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Werewolves of London | 23/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
LONDON - If you're at all familiar with the song title above, you'll understand when I say, at the end of a long week at Farnborough, my hair is far from perfect, and there's scant time for kicking back at [Trader Vic's](http://www.tradervicslondon.com/)!
Let's just say that as ... | | |
Let?s Discuss the Future of Flight Training | 23/07/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
As I write this, the start of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is five days away. Between the daily rain showers and afternoon thunderstorms (yes, it?s pretty soggy here) the air is growing increasingly alive with the sound of engines I seldom hear during the rest of the year.
If you plan to be a member of this airborne symphony, or in the ... | | |
Tuesday afternoon | 21/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
FARNBOROUGH - Another long and very dynamic day, during which - to some observers - we saved the best for last.
Truly a highlight of the entire show took place Tuesday afternoon - 4:41 pm local time by my watch - when the 787 Dreamliner departed the airfield and treated the crowd to a brief flyover.
A breathtaking farewell flyover ... | | |
Beyond Social Media 101 ? Answers to Real Aviation Problems at #OSH10 | 21/07/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
AirVenture 2010 will soon be home to thousands of airplanes, hundreds of thousands of people and dozens and dozens of great programs all designed to stimulate just about anyone’s curiosity about all things aviation. For the social-media curious, there’s something new this year ? collaboration ? with an attitude!
Jetwhine is ... | | |
Opportunities | 20/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
FARNBOROUGH - Already one day in, and you can see a huge difference between this air show and Paris in 2009.
We've seen a lot of [order activity](http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sc-biz-0720-boeing-farnborough-20100719,0,316197.story) vs. virtually none last year, combined with - if this is possible - even more intense interest ... | | |
Flying in the U.K. | 20/07/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Fox Cutter of Redmond, Washington, is a pilot after my own heart. On a recent vacation to the United Kingdom, he took some time while visiting the city of Cardiff to locate the airport there and find a flight instructor to take him up. (Fox is a student pilot who’s getting close to checkride time.) [...] | | |
Dreamliner at Farnborough | 19/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
FARNBOROUGH - Quiet. It's not a word you typically use to describe the scene at a major international air show.
But that was the word, as we kicked things off at [Farnborough](http://www.boeing.com/farnborough2010/). By quiet, I mean that was my impression of the 787 Dreamliner as it approached and [touched ... | | |
Back to the future - Part III | 17/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
LONDON - Is it really possible that 1990 was 20 years ago? That's when the above titled movie was released, closing out the popular film trilogy.
It's a fitting way to bookend our discussion of the commercial airplanes market for the *next* 20 years.
In the movie they go back in time to the old American "west." In our version, which ... | | |
Sport Pilot Exceeds 120 Knots | 17/07/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
As a brand-new Sport Pilot, U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael Blair has been limited to a top speed of 120 knots while learning to fly the AOPA’s 2010 “Fun to Fly” Remos GX Light Sport Aircraft.
But there was no such speed limit on July 4 when Blair flew as a passenger in an aerobatic L-39 Jet [...] | | |
UAV Next Step: Autonomous Aerial Refueling | 15/07/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
It seems that the capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles will soon be complete. On July 1, DARPA announced a $33 million dollar contract for Northrop Grumman to demonstrate autonomous aerial refueling using two NASA Global Hawks.
The company will retrofit the UAVs with a probe-and-drogue system, with one being the tanker and the ... | | |
One week | 14/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
LONDON - The [Farnborough Air Show](http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/new-airliner-to-debut-at-farnborough-2024993.html) is fast approaching.
It's going to be an exciting one, and I expect the show to focus on a couple of key stories: The recovery of the market and the buzz around the ... | | |
Become an Airplane Geek for a Day | 13/07/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Each year since 2006 as AirVenture approaches, I take a minute to look back on the new friends I?ve made through our social media contacts on Twitter as well as here at Jetwhine. The blog is almost four years old, while my ?Jetwhine? Twitter account was opened just before AirVenture 2008.
If I look back on any of the new relationships ... | | |
It's show time | 10/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
The [Farnborough International Airshow](http://www.farnborough.com/Site/Content/Farnborough2010/default.aspx) is a little over a week away.
This is going to be a dynamic and exciting show in many ways (as always) and I'm looking forward to getting started. I'll be heading to the U.K. next week and unveiling our 2010 Current Market ... | | |
Independence Day & Fireworks From Above | 09/07/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
One joy of small town living is our ability to watch the annual Independence Day fireworks from our deck when we don?t feel like joining the crowd counted in the thousands. Staged at a riverside park just a bit more than a quarter-mile away, as the Canada geese fly, most of the show blossoms above the trees in multicolored ... | | |
Riding the wake on a Rotax | 09/07/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Flying photography formation flights for our magazines and Web sites teaches our formation pilots a lot about wake turbulence. A recent experience on a “personal watercraft,” (aka, PWC, such as JetSki or SeaDoo), gave me new appreciation for wake turbulence in 2-D. The consequences in the air, however, can be more ... | | |
25 years and counting | 07/07/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
My friend Dan took note of a date last week. “It occurred to me this morning that 25 years ago today I took my private pilot checkride.”
