The seat made from titanium and composites weighs just 4 kg (8.8 lbs) (in comparison the Recaro seats used by United weigh 11 kg). The seat caters to single-aisle aircraft bodies, including A320 and B737, for short and medium hauls and could save up to $500,000 per year per aircraft by reducing fuel consumption. The…
Airbus A380 Tail Strike Test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwQMXz9PbrY Boeing 747-8 undergoes extreme testing Twitter @curbexcitement
In fact Transition is more “roadable airplane” then “flying car”. Two prototypes have been built and over 100 people have advance-ordered them, the first delivery is scheduled for 2015. The company behind the airplane/car is Terrafugia that has already raised $10 million in funding. “Transition, is a two-seater folding-wing aerocar that is designed to comply…
International Lease Finance Corporation ordered the most 74 (ILFC is a leasing company the leases planes to airlines). As of June 2013, the two largest airline orders are by All Nippon Airways (66) and United Airlines (65). Source Wikipedia Twitter @curbexcitement
One of the readers of the post Why are cabin lights dimmed for take-off? put this link in his comment and I think it deserves a post of its own. Some excerpts from the article: “Touch drills” and “muscle memory” While your pilots are waiting for takeoff, it may surprise you that they’re probably doing a…
It is ‘Super Guppy’ with a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long. It can carry a maximum payload of more than 26 tons. The aircraft has unique hinged nose that can open more than 200 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from…
Did you know pilots don’t eat shellfish while on duty? I did not know it. 1. Pilots may spend long periods of time away from home. To keep their loved ones close, they’ll often keep photos of their family or spouses in the inside lining of their hat. 2. You couldn’t buy a shrimp cocktail…
Just photos of propellers
I have to visit any aviation museum that is easily accessible from a city I am in, and when I visited Seattle some time ago I had to go to the ‘Museum of Flight’. What a pity Concorde does not fly any more. Did you know that here have been more U.S. astronauts than Concorde…
The “flying wing” concept, proposed by a team headed by Ge-Chen Zha, an aerospace engineer at Florida State University, has won $100,000 in NASA funding to trying becoming a reality for future passenger jet travel (from InnovationNewsDaily). “I am hoping to develop an environmentally friendly and economically viable airplane for supersonic civil transport in the next…