iscoverYear: 2018
Bombardier to sell Q400 program for $300 million
/ | 3 Comments on Bombardier to sell Q400 program for $300 millionBombardier is selling its Q400 turboprop business to the parent company of Canada-based aircraft manufacturer Viking Air for CAD$300 million.
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TBT: The Embraer E-Jet experience in Australia
/ | 1 Comment on TBT: The Embraer E-Jet experience in AustraliaThis week’s Throwback Thursday feature is from the August 2008 edition of Australian Aviation, which looks at the Embraer E-Jet experience in Australia.
Read more »ATSB says headwind change led to Virgin Australia tailstrike
/ | 11 Comments on ATSB says headwind change led to Virgin Australia tailstrikeA Virgin Australia Boeing 737 suffered a tailstrike on takeoff from Auckland after a reduction in headwind resulted in a drop in airspeed, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation has found.
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FAA issues 737 MAX emergency AD
| 5 Comments on FAA issues 737 MAX emergency ADAs a result of continuing investigations into last week’s crash of Lion Air flight 610, the US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) to operators of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft calling on them to address procedures in the event of pilots receiving erroneous angle of attack sensor information.
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AA PODCAST #22: A look at the GE9X engine with with Ted Ingling
/We were joined on the Australian Aviation podcast by Ted Ingling, the program general manager for the GE9X, the engine that will power the Boeing 777-X.
Read more »C929 mockup unveiled at Zhuhai Airshow
/ | 4 Comments on C929 mockup unveiled at Zhuhai AirshowA mockup of the C929, China and Russia’s candidate to challenge the Airbus and Boeing duopoly in the widebody passenger market, has been shown off to attendees at the Zhuhai Airshow.
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