In 1982 Peter Vacher was travelling in India, searching for his next restoration project - an old Rolls Royce motor car. Instead he discovered the remnants of a Mark 1 Hurricane, which had flown in the Battle of Britain! Nothing more than a photograph in an album, it was not until 1995 that he decided […]
GE Aviation has launched a new engine core program, called “eCore”, as the technology cornerstone for a new generation of jet engines for narrow-body, regional, and business jets.
Bombardier today announced that its Board of Directors has granted approval for the launch of the CSeries family of aircraft, a new game-changing five abreast commercial airliner family, with the economics, performance, environmental and passenger-oriented improvements demanded by airline customers for the next quarter century. Entry into service is scheduled for 2013.
Launch customer, Lufthansa, a […]
Thomas Cook has cancelled plans to merge its German charter airline Condor with rival Air Berlin after discussions with the competition regulator. (Image: Newscom.com)
The German Cartel Office had expressed concerns that the deal could reduce holidaymakers’ choice of flights to popular Mediterranean destinations.
Thomas Cook said Condor was still a “strong business” and was looking for […]
Old friends, Airbus and Boeing, have made a deal for researching how to improve the whole air traveling to more greener. Both companies have set a goal to decrease airlines pollution they make.
(Image: Newscom)
Both companies want’s also make air traffic more effective and decrease airports “rush hours”.
If they success with that both, air routes and […]
EFBFSX (Electronic Flight Bag for FSX) is a software-based display system intended primarily for the simulated cockpit or flight deck. It virtually does away with the need for paper charts and other physical copies of documents such as aircraft operating manuals, performance data, approach charts and checklists.
In real world aviation EFB devices usually consist of […]
In England recently an airliner was flown without a pilot in the cockpit to test technology that would turn an airliner into a UAV. The flight lasted about two hours and was designed to see if you could control a fleet of UAVs flying in a pack from one command center.
“The big burning question at […]
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have been testing a new UAV powered by Hydrogen. The UAV has a twenty-two foot wingspan and is powered using only about 500 watts of power, generated by the hydrogen fuel cells.
“We are laying the groundwork in design development that others can use to develop hydrogen-powered aircraft,” explained Dimitri […]
Steve Fossett has set yet another aviation record, this time in a glider. Steve and copilot Einar Enevoldson were able to ride air currents in their glider over Patagonia reaching 50,699 feet. The unpressurized glider was released from tow at 13,000 feet for the ascent. Steve and Einar were wearing pressurized suits to survive the […]
Over at AeroNews there is some scoop that there will soon be a Turbo Cirrus, the Cirrus Turbo SR22. The turbonormalization system will be supplied by Tornado Alley Turbo.
“Our collaboration with Tornado Alley Turbo has been invaluable. The knowledge, insight and expertise they provided was significant in the creation of the Cirrus Turbo,” said Cirrus […]
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Written by Jarkko Haarala [email] for b5media.
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