Category: Civil Aviation

Airbus has received its first Messier-Dowty manufactured A350 XWB (A350-900) main landing gear set at its test facility in Filton, UK. Airbus will install both the main landing gear and recently delivered nose landing gear sets in a landing gear systems test-rig at Filton, paving the way for integration testing planned towards the end of

Boeing says it is on track to deliver the first customer 787 Dreamliner by September and at least a dozen by the end of the year. Boeing president and CEO Jim McNerney confirmed the 787 deliveries were on track despite Boeing having to replace improperly coated fasteners on 787 wings to meet US FAA lightning

The second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully made its first flight on April 26. Aircraft RC021, registered N6067U, took off at 0926 hours local time from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, undertaking a three hour and 23 minute flight, during which it reached an altitude of 28,000ft and an airspeed of 275kt. This content is available exclusively to

Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first airline to begin pilot training on the aircraft, with 10 pilots undertaking classroom instruction in Tokyo during early Apri, followed by simulator training at Boeing Flight Services (BFS)’s campus in Seattle, Washington, from April 23. “The start of customer training is an exciting milestone