Boeing announced an order from BOC Aviation for 50 737 MAX 8s, 30 737-800NGs and two 777-300ERs. The order is valued at $8.8bn at list prices. This is the largest in BOC Aviation’s 20-year history. “Following the successful placement of…
Coulson Group, owners of the world’s only Martin Mars, are retiring the aircraft. Only five of these giants were built by Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore. Coulson’s website has this history of the aircraft: “The Hawaii and Philippine Mars…
This was a historic and special moment for aviation fans. Yesterday the world’s last two flying Lancasters joined the last flying Vulcan for a flight over Bomber Command memorial at Canwick Hill in England. The event even got its own…
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Recently there was a bit of a flutter in some Israeli media about Turkish Airlines hiring Iranian pilots. Given the current heated emotions in the Levant, the tension is understandable. We contacted Turkish to ask about this. Here is the…
Despite the bravado about “capturing” an RQ-170 and then copying it, the truth is that Iran’s aerospace industry is in its infancy. Nowhere is this more aptly displayed than the latest airliner crash. The problem extends to its military aviation…