Month June 2017
How’s MAX doing?
Going to our favorite source, Flightradar24, we tracked the two operating MAX8s. The second aircraft recently arrived at its home base (KUL). It has not been put into service since its delivery flight. But the first aircraft has seen its…
How quick is an A380?
From a standing start to 1,000 feet altitude in about 60 seconds. More nimble than many would expect. Views: 43
Qatar Airways talks strong
Mr. Akbar Al Baker is not a man easily intimidated as the this CNN interview shows. One has to be sympathetic to the position he finds himself in. Politics has intefered in a most unpleasant way. As he points out,…
Lockheed Martin’s LM-100J – coming to Paris
Lockheed Martin’s LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft makes its international debut at the 2017 International Paris Air Show. The aircraft will be on static display June 19-21. The LM-100J represents the 17th different mission capability for the C-130J Super Hercules platform…
Amazing new cabin concepts for the Embraer Lineage 1000E
A few weeks ago, just ahead of the annual EBACE executive aviation show in Geneva, we had the chance to share some time on board a Lineage 1000E with Embraer’s chief cabin designer, Jay Beever. The ferry flight that took…