Aircraft
FAA promotes upset recovery aid
The US Federal Aviation Administration is asking airline, cargo, air taxi and fractional flight departments to incorporate upset recovery aids developed. [Read more]
PICTURES & VIDEO: Flightglobal launches Farnborough 2010 show page
Flightglobal has launched its Farnborough 2010 show page which is to be the "go-to" page for every aspect of coverage from the air show and showcasing everything Farnborough has to offer.
The new show page from the largest aviation news website, Flightglobal, allows you to "experience Farnborough as never before" with live video streaming of each day's flying display, an interactive daily magazine, a heatmapped graphic of the static display leading you to profiles of each aircraft, plus all the news, video, images, blog posts, and you can also see what people are saying about [Read more]
NTSB faults Continental captain in 2008 Denver excursion
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today determined that the captain of a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 that ran off the left side. [Read more]
This Week Briefing
Airbus delivered 250 aircraft over the first half of 2010, while the recent landmark Emirates deal for 32 A380s took its six-month gross order total to 131. [Read more]
FARNBOROUGH: Trent in full flow
Rolls-Royce is optimistic as it goes to Farnborough, heartened that its XWB programme for the Airbus A350 is on schedule. [Read more]
FARNBOROUGH: Cutaway & technical description: Defying convention - Boeing A160 Hummingbird
As the international aerospace community converges on the 47th Farnborough air show, models and mock-ups of Boeing's A160 Hummingbird will be on hand as part of the US aerospace company's massive showing, which includes its own unmanned air vehicle pavilion. [Read more]
Comment: In this together
Eleven months ago, a flightglobal. com poll asked which would fly first: the A400M, 787, or pigs. The pigs won. [Read more]
Boeing plans 787-9 horizontal stabiliser design change, explains -8 issues
With its final configuration for the 787-9 now set, Boeing is to incorporate significant changes in the stretch variant, which include a revised architecture. [Read more]
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