Turns out, Boeing's latest lithium troubles are shaking down to the rest of the airline industry. Airbus just announced that it is scrapping plans to outfit its A350 jets with the same secondary batteries that have caused its rival so much trouble. Read More >>
This beautiful shot was made for the first episode of Richard Hammond's: Engineering Connections, which was dedicated to the Airbus A380. Apparently, wind tunnels can look like the lair of the wicked witch in an old Disney animation movie. Read More >>
Featured comment by JamesH:
"I hope you didn't expect them to go into a detailed explanation of how a wing works...everyone knows it is magic!
http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/to..." More »
I know that the Airbus A380 is a titan, a winged colossus, the biggest passenger airliner in the world and all that. But this pictured taken at LAX—showing an Air France A380 taxiing by a Boeing 737-900—really shows its flabbergasting dimensions. Read More >>
Featured comment by DoghouseReilly:
"Are you saying we should have faith in Jesus? Talk about preachy...
(I amuse myself and that's all that matters)" More »
In June 2009 an Airbus A330-200, Air France flight 447, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean tragically killing 228 people. Now, the final BEA report into the event reveals that the tragedy occurred because the crew ignored the warning alarms in the cabin. Read More >>
Featured comment by PrinterElf:
"Hmmmm, for some reason I can't reply to your final post above, so here will have to suffice!
I think the reports were of a cruise alt of FL350, cli..." More »
If you thought that the monster Airbus A380 wasn't crazy enough, you have to check out their latest design, which just got awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Read More >>
Featured comment by blista:
"I'm bored and thought someone might be interested as to why the wings are swept forward:
On almost all traditional large passenger aircraft the win..." More »
Airbus's fleet of A380s has been beleaguered by problems with cracks in their wings since January. Now, the company has announced that they could all be grounded for up to eight weeks in order to repair the problems. Read More >>
Planning to steal a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320? Pranas Drulis at the Baltic Aviation Academy has got you covered: these videos show how to start up these planes from cold to ready to taxi, step by step. Read More >>
Featured comment by tw@panda:
"I don't see it as risky, just more exciting. You'll either turn up at your destination in one piece or you'll be smeared across a field, just like the..." More »
A team of Australian engineers are concerned about cracks that they've found in the wings of some A380s. But why is Airbus doing nothing about it? Read More >>
This is what happens when a 230-ton Airbus A330 has the right angle of attack, the right low speed and the right amount of head wind: it gets suspended in the middle of the sky for a few seconds. It feels like it's flying in slow motion, then it freezes for a couple of seconds and keeps moving in slow motion. Read More >>
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