial airplane order with Indonesia's Lion Air in a deal worth $22.4 billion. Boeing said Lion Air, Indonesia's largest carrier by passenger volume, has ordered 230 airplanes, including 201 737 MAXs and 29 next-generation 737-900 ERs. Lion Air will also acquire purchase rights for an additional 150 airplanes, Boeing said. The announcement was made in a statement at the Singapore airshow. In November, Lion Air announced the… (www.chicagotribune.com) More...
CINCINNATI - It is one of our area's most exclusive clubs and someone you know might have already joined. But it is certainly not for everyone. (www.kypost.com) More...
LONGUEUIL, QUE. - A flight instructor who died in a Cessna plane crash Tuesday morning is believed to have steered the aircraft into the ground on purpose. (www.torontosun.com) More...
OKLAHOMA CITY—A spokeswoman for Boeing Co. says it is still too early to know whether a proposal to eliminate a program to upgrade the cockpits of C-130 aircraft will affect the number of jobs the company plans to move to Oklahoma City. (www.mercurynews.com) More...
Allen Adgerson claims Boeing fired him because he complained about racism in the airplane manufacturer's paint shop in North Charleston. (www.postandcourier.com) More...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy would save $5.2 billion through fiscal 2017 by buying 10 fewer Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes under the Pentagon's proposed budget for fiscal 2013, according to Pentagon budget documents. (www.reuters.com) More...
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--President Barack Obama on Friday will visit a Boeing Co. (BA) plant in Washington state, where last year a labor dispute erupted over concerns that the Obama administration was meddling with business decisions at an uncertain time for the economy. (online.wsj.com) More...
I was at my local airport in Nelson, British Columbia (CZNL) taking some videos and pictures of planes and captured this Turbo Commander N98AJ taking off and barely voiding a bird strike. The Canadian goose flew out right as the plane began taking off and missed the propellers and windscreen by inches! (www.youtube.com) More...
A member of the storied McDonnell aerospace family is suing Boeing, the company that acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997, alleging the aircraft maker infringed on his patents related to an unmanned aerial vehicle landing system. Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/mcdonnell-heir-slaps-boeing-with-million-infringement-suit/article_cdb01bc4-569a-11e1-96c3-001a4bcf6878.html#ixzz1mNWNNeDO (www.stltoday.com) More...
Boeing's touring 787 Dreamliner landed in Singapore on February 11, 2012, for that country's air show, which starts Tuesday. Boeing's recently refitted third flight-test 787 is on a six month 'Dream Tour' and is scheduled to be on display in Singapore through Friday. Here are more pictures of the airplane, followed by other shots from the show. Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN, AFP/Getty Images / 2012 AFP Boeing's touring 787 Dreamliner landed in Singapore on February... Read more:… (www.seattlepi.com) More...
In 1980, a cargo plane carrying guitarist Peter Frampton’s equipment crashed in Venezula, and all the instruments on board were believed to be destroyed. But at the end of last year, Frampton's beloved guitar miraculously resurfaced on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, and it was returned to him in December. The 1954 Gibson Les Paul has been lovingly restored by the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville; here's video of Frampton getting his baby back: (gothamist.com) More...
New York’s smallest passenger planes are poised to fade away as Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) builds a domestic hub at LaGuardia Airport served chiefly by bigger jets. US Airways Group Inc. (LCC), the region’s largest operator of aircraft like the 37-seat Dash-8 turboprop, is paring commuter flights to upstate cities such as Albany and Syracuse while pulling back in New York. Filling the gap is Delta, which is focused on larger jets -- and no turboprops. (www.bloomberg.com) More...
