Technology in Action - ground-breaking technological achievements that form aviation as we know it

Old fashioned K 18 Glider landing after along sunny day in the thermals

IP — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:36:00 GMT

Concorde showing its wing shape and engines while visiting EDDS

IP — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:34:00 GMT

Patroiulle Swiss.jpg

Photo competition — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:02:00 GMT

Air Greenland S-61N.jpg

action — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:38:00 GMT

Osprey

sobester — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:24:00 GMT

F-WWOW

sobester — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:20:00 GMT

Windowseats for everybody

leeuw — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:10:00 GMT

For every passenger there should be a windowseat.

Cartoon by Ton van Andel, look at www.humor.aero

Martin Baker ejection seat test Meteor near Chalgrove

Gerard Boymans — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:39:00 GMT

The a380 in action

leeuw — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:39:00 GMT

A cartoon by Ton van Andel about latest technology, and how it can be used.

R-99A FAB (3)

KK1 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:35:00 GMT

Taken 16/07/2007 @ FFD

R-99A FAB (2)

KK1 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:31:00 GMT

Taken 16/07/2007 @ FFD

R-99A FAB (1)

KK1 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:28:00 GMT

Taken 16/07/2007 @ FFD

A380 Than You flight over Wichita Kansas

Dale Krebbs — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:29:00 GMT

The A380 wings were designed in Wichita, Kansas and this October 2007 Wichita two-pass fly-over was a first look visual Thank You to the Wichita engineers.

a 747 landing gear in the business mode

roelk — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:30:00 GMT

It's all there, the rubber, the grease, the smoke and the action. This technology is overlooked so often but it delivers us home safe and sound each and every time. But did you ever spend a single thought on those wheels when you boarded a plane?

1929 Travel Air S6000B

TailspinTommy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:30:00 GMT

This record setting 1929 Travel Air S6000B paved the way for modern in-flight refueling by establishing a 13-day endurance records in September 1930. This lovely old lady, no dowager queen, is still flown daily from Homer Alaska by Kachemak Bay Air Service, a certified air carrier. This floatplane paved the way back when there were round engines, and rag wings, and shiny varnish on golden wood ribs. With wicker seats, mahogany framed roll down windows, fresh flowes in a crystal vase, a tiled lavatory, and broadcloth seat covers it personified luxury aloft. Fledgling Delta and Braniff flew them and they were touted as the "Limousine of the Air." Phillips Petroleum even sponsored this aircraft and a crew that stayed up for 13 days without a landing or, for that matter, a bath. A hose was lowered from another aircraft to transfer fuel and, clinging to a makeshift catwalk, the crew changed spark plugs inches from the spinning propeller, thousands of feet from the ground. See http://www.alaskaseaplanes.com/NC9084.html for more information on this historic aircraft and her equally renown pilot, an Alaskan hero.

Cold war technolgy form the East

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:50:00 GMT

Old technology in the sunset

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:47:00 GMT

Italian beauty

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:44:00 GMT

The sophisticated dark eagle

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:41:00 GMT

New technology from the East 2

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:39:00 GMT

New technology from the East 1

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:36:00 GMT

Technology and elegance

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:32:00 GMT

Close encounter with the prototype

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:30:00 GMT

The new thing

boxer 03 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:27:00 GMT

MV-22 Osprey

jaredg — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:39:00 GMT

A shot of the MV-22 Osprey's first visit to Charlotte, NC.

Quatar A340-600

erwan_ei — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:58:00 GMT

Quatar A340-600 over central Europe in winter 2005/6

2nd Generation Pioneers in Aviation

Bishnujee — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:34:00 GMT

Mr Bishnujee Singh is the recipient of the first ever Royal Aeronautical Society Cayley Award 2003 sponsored by BAe Systems, Smiths Aerospace, Rolls Royce UK, Lockheed Martin Aircraft Limited. Mr Singh is a member of AeSI and a Graduate Aeronautical Engineer, AeSI.

Tilt Rotor going forward

Quebec Canuck — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:09:00 GMT

Tilt Rotor Demo Flight at Farnbourough 2006. First time I saw this live and it really makes you appreciate the technology and makes me imagine what the Wright Brothers would think if they could see this in action!

AEROMACHI Trainer

AARNO — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:46:00 GMT

A380 - Farnborough 2006

vapourtrail — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:30:00 GMT