PICTURE: Boeing reveals commercial crew capsule

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Boeing has revealed its capsule concept for NASA's $50 million Commercial Crew Development (CCD) initiative

Webbies 2009 - winners and judges comments

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:44:00 GMT

Eurofighter Typhoon, Amsterdam Schiphol International airport and Things in the Sky blog have triumphed at Flightglobal's annual aviation web awards. The Webbies 2009, now in its second year, celebrate the best and brightest in aviation websites and their social media activities. The Eurofighter website won the Best Aerospace website for its interactivity and games element. Amsterdam's airport triumphed in the Best Airport category for knocking down language barriers, and the judges were impressed with the blog, Things in the Sky for its "compelling visual content". The Webbies 2009 had two new categories: Best Enthusiast/Community Website to honour the website that delivers

Obama's commercial spaceflight incurs political wrath

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:25:00 GMT

President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget has ended NASA’s 2020 Moon programme while privatising manned spacecraft, incurring the wrath of politicians even before the agency...

NASA gets $500 million for commercial crew

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:52:00 GMT

NASA is to get $500 million for its commercial crew transport programme under President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget request for the agency of...

Briefings

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Russian PowerJet partner NPO Saturn is determined to receive certification for...

NASA's new budget cancels Constellation programme

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:26:00 GMT

NASA's return to the Moon Constellation programme has been cancelled under president Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget request after billions of dollars...

Big birds and high flying

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Telecommunications satellites are heavyweights and getting heavier - can Europe's rockets handle the load?

France's 2020 Euro vision

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMT

Despite its neighbours' interest in France's military satellite projects, a more pan-European approach is yet to emerge

Two days left to enter the Webbies 09

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:40:00 GMT

It's your last chance to enter the Webbies 2009 - Flightglobal Aviation Web Awards - The closing date is Sunday 10 January. The Webbies 09 will be judged by Flightglobal's own experts as well independent judges from the industry including Sergio Mello, founder of Satisfly and Jeff Kaufman, director of business development at EAA, among others. The Webbies 09 is now in its second year, and has two brand new categories. The Webbies 2009 - Flightglobal Aviation Web Awards follows the success of last year's Webbies 2008, and is giving the entire online aviation community a chance to enter and nominate their favourite websites, from established industry leaders to striving newcomers, in celebration and acknowledgement of the best and brightest aviation websites and online activities the Internet has to offer. Webbies-09

EU admits no date for worldwide Galileo service and spiralling costs

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:39:00 GMT

The European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system will not provide a worldwide service by 2014 the European Commission admitted today...

2009: The year in review - Flightglobal's technical developments

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

This year saw some big changes on the technology front here at Flightglobal. You may have noticed a more spiffy "landing page" for major events, like this one for the Paris Air Show. We also launched the Flightglobal image store, enabling you to purchase photos and reprints from our 100 year archive, as well as cutaways in your preferred format and style, whether it's on canvas, framed or even as a jigsaw, like this Concorde cutaway. Continue reading....

Flightglobal on tour: Air Shows of 2009

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

2009 saw the Flightglobal team cover six international air shows on three continents. The big show of the year of course was Paris, and it was no less than the show's 100th anniversary. The champagne was limited given the gloomy economy, but orders still flowed. AirAsia X ordered A350 XWBs and Qatar's CEO Akbar Al-Baker had a stern warning for Boeing about 787 delays. Moving away from the commercial side, Oshkosh,"the world's greatest aviation celebration"--saw highlights including: a demonstration of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo mothership "Eve", the first display of the Airbus A380 in North America, and the "Elvis" '1481460921bctid=31005415001">'Erickson Skycrane. Continue reading...

2009: The Year's Anniversaries

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This past year saw some significant anniversaries for aviation. It was the 100th anniversary of Louis Blériot becoming the first person to cross a 'large body of water' in a 'heavier than air' aircraft. Also celebrating its 100th anniversary was the Paris Air Show, which Flightglobal covered in full force. Continue reading...

Flightglobal - the Year in Cutaways

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Flightglobal's technical artist Joe Picarella produces our signature and exclusive cutaway drawings of aircraft, missiles, and space systems. This year Flightglobal produced the following cutaways:...... Continue reading...

2009: A Year in First Flights

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

What a year it has been for first flights! We had the EC225, G250, A400M (finally), and Boeing 787 (finally!) For more information of these historical events, follow the links from the Flight Blog. Continue reading...

Comment: In space, it's best not to go alone

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Next year could be a milestone for space exploration. The world's major spacefaring nations should be fleshing out plans for a new era of collaborative missions...

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