Boeing’s 737 military derivatives mature Boeing officially rolled out a P-8A Poseidon test aircraft for the US Navy at a ceremony at its Renton facility in Seattle on July 30. The aircraft, one of the first two of a planned six flight test aircraft, was presented to Navy, Boeing and local officials at the facility
Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Tony Tyler I had the pleasure of announcing the half year results for the first half of 2007, and then the full year results which we announced in March 2008, which were the best we’ve ever had, at HK$7bn profit. But of course by then we already knew that 2008 itself
Focusing on the end game Finally, some good news for the RAAF’s much delayed Wedgetail AEW&C program emerged in late July. The program completed a comprehensive review in early July after previously being assessed by the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Labs and participating in a Operational Utility Demonstration (OUD) as part of April’s
Despite all the gloom from the weak world economy to environmental concerns, the phenomenon known as Oshkosh again managed to capture the imagination of aviation minded people. Over the week July 27 to August 2 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, hosted 578,000 people who brought boundless enthusiasm for aviation and flying with them, even if
Commercial 787 May Not Fly This Year Reports From Seattle During July Claim That the Fix for the Wing Join Issue Which Has Delayed the First Flight of the 787 is More Complex Than Boeing Has Revealed, and Could Mean the Dreamliner’s First Flight May Not Take Place Until Next Year. According to a Report
At a recent aviation conference in Sydney, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce publicly laid to rest the idea that his airline was looking to merge or acquire a large stake in another airline as part of the much vaunted push for consolidation in the industry. Joyce’s predecessor at Qantas, Geoff Dixon, was a well known advocate