Dec
23
2019
Boeing CEO Dennis Mullenburg, who had been stripped of the company’s Chairmanship in October, was fired and will be replaced as follows.
Boeing Just Fired Its CEO
Aircraft
Category Archives for Aircraft.
6 Controversial Things I Believe About The Boeing 737 MAX
Dec
22
2019
Many readers believe that the Boeing 737 MAX should never fly again. I disagree. I believe that while there were design flaws, those have been addressed, and regulators are inherently conservative and so it’s likely taking longer than it should to allow the plane to operate commercial flights. I will fly the aircraft again, and you will probably will too.
This New Auto Landing Feature For Private Planes Is Amazing
Dec
18
2019
About six weeks ago Garmin introduced a new auto land feature for private aircraft. It senses when a pilot is non-responsive, and it can be easily activated by passengers. It finds the nearest appropriate airport, communicates with air traffic control and lands the plane on its own.
Most aviation accidents in the U.S. involve light aircraft. An average of three times a year a private pilot becomes incapacitated while flying. This looks like a game changer for worst case scenario events.
How American Airlines Is Getting Ready To Bring The Boeing 737 MAX Back Into Service
Dec
18
2019
American Airlines President Robert Isom hosted a meeting separately with pilots and with flight attendants updating employees on the 737 MAX. At the final ‘Crew News’ employee forum of the year they walked through Boeing’s changes to the MCAS system in anticipation of the aircraft’s return to service. They’re confident in the fix to the underlying issue that occurred in both the Lion Air and Ethiopian disasters.
Canadian Regulator Says MCAS Must Go Before Boeing 737 MAX Can Fly Again
Nov
23
2019
It is not the official position of any safety agency at this point, but regulators are discussing a whole different approach from Boeing’s software fixes as they consider what it will take to re-certify the 737 MAX.
The Emirates A350 Deal Shows Why to Treat Aircraft Order Announcements With Skepticism
Nov
18
2019
At the Dubai Air Show Emirates placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A350-900s “at $16 billion in list prices. Deliveries will start in May 2023 and run until 2028.”
Great news for Airbus? No, not really.
New Video Game Has You Sit In Your Airplane Seat For Six Hours. (No, Really.)
Nov
16
2019
The aviation world is excited about the 2020 release of Microsoft’s new version of Flight Simulator. But that’s not the only aviation game coming out soon.
The world is about to get a taste of Airplane Mode – a six hour trip as a passenger on board a transatlantic flight which occurs in real time.
New Trailer for Upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator Reveals Boeing 747 Action
Nov
15
2019
I’m genuinely excited by this, although I worry I’ll spend way too much time on this. I don’t play video games, it’s not a part of my life. That might be about to change.
The FAA Is Not to Blame for Letting Boeing Self-Certify the 737 MAX
Nov
02
2019
Self-certification dates to 1956. It is not part of a deregulatory push. It’s a system that has worked remarkably well. The FAA has approximately 400 engineers to work on aircraft certification. Boeing has 45,000 engineers. The FAA cannot possibly do all of the work themselves and we wouldn’t want to shift the best engineering minds away from creating product to oversight.
Delegation isn’t a strictly-U.S. practice, or one which was limited to the MAX.
Airbus A320 Gets Stuck Under a Bridge, Quick-Thinking Truck Driver Breaks It Free
Oct
22
2019
Video from Chinese social media platform Weibo shows an Airbus A320, being transported by truck, getting stuck underneath a pedestrian bridge near Harbin, in northeastern China.
The truck driver deflated the truck’s tires in order to dislodge the plane and get past the bridge, and then re-inflated the tires them shortly after.
