Week on the Web: July 2011 Archives

Until re-engine plans are firmed, Boeing 737's future in Renton is an open question," ran a FlightBlogger headline, picking up on remarks by Boeing chief Jim Albaugh.

On The DEW Line, Stephen Trimble predicted a display of the Sukhoi T-50 will make Moscow's MAKS the summer's best air show.

Trimble also ran a video that expounds Sikorsky's post-X2 plans, set out at Oshkosh.

David Learmount, on his eponymous blog, wondered what environmentally-conscious vegetarians would make of moves to use waste animal fat to power aircraft, and Ariel View's Arie Egozi decided that adapting Israel Aerospace Industries' Barak-8 missile for airborne launch "makes sense".

And on Asian Skies, Greg Waldron wrote that the Indian air force's spare parts tenders underlined its "urgent need to obtain new types"

As the ZA002 test aircraft bounced between airports in Japan, Jon "FlightBlogger" Ostrower analysed All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 configuration, with footage from its 'Made with Japan' promo, which he posted along with videos from the Dreamliner's launch-customer visit.

On The DEW Line, Stephen Trimble puzzled over conflicting JF-17 specifications issued by China's AVIC and CATIC at the Paris air show.

On Asian Skies, Greg Waldron pondered whether two separate aircraft would win Japan's F-X and F-XX contests to replace McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Boeing F-15Js respectively.

On Ariel View, Arie Egozi bemoaned the shelving of Israel's aviation security authority.

And elsewhere on the site, the role of women in aviation was celebrated with the launch of a dedicated page.