Statistic of the day
Lufthansa is spending €1m per day for the next 1,000 days on its business class refurbishment on its long haul fleet. The new lie-flat business class seats are standard only on the 747-8 of which they have three (used for…
Category Aerospace
Why New Technology Airplanes are Late – The Continuing Saga
With the industry abuzz about a delay for the Bombardier CSeries, it may be an appropriate time to revisit why new airplanes can’t seem to be certified on time. In a piece we published earlier this year, we cited several…
Firefighting airplanes in the US
To start with, watch this video. [yt]8QEt6hHxb5o[/yt] The US firefighting fleet is old. The Neptune is an old airplane. The US firefighting fleet has met with a number of crashes (link). Pilots flying fire fighting missions face tremendous challenges. Invariably…
A350XWB – a step by step video
Airbus released this video today of the steps they go through producing the A350XWB. [yt]W0jlu0ghNIg[/yt] Views: 16
Pressure is on Boeing for 787
The pressure is on Boeing for its 787—and we mean this in a good way. After years of a program in disarray, Boeing is now delivering new-production aircraft and some of those that have littered the Everett Paine Field taxiways…
Airbus Opens its A350XWB FAL
This week we had the opportunity to visit the A350XWB FAL inauguration. The event was well attended by French politicians. After all the FAL will employ a large number of skilled people in France. Program boss Didier Evrard said the…