Airbus neo news
There has been a steady flow of news about A320neo program delivery delays. So far, these have all been directed at the P&W GTF engine. P&W has explained to us that the issue is minor and a fix is being…
Year 2016
Premium #215 – The Boeing MAX challenge
It is pretty obvious that Boeing is having a tough time selling its 737 MAX7 and MAX9 models. With 3,090 orders, the MAX program is clearly not in difficulty. But of those 3,090 only 60 are for MAX 7 and…
Aero Montreal
It is not commonly known that Montreal, Quebec is the world’s third largest commercial aerospace hub after Toulouse and Seattle. The names of companies based in the Montreal region are obviously Bombardier, but also CAE, Bell Helicopter, Pratt & Whitney…
PD-14 Tests underway
At the Russian Zhukovsky test center, the new PD-14 engine has been placed on their IL-78 test bed for flight tests. This is the engine to be used on the IRKUT MC-21. The test bed records 1,066 flight parameters of…
St. Helena Implementation Flight
St.Helena now has a real airport that can handle passenger aircraft. It’s rare in the western world to see a new airport like this open. The island used to depend on a mail ship (those of you from the colonies…
Is China’s aircraft manufacturing standing still?
An old Chinese saying goes “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still”. Perhaps these words help Chinese aerospace managers deal with more delay news. Let’s start with the ARJ21, which was first scheduled to enter…