Posts Tagged ‘Aviation News’
Aires Plane Breaks Apart In Colombia Crash
This is probably the best description of the crash that I’ve seen. As a passenger on the plane, this is probably what your experience would be like in the event of a crash. Sorry if that’s a little morbid, but if you were to be in a plane crash, what this guy describes is probably ...
Podcast: Episode 2 – The barefoot bandit, Iran Air & BP
Podcast: Episode 2 – The barefoot bandit, Iran Air & BP
Turkish Airlines Orders 2 A330-200F Airplanes
Turkish Airlines ordered 2 A330-200F airplanes from Airbus, but there was a catch. The catch is that one of the 2 planes is the development aircraft that took the bulk of the 200 hours of flight testing. Temel Kotil, Turkish Airlines CEO, said that since it was a development aircraft, it made it “cheaper.” The ...
Embraer In The News
This item is all about Embraer in the news. I’ve had a couple of these links for a few days, so I decided to put all of the Embraer links in one post. I think it’s better to have one post with multiple small items, than have multiple small posts, but I digress. Embraer creates ...
April 4, 2010 Aviation News Grab Bag
EADS reports that their A330-200 Freighter plane has received type certification from EASA. The plane was certified with a payload capacity of 70 tonnes (metric) which is one more than they had expected. The plane was awarded the certification after 200 hours of flight tests, using 2 different planes and 2 different power plants. Read ...
Aviation News Articles
Here’s a summary of articles from across the web: Boeing gets a $1.6 Billion order from Turkish Airlines Marketwatch reports that Boeing received an order of 20 B737 jets from Turkish Airlines. The order is split evenly between 737-800s and 737-900ER models. “The 737-800 is the backbone of the Turkish Airlines fleet and proves its ...
Aviation News Around The Web
Airbus Sees 250 Plane Orders In ’10 Despite None In Feb Wall Street Journal Chief Operating Officer-Customers, John Leahy, at the start of the year forecast demand for new aircraft from airlines would pick up again in 2012. … Aviation biggies buoyed about India Times of India That explains why the buzz around India is ...
