On this day 15 January 2009, 12 years ago, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger achieved an amazing feat of airmanship. All souls saved and against all odds! On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 with call sign ‘Cactus 1549’, an Airbus A320 on a flight from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, NorthRead More →
The aircraft manufacturer claims the long-range model, which is due to enter service in 2022, will have the widest cabin available on the market. On December 8, 2020, the ultra widebody Falcon 6X made its debut in Dassault’s Charles Lindbergh Hall in Bordeaux-Merignac. It was streamed online for a globalRead More →
After being stripped of paint, premature cracks in the composite fuselage were found. An A350XWB is under scrutiny and will be checked for further faults after the aircraft was found to have cracks in the fuselage. As this aircraft is only 4.3 years old, this has sent alarm bells toRead More →
Followed the grounding of almost two years, last month aviation safety agencies in the USA and Brazil have recertified the Boeing 737 MAX series for commercial service. The first flight took place on January 29, 2016, nearly 49 years after the maiden flight of the original 737-100, on April 9, 1967.Read More →
On 2 September 2019 at approximately 0554Z, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with registration ZS-SJD departed O.R. Tambo International Aerodrome (FAOR) in Gauteng on a scheduled domestic flight to Cape Town International Aerodrome (FACT) in the Western Cape. There were two pilots (pilot-in-command and first officer), four crew members and 141Read More →
Virgin Australia, under new owners, has placed a new order for 25 Boeing 737 Max 10s, after cancelling its existing commitments for the type. The airline had held previous orders for 48 737 Max, which included 23 Max 8s and 25 Max 10s, but had repeatedly pushed back deliveries. Virgin Australia hasRead More →
British Airways has confirmed that the last of its three retrojet Boeing 747 aircraft will be saved from the scrap heap. A total of four Queens of the Skies have been saved from being torn apart. British Airways saddened many aviation fans earlier this year when it announced it wasRead More →
The Yakovlev Yak-130 (Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer, light fighter and potential light attack aircraft, able to replicate characteristics of Russian 4th and 5th generation fighters. In the early 1990s, the Soviet government asked the industry to develop a new aircraft to replace the Czech-made Aero L-29 DelphinRead More →
November 23, 2020. A fire broke out in the cockpit of a Boeing 747-400 British Airways (G-CIVD) which was being scrapped at Castellon airport. The fire was extinguished by the airport’s fire brigade, and no injuries were reported. This is the damage after a BAW 744 caught fire while itRead More →
The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. It is one of three strategic bombers in the U.S. Air Force fleet as of 2020, the other two being the B-2 Spirit and the B-52 Stratofortress. The B-1 was first envisioned in the 1960s asRead More →
