Saving Columbine II
The original Air Force One has been found and a group trying to restore and save the aircraft. Views: 20
Category Lockheed
The Global Airline Fleet
As of the third quarter 2013 there were 28,525 commercial aircraft in service. The table below illustrates the breakdown of this number. The shaded rows are OEMs that are no longer in the business of making commercial airliners. Views: 65
Global Fleet Numbers – some perspective
In terms of the global airline fleet, it helps to understand the players and their critical mass. The chart illustrates this and provides some surprises. We have 28,128 aircraft listed. Boeing’s sheer heft in the business is remarkable. It may…
Aging Airplanes
Over the past two years we have seen a remarkable surge in orders for single aisle airplanes. Much of this has been driven by fuel prices. But there has also been an issue bubbling under – airplanes in many fleets…
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 one among them that is simply the most gorgeous of them all…. Its lines are, in my view, beyond…