Despite the slower activity at air shows, the commercial aircraft business is not moribund. There has been quite a...
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Premium #301 – The Parked Fleet
While most of us focus, day to day, on airplanes that are flying, there is another group of aircraft that are idle,...
Getting to 10,000 deliveries
Today Airbus delivered it's 10,000 airplane. It is an A350-900 for Singapore Airlines making this is a big day for...
Connie love
There are two great Lockheed Constellation restoration projects being undertaken. (Hello Red Bull, are you paying...
LM100J coming along
In February 2014, Lockheed Martin filed a design update with the FAA for "a type design update for the Lockheed Martin...
Saving Columbine II
The original Air Force One has been found and a group trying to restore and save the aircraft.
The Global Airline Fleet
As of the third quarter 2013 there were 28,525 commercial aircraft in service. The table below illustrates the...
Global Fleet Numbers – some perspective
In terms of the global airline fleet, it helps to understand the players and their critical mass. The chart...
Aging Airplanes
Over the past two years we have seen a remarkable surge in orders for single aisle airplanes. Much of this has been...
The Prettiest Plane in All of Paris
There are probably close to, or more than, a billion dollars worth of airplanes parked at Le Bourget. But there is...