Early this morning, Fly Dubai flight FZ981 crashed and exploded while landing at Rostov-on-Dov airport in Russia, with all 55 passengers and 7 crew members killed. The crash occurred early in the morning on the aircraft’s second approach to…
India has long been a promising market for commercial aviation. Limitations have come from infrastructure (too few airports) and an interfering government. Another source of difficulty for India’s hard-pressed airlines has been fuel prices. Airlines face a myriad of…
Ukraine’s ANTONOV Company has undertaken a lot of work to repair an AN?22 (NATO code name Cock) after a long period being grounded. The company says: “In spite of confident leadership of the famous AN?124?100 Ruslan and AN?225 Mriya in…
Based on our recent visit to San Jose dos Campos for the E190-E2 roll out, we pondered about the enhancements the company announced. The original E2 concept was compelling in many ways. Embraer moved last among the big four aircraft…
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…
4 1/2 minutes of An-32 fun by factory pilots. (Turn sound down, annoying background noise.) Views: 20