How does MAX compare?
[UPDATE – Podcast with Scott Hamilton and Jon Ostrower] We undertook an analysis based on the data available and have to say the Boeing 737MAX looks pretty good. Indeed, by digging around the 2010 DoT data we were able to…
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787: Countdown to delivery Sept. 26
With certification of the Boeing 787 Friday, the countdown to delivery–now slated for September 26–is finally underway. Aspire Aviation has a piece that for the first time anywhere as far as we know has the actual number of airplanes to…
AirInsight team OK after hurricane
For those who wonder, Ernie Arvai and Addision Schonland came through the hurricane Irene storm OK. Ernie is in New England and had power outage and some trees come down, but no damage. Addison, now in Baltimore, still is without…
787 Certified!
After multiple delays, the Boeing 787 has finally been certified, with both the FAA and EASA granting type certificates and the FAA granting a production certificate. Congratulations to Boeing on persevering through a series of difficulties and the “unknown unknowns”…
The Orphan Airplane
Possibly the airplane most qualified to go by this moniker is the Boeing 717. It started life as the MD95 – and with it went much of the hopes of McDonnell Douglas. It made an early and crucial win at…
Canada’s Discovery Air to Order HAV 366 Airships
Hybrid Air Vehicles, based in Cranfield, England, has received a launch customer order from Discovery Air in Canada to develop an airship with a 50 tonne payload that can land without an airport, or even on water. Discovery Air serves…