Archive for February, 2008
Bleed air technology found in most common commercial transport jet aircraft is becoming a growing target for criticism. Recently, a story was unveiled by writer, Chris Ingalls from King 5 News who described a three year study being conducted by Dr. Clement Furlong from the University of Washington genetics lab ...
For the first time in history a commercial airliner, a Virgin Airlines Boeing 747, was flown with a biofuel and kerosene mixture. The airplane was successful in a test flight between London and Amsterdam. Because this was a test flight, there were no passengers on board.
Richard Branson, Chief of Virgin ...
The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 tickets can be purchased online. AirVenture.org has a new advance ticket purchasing system that allows EAA members as well as non-members to pre-purchase AirVenture tickets for this years 2008 OshKosh Airventure event coming up this July 28th through August 3rd, 2008.
In recent news from EAA, ...
It has been reported that Adam Aircraft has filed for bankruptcy. Adam Aircraft is a newer company, founded in 1998, founded by George F. Adam Jr. and John C. Krudsen and based out of Centennial, Colorado.
Adam Aircraft filed in court for liquidation of assets estimated to be worth between one ...
American Airlines will be the first US carrier to provide an Internet connection to it’s passengers. This service will be provided through Aircell, an airborne communications company that holds over 30 patents of the kind. It will allow a broadband connection to the Internet wile in the air.
American will begin ...
If you're not familiar with backcountry flying let me take a second to say that you're definitely missing out. While I'm probably a very biased source, I think that I've got a right to be. You see I grew up in Idaho, where I was steps from what is ...
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The Airplane Blog soars the high altitudes of the blogosphere seeking out the best places to land and provide some great aviation related links to share with our readers. This is the first volume of many that we will be covering. Subscribe to The Airplane Blog RSS Feed and never ...
Since the days when Orville and Wilbur Wright jumped into the first real airplane, man has come up with some highly interesting, if not imaginative, airplane designs. From simple jet packs strapped to the back to huge multi-winged monstrosities, the airplane has seen it all. Here are just a few ...
I love tech gadgets and that really is part of the reason why I like airplanes. The Equipment and avionics equipped on many airplanes are quite amazing. I am a fool for technology and enjoy reading up on the most modern and technological avionics such as the Bendix King KSN ...
