GE recalls 777X turbofans to address compressor issue amid scramble to minimise 777X delays

GE Aviation is recalling four GE9X powerplants from Boeing to address a previously disclosed engine compressor issue that already forced Boeing to delay the 777X's first flight. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Global Supertanker to combat biggest wildfires in Bolivian history

Bolivian vicepresident announced this evening that Evergreen´s Global Supertanker 747 will arrive on Friday 23/08/19 from California to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (SLVR) to combat wildfires in southwestern Bolivia, VP quoted flight cost at $US16K per hour plus $800K guarantee. On 09/07/19 by Decreto Supremo No. 3973, bolivian president Evo Morales authorized "controlled fires" in Amazonian regions of Beni and Santa Cruz, shall we say "things got out of hand"... (www.paginasiete.bo) 기타...

Public help sought to find fallen Swiss A220 engine parts

French investigators are seeking assistance to locate engine parts which they believe fell from an Airbus A220-300 as it passed over the east of the country last month. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

FlySafair plane makes emergency landing after cabin pressure malfunction

A FlySafair flight headed from Cape Town to Durban had to make an emergency landing minutes after take off. According to Kirby Gordon, Head of Sales and Distribution at FlySafair the FA 461 departed at 20:01 pm from Cape Town International. "During the climb the cabin crew were alerted to an issue regarding the cabin pressurisation systems and decided to turn back to Cape Town and implement the required safety procedures. (www.iol.co.za) 기타...

Where Will Boeing Be in 5 Years?

If you can look past the 737 MAX debacle, Boeing (NYSE: BA) has midterm prospects that appear to be very good. Unfortunately, the grounding of the aircraft has overshadowed a year of otherwise good progress at the company, which continues to lay the groundwork for future improvement. Let's analyze where it could be in five years, with a focus on its commercial operations. (finance.yahoo.com) 기타...

Boeing is hiring as it expect resuming 737 MAX deliveries in October

Boeing said on Tuesday it plans to add extra staff and hire “a few hundred” temporary employees at an airport in Washington state where it is storing many grounded 737 MAX jetliners, a key step in its best-case plan for resuming deliveries to airline customers in October. (www.airlive.net) 기타...

Brazil: LATAM increases the volume of flights in Rio Grande do Norte State by 16%

Package to join the new ICMS reduction incentives for the company's weekly flight operation in the state... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 기타...

Small jet bursts into flames while taking off in Northern California airport; all 10 on board escape injury

All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday when the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials said. (www.latimes.com) 기타...

The dream of flying taxis may not be too far off

"Mark my words. A combination of airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile. But it will come," Henry Ford quipped in 1940. Our dreams of cars capable of taking flight at the whim of their driver have been around nearly as long as we've had cars themselves, or at least as long as we've endured heavy commute traffic. Yet the prospect of actual, commercially available flying automobiles has always seemed to remain just out of reach, only a few years from viability. But even… (www.engadget.com) 기타...

Air Force F-16 fighter jet from 1980 for sale in Florida

You don't see this every day. Palm Beach, Fla.-based Jet Lease has listed a 1980 F-16 A/B Fighting Falcon for sale — and the rare offer made waves online. The 1980 multirole fighter jet, which has an $8.5 million price tag, is being offered alongside two other F-16 Vipers, according to The Drive, an automotive website that also writes about defense topics. This is not your average “used” fighter jet — the plane is a fully functioning combat aircraft and not demilitarized. (www.foxnews.com) 기타...

Air Force Tests Contraption That Can Turn Any Plane Into a Robot Plane

Scientists say new ROBOpilot completed a two-hour test flight, essentially turning a manned plane into a drone. (www.nextgov.com) 기타...

Qantas Tests 20-Hour Non-Stop Flights to See If Passengers Can Bear It

Qantas Airways Ltd. will run marathon ghost flights from New York and London to Sydney carrying just a few staff to see how the human body holds up before commercial services start. Qantas said Thursday it will simulate the world’s longest direct flights with Boeing Co. Dreamliners as soon as October. The payload of 40 passengers and crew, most of them employees, will undergo a host of medical checks and assessments. (www.bloomberg.com) 기타...