Old Planes, Good Planes
It was tough thinking of a pithy title for this post. Old Planes is not exactly attention grabbing, but there you are. This post is about old planes – specifically some special old ones that serve in the USAF. Views:…
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FAA and Separation
This week saw an interesting reversal by the FAA. Take a look at this story by the WSJ. Within a week the FAA went from posting new rules about wake turbulence on the 787 and 747-8 to removing them because…
Boeing confirms new 747-8 delay, but is another likely?
Boeing today confirmed another long-expected delay of the 747-8, to mid-2011, but aerospace analysts think yet another 3-6 months might be coming. A fifth 747-8 will be added to the flight test program, and customers tell us Boeing is preparing…
Rolls-Royce facing declining narrow-body market share
This analysis was published on GLG news by Ernest Arvai earlier today and is reproduced here for our AirInsight blog readers. Views: 132
Boeing delivers Italy’s first tankers
Photo credit: Boeing In news just announced via Reuters, Italy is to get its first two Boeing 767 tankers this year. The remaining two will be modified and be delivered later – no date has been announced. This delivery comes…
Podcast – We discuss the Southwest/AirTran news
There are few routes that overlap and lots of reasons for this deal to go through. The fleet question (717) is one that has a lot of people asking questions. In our request for some color from Southwest we got…