Solar Impulse
In what must rank as one aviation’s most fascinating projects, the Solar Impulse was on its way to Hawaii from China but it stopped in Japan after weather problems. In typical fashion these days, you can watch the whole thing…
Year 2015
Airbus ships first parts for Mobile assembly
A320 aircraft production in the U.S. is on schedule to begin this summer as large aircraft components for the first U.S.-produced aircraft departed from Hamburg, Germany, bound for Mobile, Alabama. The parts on a ship named BBC Atlantic. The major…
CSeries Flight Test Update
We just got updated data. Bombardier’s flight tests have started to move more aggressively. Last month appears to have delivered about 220 hours which is over the planned number and likely is a sign of growing confidence in its test…
Delta’s Ed Bastian on Airbus
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2015 Innovation Days – John Leahy
It’s a long one, but as always with John Leahy, its worth the time to understand what they are thinking and how they are messaging their product line. Count the number of times 18 inch seats comes up. This is…
2015 Innovation Days – Dr. Kiran Rao
Once again the 18 inch seats get a lot of mention. But note how cleverly this is weaved into the message that Airbus will be offering a range of aircraft providing passengers with better comfort. This message will be hammered…