Test pilots and flight test engineers are an amazing and interesting group of people. But they are deadly serious about their work because focus and attention to detail preserves not only their lives, but those who go aloft in the aircraft they are testing Read More...
Posted to
Jetwhine
on Mon, Nov 21 2011
Filed under: Airlines, FAA, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Flight Testing, 747, airplane—310, Boeing 747, duration, engineers, etops, Flight Test Engineers, intercontinental, Long Duration Flight, randy, test
Today GE Aviation brought in their flight test aircraft, N747GE, from Victorville, California. This particular 747-100 is the 25th 747 ever made and first flew in 1970. It flew with Pan Am for 22 years before GE acquired it to be used as a flying test bed for their new aircraft engines. Seen attached...
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The third of four heavily modified Boeing 747-400s was certified June 6, 2008 by the Federal Aviation Administration for use on the 787 Program. The Large Cargo Freighter , or Dreamlifter, transports major 787 structural components Read More...
Posted to
Flightblogger
on Tue, Jun 10 2008
Filed under: Boeing, 747, LCF
Is the airline crisis of 2008 worse than the economic aftermath of September 11, 2001? Yes, absolutely. 9/11 was a crisis of confidence in the safety of air travel. Airlines simply couldn't fill their planes. The 2008 crisis is far more serious. The Read More...
Posted to
Flightblogger
on Fri, Jun 6 2008
Filed under: 787, Boeing, Airbus, A380, 737, A320, A350, C-Series, Bombardier, Airlines, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney, Geared Turbo Fan, 767, Northwest, 747, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, E-Jets, Fuel, 757
BREAKING Flight has confirmed that Boeing has received a letter of intent to purchase its 747-8i from a second airline customer. Details to follow Read More...
Posted to
Flightblogger
on Tue, May 20 2008
Filed under: Boeing, 747