The evolving 737 wing
Wing design is complicated and the changes in IT and materials are having a big impact on what OEMs can do with wings. A case in point is the Boeing 737. Boeing has continually updated the core design. Most notably…
Month December 2014
Airlines and cyber-security – a story that won’t go away
Commercial aviation is focused only only one item more than making a profit – ensuring its safety record. Looking back over the industry’s history it is a very impressive record. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people in-flight at…
NATO and Russian pilots are getting too close
Take a look at this short video. Norwegian Armed Forces on Sunday released a video of a Russian fighter jet flying uncomfortably close to a Norwegian F-16, highlighting the potential collision risks involved when intercepting Russian aircraft on behalf of…
Premium #148 – 787 Fuel burn performance and the limitations of public data
There is much good to be discovered in the US DoT’s Form 41 data. But it is important to understand the limits of this source. As an example we are going to take a look at the data this source…
Two non-competitve orders
To start off the week we have two announcements; Ryanair/Boeing and Azul Both were non-competitive orders. What make of them? Views: 37