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Photos of Malaysian Airlines First Airbus A380 Taking Flight
The first Airbus A380 for Malaysia Airlines successfully completed its maiden flight on 20th October after completion of the final assembly and system tests in Toulouse, France.
A Dreamliner´s march, fifty-one months later
To watch the more than 500 Boeing employees who designed, built and tested the 787 walk together ahead of Airplane 24's roll to the gathered crowd of thousands for the first delivery to All Nippon Airways, I could not help but see a fitting bookend for this part of The Boeing Company's history.
What You Need to Know About Boeing´s First 787 Delivery
This is it folks. The big game. On Monday September 26, 2011 at 9am Pacific Time, Boeing will deliver its first 787 Dreaminer — to All Nippon Airways (ANA).
Boeing 737 Max - for some reason, I like that name
Boeing has named its re-engined variant of the Boeing 737 as the "737 Max."
Boeing 787 Dreamliner gets FAA stamp of approval
Boeing received Federal Aviation Administration and EASA certifications Friday declaring the 787 Dreamliner safe and suitable for delivery to and use by commercial airplines.
First Boeing 787 Dreamliner Set to be Delivered to ANA on September 26th
Sorry folks, I have to be lazy and copy and paste directly from ANA’s press release:
Boeing completes 747-8F certification flight test campaign
When RC523 landed in the early morning Wednesday hours following a 17 hour maximum endurance flight, the arrival marked the completion of the aircraft's functionality and reliability (F&R) trials and more importantly the final test of the jumbo freighter's certification campaign.
Photo of Note: With 17 hours to kill, why not write "747" in the sky?
The fifth 747-8F is flying its max endurance ETOPS/F&R (extended operations not extended twin-engine operations) mission today, and the crew of RC523 appears to have taken some creative liberties with its flight plan over the western half of the United States.
Until re-engine plans are firmed, 737´s future in Renton is an open question
Jim Albaugh, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, made a comment last week on the sidelines at the American Airlines order announcement in Dallas that initially escaped my note, in response to a question about the industrial footprint for re-engining the 737 and Renton's role in building the updated narrowbody
Aircell says bye-bye to name, will now be Gogo
Aircell, the company that provides Internet service on airlines under the Gogo brand, is changing its name to Gogo.
On the passing of Bombardier´s James Hoblyn
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that one of its own, James Hoblyn, passed away on July 3. Hoblyn served as President, Bombardier Customer Services & Specialized and Amphibious Aircraft.
Embraer´s seemingly never-ending search for narrowbody clarity
Embraer (EMBR3.SA)(ERJ.N), the world's biggest regional aircraft maker, will take more than one year to decide whether to build a new family of jets, Chief Executive Officer Frederico Curado told newspaper Valor Economico on Wednesday.
Boeing 747-8 has some seriously good brakes
Interesting post with video showing an impressive test of the Boeing 747-8 over on Randy's Journal, a blog by Randy Tinseth, vice president, marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle.
Sukhoi marks first Superjet delivery to Armavia
Fifty years and a week after Yuri Gagarin first orbited the Earth in Vostok 1, a new Russian commercial jetliner was delivered by Sukhoi bearing his name. The first production Sukhoi Superjet 100 was delivered to Armenian carrier Armavia at Zvartnots International Airport in the nation's capital of Yerevan.
Boeing begins 747-8I flutter trials, 787 advances toward ETOPS
Boeing began flutter testing Friday to evaluate the aeroelastic stability of the first 747-8 Intercontinental, as the aircraft advances toward its type inspection authorization (TIA), which will formally kick off the Federal Aviation Administration's involvement in certification flight tests, the company confirms.
A timeline of Boeing 737 models
With all the discussion of the various Boeing 737 models going on now, I decided to prepare a handy guide to the various models. You can see when the "Classic" models, the -300s, -400s and -500s, were built and then stopped, and when the Next Generation models, the -600s, -700s, -800s, -900s and 900ERs, were launched.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Has Blown Tire During Testing
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren with NYC Aviation was at Boeing Field today, when the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental landed and blew one of its tires.
Source: 747-8I flight line gauntlet set for Saturday
With eight days to go before it internal first flight target, Boeing is spending Saturday conducting the flight line gauntlet on the first 747-8I, RC001. The flight line gauntlet will see the aircraft running through a closed-loop simulation of its first flight.
Boeing adds Air China as third airline customer for 747-8I
Hot off the presses from our team at Asian Aerospace 2011 in Hong Kong. Air China has become the third airline operator of the 747-8 Intercontinental joining Lufthansa and Korean Air.
Boeing celebrates the birth of its biggest baby
BOEING launched the latest incarnation of its 747 in Seattle yesterday. The 747-8 Intercontinental is longer than its predecessor, the 747-400, and carries 51 more passengers (467).