|
|
DC-3 Reunion Anchors Reflective Airline Arc | 25/05/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Reflection is an unintended consequence of a wide interest in aviation, and connecting past with present is the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh reunion of the iconic airplane that earns its keep still, even as it approaches its 75th birthday. Some call it the DC-3, others know it as the C-47 or R4D, and it is remanufactured for 21st century ... | | |
Captains "fantastic" | 25/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Just the other day we had the very first customer crew flying a 787 Dreamliner - pilots from launch customer ANA flew ZA001 for about 2 and a half hours over Washington state - and I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to show you a bit more from the flight.
The ANA demonstration flight taxiing at Boeing Field, and taking off - ... | | |
NIFA Challenges Pilots Past Bare Minimums | 20/05/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Discussion over the state of professional pilot training is continuing several weeks after we posted Pro Pilot Training Evolving to Industry Needs. Proficiency-based training has been a central theme, as has educating pilots past the bare minimums set forth by the FAA. I knew examples of this existed, but I couldn?t remember where ... | | |
Apex, in flight | 20/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Well, my time at SimCom’s Orlando facility is over, and my 11 hours of simulator time flying the PC-12 NG’s Apex avionics has opened my eyes. After a halting start, the procedures became more intuitive–in spite of all those different data entry methods I mentioned in my earlier “Controls for Control Freaks” ... | | |
Saving the animals, one flight at a time | 19/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Some people love dogs, some people prefer cats. I happen to own three dogs and one cat, so draw your own conclusions. Two were rescued; two were adopted from animal shelters.
?? I’m thankful for the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of animal rescue groups around the nation. They do the work–pulling dogs and cats from shelters ... | | |
34 per month | 18/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
We announced today that we will indeed increase production rates on the Renton-built Next-Generation 737.
We'll be increasing the rate from the current 31.5 airplanes per month to 34 per month in early 2012.
Next-Generation 737s on the production line in Renton. Our 737 backlog of more than 2,000 unfilled orders from more than 80 ... | | |
Spirit in the sky | 18/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
We've had so many memorable images this year already, but this one ranks up there with the best of them.
The first 787 Dreamliner, meets the Boeing Model 40, our first production commercial airplane, for an in-the-air rendezvous. Chief test pilot Mike Carriker flew ZA001 alongside the Model 40 at 12,000 feet for this shot.
Earlier ... | | |
The Future of Aviation, LaHood Style | 18/05/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
OK, I might as well just come out and say it right from the start … I’m pretty miffed. But I’ve actually been angry since the NBAA convention in Florida last fall when I heard Tom Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists, speak to the crowd on opening day. He explained that he’d been ... | | |
I can see for miles and miles . . . | 15/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Garmin recently added synthetic vision as a free option on its G3X system for Experimental and Light Sport Aircraft ? and the first time I flew with it last week, I couldn?t get that song out of my head by The Who, the one about seeing for miles and miles.
Taking off from AOPA?s home field [...] | | |
Away we go | 14/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
SHANGHAI - I've been doing *just a bit* of traveling, from [Dubai](http://www.business24-7.ae/companies-markets/aviation/boeing-to-sell-150bn-planes-to-region-by-2030-2010-05-09-1.241539) to [Rome](http://www.ttgitalia.com/pagine/Tinseth-Boeing-Traffico-aereo-verso-la-redditivit-,Dettaglio001,IT,260264,Home-news.aspx) to ... | | |
Modern Conflict & the Future of Fighters | 13/05/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Several days ago I read a New York Times Op-Ed piece, Leading With Two Minds. In it, David Brooks described how the US Army, in five short years, had reshaped itself to fight insurgencies with something other than overwhelming force.
Thirty-five years ago I was on the USS Blue Ridge. It was steaming toward its San Diego homeport after ... | | |
Two pilots, please! | 12/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
In today’s Pilatus PC-12 NG training session I flew three approaches, and actually got to work the Apex avionics while the “airplane” was moving! The procedures are becoming more familiar, but I have a few day-two training observations. One is that the autopilot/flight control system should be made a no-go item. Anyone ... | | |
Two pilots, please! | 12/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
In today’s Pilatus PC-12 NG training session I flew three approaches, and actually got to work the Apex avionics while the “airplane” was moving! The procedures are becoming more familiar, but I have a few day-two training observations. One is that the autopilot/flight control system should be made a no-go item. Anyone ... | | |
So long, ?Oklahoma Aviator? | 11/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Lots of people look forward to getting their monthly copies of AOPA Pilot, Flight Training, EAA Sport Aviation, or what have you in the mail. It’s like the welcome arrival of a dear friend who stays only as long as you want them there. You settle down with that friend over a cold drink or [...] | | |
Controls for the control freaks | 11/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
I’m currently at Simcom-Orlando, taking a Pilatus PC-12 NG transition course. And?the name of the game is Apex, as in Honeywell’’s Apex avionics suite. That’s the “NG” (Next Generation) in the since-2008 PC-12 models.
