Why it took Eurocopter a month to pump out a press release and photo of a high altitude rescue on Annapurna in the Nepal Himalayas is unclear, since illustrated and detailed accounts were in the climbing media within hours. But there is no doubt that as helicopters gain in altitude capabilities their use will radically [...]
These images of the Chevy Heritage roadside billboards have turned up, apparently a year after they went up in America, in the mail box. Damn, they are so fine. I’m the the boy beside the gravel road again, glimpsing an imported dream machine from Detroit way back. When Detroit ruled. When the dreams were real.
Qantas has followed this morning’s last minute profit downgrade by Virgin Blue with a note inside its provisional April traffic and yield figures posted on the ASX this afternoon that its guidance for the full year is for a profit before tax (in underlying terms) of between $300-$400 million, which is unchanged. It says something [...]
Boeing’s X-51A Waverider has traced an arc of fire above the Pacific Ocean off southern California overnight in a hypersonic debut notable more for its duration than speed. The first flight of the scramjet research vehicle, launched from a modified B-52 bomber, lasted 200 seconds and reached Mach 5, by far the longest flight at [...]
Boeing has sent an email seeking my support through my Congressional representatives (!) for their bid to win the massive US contract for a new aerial tanker, the KC-X project, to replace the ancient, but distinguished fleet of Boeing KC-135 tankers currently serving the USAF. The KC-135 was the precursor of the Boeing 707, and [...]
There are some sharp reality checks in recently published NASA documents for anyone who believes the age of lightweight breakthrough composite airlines is about to begin with the Boeing 787 or the Airbus A350 families. These papers were released last week as the NASA N+3 studies into the airliners of the 2030s. They were drawn [...]
So, Australian customs officials are now asking a question on the arrival form that technically requires the traveller to decide whether any photos they have of themselves and their lovers is ‘pornography’ when in fact the alternative answers might be that is ‘art’ and that it is definitely ‘none of your business’. In my opinion, [...]
The Netherlands parliament has debated and passed three motions which make it very unlikely that country will persevere with its involvement in the F-35 JSF project, although it will come under fierce pressure to remain a customer. This ‘Dutch roll’ comes at a time when Australian Defence Minister, Senator John Faulkner, is officially ‘unhappy’ with [...]
CORRECTION: Everything in this item is correct, except for the fact that the damage wasn’t caused by the Icelandic eruption, and it wasn’t circulated by someone who was really in aviation insurance. Thanks to The Winchester for uncovering the awful truth. The author of this hoax will be hunted down and hurled into the nearest [...]
How does a ‘virtual window’ for passengers, or a cockpit where the pilots fly lying prone grab you. Or a total of 25 seats across in a flying manta ray blended wing body airliner. A NASA funded program to identify advanced airliner concepts for the 2030s has produced five subsonic designs that address tough rules [...]
By Ben Sandilands
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Tagged air transport, airliners, Boeing, Cessna, GE, MIT, NASA, Northrop Grumman, SELECT, SUGAR Volt, The Future
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