The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of the Boeing 737 MAX. This move will allow airlines that are under the FAA’s jurisdiction, including those in the U.S., to take the steps necessary to resume service and Boeing to begin making deliveries. FAA Statement onRead More →
Yakutat, Alaska (YAK/PAYA), Saturday 14th November, 2020. A female brown bear was killed after it was struck by the left engine of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-790 (WL), registration N615ASW, on landing in Yakutat, Alaska. The bear’s cub was found later unharmed at the airport. The incident took place afterRead More →
When NASA and Space X launch the Crew Dragon “Resilience”, it will be a number of firsts. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is poised to send a crew of FOUR astronauts NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the International SpaceRead More →
Thursday 12th Nov, 2020. Distinguishing itself as a completely independent carrier, Airlink has revealed its new tailfeathers. The new look features a distinctively colourful African Sunbird set against a sunrise and dawn sky. This follows the formal re-naming of the company as “Airlink”. It signifies the airline’s new strategy, asRead More →
Almost all widebody aircraft have two aisles, but which seating arrangement is better? Here we are talking about specifically about widebody aircraft and economy class, where most of us mere mortals sit when travelling. It is a fact that that we as passengers are dictated to about seating arrangements evenRead More →
The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle is a family of South Korean supersonic advanced trainers and light combat aircraft, developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with Lockheed Martin. In general, the T-50 series of aircraft closely resembles the F-16 in configuration. The T-50 is South Korea’s first indigenous supersonic aircraft and one of the world’s few supersonicRead More →
Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni has told deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo that if she were white and had the name “Madame Venter” she would not be “presumed guilty in order for me to prove my innocence”. “I am here as an innocent person,” she said. “Chair, if IRead More →
The International Space Station (ISS) won’t be the only off-Earth outpost for much longer, if all goes according to plan. On 2 November, the huge orbiting laboratory celebrated 20 years of human occupation, a big milestone in humanity’s push to extend its footprint into the final frontier. The ISS was a collaborationRead More →
The 737 MAX debacle is costing Boeing a pretty penny. In a stock exchange filing for the third quarter of 2020, Boeing noted it had $5.981 billion in 737 MAX customer concessions and other considerations liability during 2020. Much of this comes from Boeing’s compensation deal with customers over the 737 MAXRead More →
Whether you know the Russian Tupolev Tu-160 as the Blackjack, or the White Swan is up to you. Brief History The Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan or the NATO name ‘Blackjack’is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. It is the largestRead More →