?Like different data-entry methods? You’ll love the Apex.
Push-and-turn knobs? ... | | |
Prepare for takeoff | 11/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
It's been said that it takes three things to start a successful airline. One, a good business plan. Two, a talented team of managers. And three, money - lots and lots of money.
If you want to start an airline, and you need money or you lack good management, we probably can't help you. But, for the past several years, a team at Boeing ... | | |
Learn-to-Fly Day Coming to an Airport near you ? I Hope | 10/05/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Despite my buddy Scott Spangler’s somewhat guarded endorsement of the international Learn-to-Fly Day scheduled for May 15th, I?m jumping on the bandwagon next Saturday at our local flying club in Chicago. Events are taking place in 147 cities across the nation.
Based at KPWK just north of O?Hare International, the Leading Edge ... | | |
Sully in Seattle | 06/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Yesterday's announcement by the [NTSB](http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100505.html) of [33 safety recommendations](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/nyregion/05ntsb.html?src=mv) following an investigation into U.S. Airways flight 1549 called to mind the recent visit here by the captain of that miracle landing.
The visit to Boeing ... | | |
California Requires Pro Training Standards That Don?t Involve Stick & Rudder Education | 05/05/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
On October 11, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 48, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009. To summarize the act?s 57 pages of tiny type, it gives students a financial parachute should the private school they attend run out of gas or suffer an operational or structural failure. ... | | |
Middle East market outlook | 05/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
I've been in Dubai, presenting [Boeing's view](http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=46321&t=1&c=33&cg=4&mset=) of the market for the Middle East.
We had a very successful [media](http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=theuae&xfile=data/theuae/2010/May/theuae_May68.xml) roundtable, including journalists from Dubai, ... | | |
Boeing Fabrication Interiors South Carolina | 04/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
We've just announced that we've chosen South Carolina as the site for the fabrication and assembly of interior parts to supply the 787 Dreamliner final assembly and delivery facility in Charleston.
You can read more in our [news release](http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1189).
Boeing Fabrication Interiors South ... | | |
Jungle flying with JAARS | 04/05/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
JAARS Helio Courier on display before demo flights.
Deep in the heart of the Carolinas, JAARS is transforming Waxhaw, N.C., just south of Charlotte into a remote jungle location. That?s where the group trains pilots for service in Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Cameroon, and other areas where Wycliffe missionaries are working to learn ... | | |
San Antonio Rose | 01/05/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
The 787 has touched down in Texas, for a short testing stay in San Antonio.
Airplane 3 at Boeing's San Antonio facility.
After a successful performance in the [extreme-weather testing](http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2010/04/hot_n_cold.html) at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, ZA003 went to the Lone Star State for thermal ... | | |
My favorite sneakers?with wings | 30/04/10
Blog: http://blog.aopa.org
Do you have a favorite airplane that you absolutely love to fly?not just because it?s fun or exciting, but because it is so familiar, like a pair of ratty, worn sneakers that are extremely comfortable but you can?t wear in public?
For me, that?s a Cessna 172. It was my training airplane of choice for the [...] | | |
Adventure and the Future of Flying | 29/04/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
Celebrating her birthday at our favorite brewpub, my wife was spending part of the quarter-billion dollar Powerball lottery prize just before the drawing that gave it to a Missouri convenience store worker instead of her and a pool of coworkers.
Sharing the winnings with me she asked if I would start flying again and what airplanes I ... | | |
Temporary adjustment to 787 supplier deliveries | 29/04/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
Yesterday, we addressed a series of [media calls](http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100427/BIZ/100429857/1005/biz) about an [adjustment](http://www.king5.com/news/business/Boeing-to-stop-work-on-787-Dreamliner-assembly-line-92241209.html) we're making to some 787 component delivery schedules. This temporary adjustment is intended to ... | | |
2010 and beyond | 28/04/10
Blog: http://boeingblogs.com
You may have noticed earlier this year that IATA cut its 2010 airline industry loss forecast in half - basically because of signs of a much stronger than expected recovery, with the good start to this year.
I would have to agree with their assessment, and I think we're definitely starting to see [tangible ... | | |
Airlines and Ashes | 24/04/10
Blog: http://www.jetwhine.com
With tens of thousands of travelers stranded all over much of the Western Hemisphere still trying to either get to or from major European destinations last week, airline management became understandably tense at what was indeed the worst travel crisis since 9/11. The Chicago Tribune reported that of the U.S. airlines, Delta lost the ... | | |
Been a while? | 23/04/10
Blog: http://www.faafollies.com
So I’m sitting here at an airport and my thoughts turn to the FAA. Okay, that’s a lie. Partially a lie. I’m in Lima, Peru, and waiting for several hours between flights to head back to Norte America, and I noticed Don Brown’s latest blurb on Get the Flick. Despite the fact that I’m not [...] | | |
< prev
| 1
| 2
| 3
[ 4 ]
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
| 12
| 13
| 14
| 15
| next >
Page 4 of 38
|
|
|
|