Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson once said, "If your dreams don't scare you, they are too small." He wasn't referring to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that his airline operates, but it easily applies. On October 26, the Dreamliner reaches its 10-year milestone in service. Branding the 787 the Dreamliner wasn't just marketing speak. The 787, then and now, is one of those game-changing, envelope-pushing aircraft that come along once in a generation. (www.cnn.com) 更多...
“It’ll still stay a publicly owned airport, but it won’t be open generally to the public, it will be a private airport usable only with permission from the town.” (www.danspapers.com) 更多...
A small plane took off from Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, Ont., on Wednesday, but began experiencing mechanical issues and landed on stretch of Highway 407 north of Toronto soon after takeoff. (www.cbc.ca) 更多...
Italy's Blue Panorama suspends flight operations Blue Panorama Airlines (BV, Rome Fiumicino) suspended flight operations on October 26, a joint note from the Uiltrasporti, Filt Cgil, and Fit Cisl unions has told Italian news media. The grounding, precipitated by reduced cash flows brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, has also affected the Italian leisure specialist's Luke Air (LKA, Rome Fiumicino) subsidiary. Neither the airline nor the Italian authorities had yet commented on the… (www.ch-aviation.com) 更多...
An Iberia Airbus A350-900, registration EC-NDR performing flight IB-6586 from Bogota (Colombia) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was on final approach to Madrid's runway 32L descending through about 1000 feet AGL when a vulture impacted the aircraft's nose. The aircraft continued for a safe landing about 90 seconds later. The aircraft's nose was cracked with the dead vulture trapped. (avherald.com) 更多...
Often, when we think of long-endurance flights, our first thoughts jump to military operations. Big planes with highly-trained crew will fly for long periods, using air-to-air refuelling to stay aloft for extended periods. However, many of the longest duration flights have been undertaken as entirely civilian operations. The longest of all happened to be undertaken by that most humble of aircraft, the Cessna 172. From December 1958 to February 1959, Bob Timm and John Cook set out to make… (hackaday.com) 更多...
Aircraft took off from Buttonville (ONT) airport, switched fuel tanks on climbout, had engine problems, then landed safely. Factor may include first flight after inspection. (toronto.citynews.ca) 更多...
For the first time, your next flight could be unlocked by facial recognition technology, starting at bag check, going through security and all the way to the gate. The partnership between Delta and the Transportation Security Administration aims to save passengers time as people are flooding back to airports. (www.knoe.com) 更多...
The company is the only and the first to operate a model in Brazil that adds to the efficiency of its operation in the country during the resumption... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...
Boeing has broken ground on a new facility for maintenance of military aircraft at Cecil Field Airport (KVQQ) on the west side of Jacksonville, FL The 370,000 square foot facility should bring 300 new jobs to the area. (www.jacksonville.com) 更多...
An American Airlines flight from New York City to Orange County, California, was diverted to Denver on Wednesday after a passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant, according to reports. (www.foxbusiness.com) 更多...
