Wall Street seems in a panic over the outlook for American Airlines, and the prospect that the only major US carrier that has avoided Chapter 11 restructuring in recent years may be forced into a filing due to the economic…
After a three year delay, Boeing has finally delivered the first 787 to ANA. This is a significant step, and congratulations are in order to Boeing for their perseverance under a set of extraordinary difficulties, albeit some self-inflicted. Now, however,…
Pratt & Whitney has completed its first round of flight tests for the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier CSeries, accumulating 115 hours of flight time from 25 flights. As Bob Saia indicated to Addison Schonland in our recent podcast, the…
Just when everyone thought it was safe for Russia to sell its modern, western equipped and competitive aircraft globally, another Russian aircraft crash has sent shudders through the world market about Russian aircraft safety. The key question is whether this…
Another use for composite materials has been discovered that I’d like for my personal automobile — the NeverFlat tire. LoPresti Aviation Engineering is introducing a new tire technology for general aviation aircraft – with a 10 year guarantee against flats.…
For those who wonder, Ernie Arvai and Addision Schonland came through the hurricane Irene storm OK. Ernie is in New England and had power outage and some trees come down, but no damage. Addison, now in Baltimore, still is without…