US Airways pilot escorted out of airport by security for not wanting to fly unsafe A330

Would any commercial pilot here on FA fly a jet who's APU and hot battery bus have failed? (www.thestreet.com) Ещё...

Revolutionary jet engine has no moving parts

A Regina-based aerospace company is working on a new jet engine that has no moving parts. (ca.news.yahoo.com) Ещё...

I got the need, the need for speed!!!

Airbus A320 vs racecar vs motorcycle. (blog.seattlepi.com) Ещё...

787 Dreamliner becomes reality three years behind schedule

The Seattle Times reported on Sunday that 787 programme costs had topped $32bn due to delays. That estimate raised questions, the newspaper said, over whether the new jet would make money for Boeing before "well into the 2020s, if ever". Analysts say new jets typically cost closer to $15bn. Boeing also faces Wall Street concerns over its ability to reach its target of lifting output to 10 planes a month by 2013. (www.guardian.co.uk) Ещё...

Reconsidering the Miracle on the Hudson

Journalist and author William Langewiesche speaks during a seminar at the Holden School in Turin, Italy (www.time.com) Ещё...

Air Transat to slowly phase out their 310's....

A buddy of mine who is a First Officer for Air Transat, mentioned to me that HQ is thinking of slowly phasing out the 310's - he is typed on the 310 at the moment. I asked him what are they looking at to replace the 310's. He told me that perhaps they will get 767-200ERs from Continental!? Though, there are obvious hicups with Continentals financials. Anyhow, this is nothing solid. Just thought i would share. (www.airtransat.ca) Ещё...

Qantas A380 repairs added less weight than expected to aircraft

Repairs to the Qantas Airways Airbus A380 that had an uncontained engine failure in November 2010 added only 94kg to the weight of the aircraft. (www.flightglobal.com) Ещё...

Incident: EgyptAir B773 over Atlantic on Mar 5th 2012, engine shut down in flight

An EgyptAir Boeing 777-300, registration SU-GDL performing flight MS-986 (dep Mar 4th) from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Cairo (Egypt) with 156 passengers, was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean about half an hour before reaching the Irish coast when the crew reported an engine failure, shut the right hand engine (GE90) down and descended from FL340 to FL260. The crew declared emergency, diverted to Shannon (Ireland) for a safe landing on runway 06 and taxied to the gate. (avherald.com) Ещё...

Alaska Airlines ends prayer cards on flights

(CNN) - Passengers on Alaska Airlines will no longer get a free Psalm with their meal. (religion.blogs.cnn.com) Ещё...

Incident: Eva B744 near Taipei on Mar 25th 2012, loss of cabin pressure

An Eva Air Boeing 747-400, registration B-16411 performing flight BR-702 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Shanghai Pu Dong (China) with 357 passengers, was climbing through about 20,800 feet out of Taipei when the crew received indication of cabin altitude above limit, donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent to 8000 feet. The aircraft returned to Taipei for a safe landing on Taipei's runway 06 about 25 minutes later. Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council (ASC) confirmed the… (avherald.com) Ещё...