Category Archives: Commercial Airlines
Concorde to fly again?
The engines on a French Concorde are to be examined as the first move in a £15m project aiming to get the supersonic passenger jet back in the air. The Rolls Royce engines of the former Air France Concorde will … Continue reading
New Airliner Design Uses 70 Percent Less Fuel
Today a team of researchers at MIT unveiled their latest feat of engineering — an airplane that uses 70% less fuel than conventional aircraft. The MIT team was one of six groups — and the only university led team — … Continue reading
Time lapse Boeing 737 construction video
Video
Space Ship 2 Unveiling
An amazing achievement that shows the innovation of private industry. I can’t wait to see these aircraft fly! Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceshipOne (SS1) designer, Burt Rutan, today reveal SS2 to the public for the first time since … Continue reading
The second 747 ever built
As with most things I do these days, it starts with an idle bit of chat when there’s nothing better going on and ends up turning into a Vice blog post. One afternoon in Seoul, while bored and looking for … Continue reading
Computers Key To Air France Crash
Computers definitely have an advantage in responding to situations when given the proper inputs. But I’d be far more comfortable in an aircraft the allows the pilot to override the flight systems in an emergency. But while most reports are … Continue reading
White Knight 2 Test Flight Video
Wired.com got its mitts on the first official cockpit video and other footage from the recent test of Virgin Mothership Eve at the Scaled Composites skunkworks operation in sunny SoCal. Scaled Composites and Virgin tend to keep the test results … Continue reading
Antonov 225 Photos
Russian_Antonov_Jet_225.pps (2.27 mb)
Amazing Luthansa cross wind landing
Lufthansa_D-AIQP_A320_crosswind_Hamburg.wmv (3.42 mb)