The Farnborough L-100M Loop
Yes, they did it. Eight sequenced images show what it looked like. Breathtaking is one way to describe seeing a C-130 perform a loop. By far the coolest thing we’ve seen at an airshow. The earlier A400M demo was quickly…
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Premium #342 – Aircraft transactions through July
Despite the slower activity at air shows, the commercial aircraft business is not moribund. There has been quite a bit of action among airlines. The first table shows the top 20 airlines in terms of fleet changes. The list is…
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, parked and waiting to hopefully, someday, fly again. Many of these aircraft are older models, but surprisingly, there…
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 Airbus. Airbus made its first delivery in 1974. It took a lot of confidence to create the company from a…
Connie love
There are two great Lockheed Constellation restoration projects being undertaken. (Hello Red Bull, are you paying attention?) We are big Connie fans. Project #1: Columbine We first got to see this magnificent aircraft (Columbine I) in August 2008 at the…
LM100J coming along
In February 2014, Lockheed Martin filed a design update with the FAA for “a type design update for the Lockheed Martin Model L-382J airplane, a civil-certified variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules to be marketed as the LM-100J.” In…