A320neo Flight Test Update
As another key program, the A320neo progress is important to follow. The chart below lists the flight hours to date. We will keep the P&W aircraft in blue and the CFM aircraft in green. Views: 18
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Embraer and the promising E2
Embraer’s greatest advantage is, as one industry person said, its ability to stay quiet and not be noticed. While this view could be argued, Embraer has managed to quietly accomplish a great deal. The company’s history includes a near death…
Opposing views on the 100-150 seat market
We have been most fortunate to be briefed by two leading aircraft OEMs in the last two weeks. And what a different view of the world they show — one wonders if they’re in the same business. The chart below…
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Solar Impulse
In what must rank as one aviation’s most fascinating projects, the Solar Impulse was on its way to Hawaii from China but it stopped in Japan after weather problems. In typical fashion these days, you can watch the whole thing…
Airbus ships first parts for Mobile assembly
A320 aircraft production in the U.S. is on schedule to begin this summer as large aircraft components for the first U.S.-produced aircraft departed from Hamburg, Germany, bound for Mobile, Alabama. The parts on a ship named BBC Atlantic. The major…