September 2010 Archives

FlightBlogger questions the authenticity of the image of a merged airline livery taken by a cell phone camera and posted on Flickr.

It looks as though it shows "the first United/Continental merged livery in the flesh. It is believed that a Continental 737-900ER (N53442) is the first to receive the new merged colors and by the looks of that photo, it certainly is a -900ER. What do you think?"

See the picture accompanying the story about the unveiling of Poland's first modernised PZL-130 Orlik trainer, dubbed the Orlik TC-II.

The aircraft features a Pratt & Whitney PT6-25C engine, which replaces its original Walter M601T, plus new wings, Garmin avionics and rearranged cockpit instruments.

A British team proved flapless flight is possible with the Demon UAV, an adapted BAE Systems Eclipse. It flew with its flight control surfaces deactivated during a portion of the flight to test a new aerodynamic circulation control system.

The DEW Line has a funny video showing how a Japanese P-3C kills a Chinese or possibly North Korean submarine, by using mini vehicles operated by children and AirSpace user apgphoto has uploaded images to his gallery of the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race, the oldest balloon race which was launched for the first time from the UK. 

Follow the links from the Flight Blog post to see how Flight covered the event in the archives.

AirSpace user flyer1 has uploaded an image of an Battle of Britain that he photographed at the Biggin Hill Airshow in the summer.

For more of his images see his gallery.

During the Battle of Britain 70th anniversary celebrations, we're offering 20% off images of aircraft during the 1939 and 1945 period at our Image Store.

You can get prints in a range of formats, from canvas, framed, images on t-shirts and mugs and as jigsaw puzzles, all of which make perfect gifts.

Safety and Operations Editor, David Learmount shares some highlights of his recent trip to Iceland.

He visited Reykjavik aerodrome, originally a WW2 base built by the UK Royal Air Force and see some images of the ash as he flew over the volcano as part of an exercise in sharing knowledge learned by the industry from the travel chaos caused by Eyjafjallajökull eruptions in April.

Ever considered wearing your luggage to avoid paying to put your bags in the hold? A UK department store is selling big coat with lots of pockets so passengers can do just that.

"They are putting the new trend down to reports from the shop floor that customers prefer to pack heavier items such as books, towels, electronic net books and cameras, into large pocketed garments, rather than pay fees up to £40 return, charged by some low-cost airlines for cases stowed in the hold, according to an Airline Business blog post.

See Flightglobal's Battle of Britain page and how Flight recorded the events of the battle 70 years ago and to celebrate the anniversary, Flightglobal's Image Store is offering 20% off prints of the aircraft and cutaways from the World War II including the Messerschmitt 109, Supermarine Spitfire and the Hurricane among many others.

Mary Kirby, aka Runway Girl covered the AIX Interiors show held last week in sunny Long Beach, California. Check out the page from the show containing tabs for news, images, videos, blogs, Twitter.

Watch Runway Girl's video preview of the show and follow the news as it progressed throughout the week from what the future holds for IFE&C, and how Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) installed and certified the Lufthansa Technik Niceview Moving Map System on a Panaviatic Learjet 60.

AirSpace user flyer1 has uploaded a great image of the RAF Red Arrows British Aerospace Hawk T1 formating above the English Channel at Airbourne, Eastbourne's Seaside Airshow in July. Links BoB Image store Interiors

AirSpace user Hilly has uploaded some impressive images of aircraft in sunset and fighter jets in formation.

We have been busy uploading recently published cutaway posters to the Flightglobal Image Store as well as to AirSpace in the cutaways gallery.

Take a look at our most recent published cutaway, the Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk Block 40 and the first of its kind, the Global Hawk Block 10 in the Flightglobal Image Store where you can buy reprints of this and thousands of unique aviation photographs and cutaway drawings.  

Why not take a look to see how the Global Hawk's design has evolved from Block 10 to Block 40 and let us know your thoughts.

Learn how the Battle of Britain was progressing this time 70 years ago in our archives.

In Flight's 5 September issue we reported in the weekly column War in the Air that Berlin and London had been heavily bombed. We wrote: "The chief damage which the [Luftwaffe] did was to injure St.Giles' Church, Cripplegate, where John Milton is buried. One bomb knocked the statue of the poet off its pedestal, but did not damage it seriously.

"The incident aroused indignation, not only here, but also in the United States. Milton, like Shakespeare, is a common heritage of the English-speaking world."