[UPDATE – Chart & Dates fixed] April seems to have been a slower month overall, with approximately 176 flight hours compared to March’s 294. As of April month end, the program is about 64% of 2,400 hour target. The various…
Brazil is a large country in real estate terms – 8.5M km2, or 14 times bigger than Alaska, making it only slightly smaller than the entire USA. We know how crucial air transportation is to the United States, and this…
Last week, Harry Nelson, former Vice President of Airbus flight test department, warned about pilots relying too much on automation, and that airlines need to better train their flight crews who may have become complacent and may not be capable…
The US airline fleet has been remarkably stable since 2000 in terms of narrow and wide body aircraft. Wide body aircraft have typically accounted for under 15% of the jet fleet for many years. Views: 29
We got an update to the program test flight hours. March was, quite simply, a fantastic month. Every test program watcher looks for the “hockey stick” curve. It looks like Bombardier’s CSeries test program has reached the upward part of…
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