First flight for Boeing’s 777X, its biggest jet yet
The plane’s maiden flight was three hours and 51 minutes in duration, with pilots reporting the 777-9 “flew beautifully” during a detailed test plan that exercised its systems and structures.
Gogo and SmartSky Networks Share 5G Plans
At APEX TECH 2020, in-flight connectivity providers Gogo and SmartSky Networks shared their excitement about the benefits of 5G technology.
Cool Running
Carlisle IT has a overheating solution for electronically steered antennas
Sims for schools: The value of flight simulators
A session in a flight simulator can be invaluable for practising rarely-flown manoeuvres or complicated instrument procedures.
From buckets to BATTs — the SEI story
Invented and made in Canada by SEI Industries, thousands of Bambi Buckets are used to fight forest fires around the world.
The Competition to Bring Back Supersonic Flight Is Heating Up
It’s been 16 years since Concorde last zoomed across the Atlantic, carrying passengers at twice the speed of sound. Now, after a generation of technological advances, is it time for an SST to return to the skies?
Keeping airports safe from drones
Doesn't it seem like common sense? That it's a bad idea to fly a drone near an airport? And that it's probably against the law too? This doesn't seem to have stopped drone owners near London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Newark, Dublin and Dubai airports
What Does It Take to Put a New Airplane Model in Service?
What’s required, exactly, to bring a new airplane into service? The rollout of a new commercial airliner is the visible culmination of years of work by the plane’s engineers, designers, and manufacturing team.
How Satellite-Based Aircraft Tracking Will Revolutionize Flying
Aireon, the newly operational space-based aircraft tracking network could be the most important development in locating planes since radar was invented in World War II.
Not Just 747s and A380s: Here Are All the Double-Decker Passenger Planes
TPG climbed into the dusty hangar of aviation history to find out about two-floor aircraft: Some that pioneered international air travel, some that were one-of-a-kind and some you still can fly today.