There are duopolies almost everywhere one looks in commercial aviation. For wide-body and narrow-body airplanes the key players are Airbus and Boeing, with limited competition. For cross-over jets, the players are Embraer and Airbus. For regional jets, it is now…
United Airlines has hundreds of lie-flat business class seats sitting in storage, ordered years ago for a Boeing 737 MAX 10 that still isn’t in service. The seats are Elevate’s Altitude — an aisle-facing herringbone suite, adapted in a slightly…
Wednesday, a new documentary about Boeing will drop on Netflix. Their first Netflix documentary about Boeing focused on the 737 MAX crashes, while this one apparently focuses on quality concerns, whistle-blowers, and the Alaska door plug issues that finally resulted…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has now accepted all 47 claims filed as patents by deltaBurn. Forty seven claims filed, forty seven issued. The technology involves flow modifiers/vortex inducers on blades to avoid or mitigate normal shocks on…
Heart Aerospace successfully flew its X1 battery-electric prototype aircraft yesterday. That prototype, while large, is a proof-of-concept rather than a production model. That model, however, can validate systems and performance expectations for the planned 30 seat hybrid-electric airliner now scheduled…
United Engine Company in Russia has delivered the first production PD-8 engines to Yakovlev for installation on the fully Russian-built SJ-100. The fully Russian version of the SJ-100 is approaching certification, and when approved, will enable Russian airlines to replace…