Tag: Boeing

Is there a lesson for SESAR in the A400M?

In case you do not know, the A400M is the military transport Europe has been trying to put together for a few years now and which has recently managed to get airborne. In body anyway because the future of its spirit is far from assured. Why the military needed a new propeller driven heavy transport… Continue reading Is there a lesson for SESAR in the A400M?

British Airways Boeing 777 Heathrow accident final report issued

G-YMMM was executing British Airways Flight 38 Beijing-London Heathrow on 17 January 2008 when it crash landed just short of the runway at its destination airport. Several people were injured but there were no fatalities. The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has now released its final report on the accident. The 777 was 720… Continue reading British Airways Boeing 777 Heathrow accident final report issued

Station calling – Visiting Jeppesen

Introduction In the aviation business, like in any other business, certain names rise to the top to be there for decades serving as beacons of progress and hope. Then some of them disappear, never to be heard of again. New generations grow up and for them names like Curtiss or Douglas or McDonnell do not mean… Continue reading Station calling – Visiting Jeppesen

Interesting people, unusual flight plans…

Kathleen O’Brien – Houston we have a problem… Kathleen O’Brien is an Associate Technical Fellow with Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle. What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I loved to read and becoming a librarian looked like a good choice. You know how it is, little girls did not have… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…

Air France 447 – Second Interim Report published. Cause still unknown.

News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary The loss of AF447 over the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009 is proving to be every bit the nightmare of accident investigators and safety experts alike. The French accident investigation bureau BEA has now published their second Interim Report which includes new findings and makes a… Continue reading Air France 447 – Second Interim Report published. Cause still unknown.

Same time, same place, same level…19

EmergencyLight – Phantom Menace Winter flying in real, cold continental climate is hard on pilots, aeroplanes and controllers alike. The somewhat lower traffic volume is frequently offset by the delays resulting from snow and ice on the runway, or the occasional broken-down snow-sweeper… As you will see, cold winter air has a number of its… Continue reading Same time, same place, same level…19

Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes to the air

Late by 28 months but finally in the air! 15 December 2009 will no doubt be a memorable day for Boeing and the whole industry for that matter: the 787 has finally taken to the air, its maiden flight hopefully bringing an end to the series of problems the program had to contend with over… Continue reading Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes to the air

Same time, same place, same level…18

EmergencyLight – Uninvited guests There is no doubt about it, flying to-day is the safest means of transportation. The numbers are well known and to most of us people whose bread comes from one or the other area of civil aviation, driving to and from the airport appears far more dangerous than being up in… Continue reading Same time, same place, same level…18

Anniversary – Boeing 747 first revenue flight

40 year anniversary on 22 January 2010 Pan American World Airways is long gone but the 747, into its fifth generation, still strives. Forty years ago on 22 January 1970 it was a Pan Am clipper that introduced this undisputed king of large aircraft to revenue service. N736PA, a 747-100 flew from New York to… Continue reading Anniversary – Boeing 747 first revenue flight