Aviation News

Virgin Boeing 747 Runs on BioFuel

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 ...

Airplane Blog Digital Publication Volume One: 02/10/08 - 02/16/08

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Landing on Aviation Blogs #001

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 ...

FAA orders JFK Airport to limit scheduled operations

As of March 30, 2008, JFK International Airport will begin limiting their scheduled operations. The FAA issued the order on January 15, 2008 due to the number of flights that are over capacity during their peak operating hours. They are hoping that this order will help in decreasing delays and ...