How effective are winglets in improving an airplane’s aerodynamics?
The main motivation for using wingtip devices is the reduction of the wingtip vortices created by the wing, although winglets…
FAA provided instructions for airlines to begin inspections for Boeing 737 Max 9
The Federal Aviation Administration released final instructions to airlines to begin conducting inspections of their 737 Max 9 planes Wednesday…
Russian jet crashes carrying Ukrainian PoWs – Moscow
Within minutes of the crash, Russia claimed the military plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew and…
Japan plane crash a reminder to be thankful for caring flight attendants
The New Year period is usually characterized by festivities and increased air travel. However, on 2 January, the mood of 367 passengers and 12 crew…
Delta Boeing 757 plane loses wheel while taxiing for takeoff
A 31-year-old (1992 built) Boeing 757-200 aircraft (N672DL) lost a nose wheel just before the take-off. On 20 January, while…
Did you know : The Boeing 777X is not the first commercial airplane to offer a folding wing
Infact, The Boeing 777-200 was originally designed with a much longer folding wing option in order to use airport gates…
France A359 at Toronto on Jan 21st 2024, tail strike on landing/go around
An Air France Airbus A350-900, registration F-HTYH performing flight AF-356 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Toronto,ON (Canada), was…
How did pilots find out their position on the globe before their aircraft was equipped with GPS?
The British were the first to come up with an analogue ‘GPS’ system for aircraft. The HS-121 Trident (which by the way…
An evacuation was initiated at Gran Canaria airport on a Transavia Boeing 737-8K2(WL) plane (PH-HXL) due to a possible fire in the baggage hold
An evacuation was initiated at Gran Canaria airport on a Transavia Boeing 737-8K2(WL) plane (PH-HXL) due to a possible fire…
Did Concorde expand in flight?
Due to the extreme frictional heating from flying at a sustained speed of more than twice the speed of sound,…