A350XWB – a step by step video
Airbus released this video today of the steps they go through producing the A350XWB. [yt]W0jlu0ghNIg[/yt] Views: 15
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Pressure is on Boeing for 787
The pressure is on Boeing for its 787—and we mean this in a good way. After years of a program in disarray, Boeing is now delivering new-production aircraft and some of those that have littered the Everett Paine Field taxiways…
Airbus Opens its A350XWB FAL
This week we had the opportunity to visit the A350XWB FAL inauguration. The event was well attended by French politicians. After all the FAL will employ a large number of skilled people in France. Program boss Didier Evrard said the…
A350 tail gets a paint job
Airbus released this image today of the first A350 vertical tail. It is 10 meters tall and is the first part of the A350 MSN1 to be painted. The device is made from composites in Stade near Hamburg. The A350…
Podcast – CSeries facing a tightening timeline
Rob Dewar, VP & GM CSeries Program, spoke with us today about the tightening timeline the program is facing. Although this is not big news, he shares that the program has seen significant benefits from its investments in its CIASTA…
American Airlines’ Pilots Want a Merger “Tomorrow”
We had a chance to speak Dennis Tajer, a spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, and also a 21 year veteran pilot at American. The conversation quickly moved into a review of the Chapter 11 situation plus its origins. While…