Airbus and Heathrow airport are celebrating the 10th anniversary of A380 operations at the airport. These began March 18th, 2008 with the arrival of the first A380, Singapore Airlines flight SQ308 from Singapore Changi airport making Heathrow one of the…
The Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan has had a difficult introduction, with several problems on the PW1100G powering the Airbus A320neo. The latest problem involves the aft hub knife edge seal within the high pressure compressor, which has resulted in-flight…
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GAMA released its 2017 results last week, and they show that the general aviation industry grew slightly last year in terms of shipments, as shown in the table below. Overall, counting all five categories, piston, turboprop, business jet, piston helicopter…
Like the US, Canada’s head of state aircraft is aging. Unlike the US version, the Canadian one is based on a niche model that has a small installed fleet. While the US Boeing 747 can be supported by either Boeing…