With only nine years under my?belt, I was curious about the changes he’s seen in a quarter-century of flying, and so I asked. And he didn’t hesitate. “Technology, of [...] | | |
Revolution -9 | 02/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
We've completed firm configuration on the 787-9, the second member of the Dreamliner family.
Firm configuration defines the airplane's overall capability (structure, propulsion, systems) and allows us together with our suppliers to begin detailed design of parts, assemblies and other systems.
A rendering of the -9 as it will appear ... | | |
WTO ruling: "No" to launch aid | 01/07/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
You may have seen or heard reports that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that billions of dollars in European launch-aid subsidies used by Airbus to develop its commercial airplanes are illegal.
This is a very significant decision which basically says that the launch aid subsidies that helped Airbus become a major player in ... | | |
Hotter than July | 30/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Down in the desert we've finished a series of hot weather tests on the 747-8 Freighter, and initial data shows that the airplane performed well.
RC522, the 3rd flight test 747-8, during ground testing in Arizona.
Basically we wanted to evaluate the capability of the 747-8's new air-conditioning system during ground operations and ... | | |
Checking in with? Heather Taylor | 30/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
One in an occasional series of posts.
When last I talked to Heather Taylor, the director of the documentary “Breaking Through the Clouds,” it was still 2009, the doc was still named “Ragwing Derby,” and Taylor was working hard to finish it up for a hoped-for screening at EAA AirVenture. Flash-forward to June 26, ... | | |
Rote is the Route to Prosaic Mediocrity | 29/06/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Flight instructors who can remember the answers that returned a passing score on the Fundamentals of Instruction test they had to take should be able to tell you that Rote is the first of four levels of learning. If they possess a good memory (or they took the test a few days ago), they might actually be able to parrot its FAA-approved ... | | |
787 inspections prioritized | 25/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Flight test is a constant balancing act and we've made a decision that will result in us not flying 787s for a couple of days.
After finding a workmanship issue on the horizontal stabilizer of an airplane in final assembly, we decided that we [needed to inspect](http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1280) all airplanes to ... | | |
?Mythbusters? taking on balloons? | 24/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
We have it on very good authority (and by “authority,” I mean the folks who can ruin your weekend with a ramp check) that an upcoming episode of “Mythbusters” will be devoted to the creation of a home-made balloon. The gang will set out to prove (or disprove) whether a hand-crafted hot air device can [...] | | |
The greenhouse effect | 24/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
I’ve been flying this week with AOPA staff pilot Mark Evans, getting instrument-current, as well as logging my?biennial and annual?flight reviews. (The latter is a requirement for AOPA staff pilots). We’ve been flying AOPA’s Diamond DA-40. This is a great-handling airplane that’s capable of 145-knot cruise speeds ... | | |
Does Parochialism Hinder Aviation?s Future | 24/06/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Last weekend I had the honor of being a guest on Airplane Geeks, thanks to my JetWhine.com co-conspirator Rob Mark, who is one of the quartet of regulars. It was my inaugural podcast (Episode 101), and I greatly enjoyed the wide ranging aviation conversation, and I hope they invite me back.
In getting to know each other, Max Flight, the ... | | |
Going three wheeling | 24/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Where are you landing this weekend? Somewhere other than pavement, I hope. Last week we quietly introduced a means to?help you find new places to land. The AOPA Airports section on AOPA Online now includes the ability to search for “unpaved” runways. As I wrote in my Waypoints column in the July issue of AOPA [...] | | |
Shanghai dreams | 23/06/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
The past few months have been an extremely busy travel season for me. I've been to New York, Geneva, Jakarta, Singapore, Philadelphia, Orlando, St. Louis, Luxembourg, Dubai ...
Well, you get the idea.
I finished my last major trip with a stop in China, where I had the opportunity to host a media roundtable and speak at the [China ... | | |
Red Bull vs. Us for Getting New Pilots | 22/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Red Bull cola, which must have a corner on the world’s caffeine market, puts on an air show in New York and 75,000 people show up; in past years, even past months, the Red Bull Air Race?has attracted?hundreds of thousands. You and I acting as individuals urge people?to go flying, or mentor them, and its [...] | | |
Guppy in a shark tank | 22/06/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Ever see the animated Pixar film Finding Nemo??A tiny clownfish ventures out of his relatively small corner of the ocean to find his son.?There are a lot of much bigger fish out there, and he has to keep out of their way while pursuing his quest. That’s pretty much how I felt Saturday morning when [...] | | |
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