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  • Boeing 747’nin Tasarımcısı Joe Sutter Hayatını Kaybetti

    Boeing 747’nin Tasarımcısı Joe Sutter Hayatını Kaybetti

    Boeing’in efsane yolcu uçağı 747’nin baş tasarımcısı Joe Sutter 95 yaşında hayata veda etti. Uçak 29 ayda tasarlanıp uçurulmuştu… Boeing 747, yolcular için her zaman farklı bir uçak oldu. İkinci katı, gövdenin üzerindeki hörgücü ise ‘gökyüzünün kraliçesi’ unvanını alan uçak, bu güne kadar 1.523 adet imal edildi. 1968’de başlayan efsane, 747-8 serisiyle gökyüzündeki varlığını sürdürüyor.…

  • SWISS’ new Bombardier CS100 aircraft brings passenger-friendly cabin to regional jets

    SWISS’ new Bombardier CS100 aircraft brings passenger-friendly cabin to regional jets

    by Marisa Garcia, FlightChic Aircraft manufacturers are creating new passenger-friendly cabin environments by re-thinking the fuselage structure and introducing more spacious cabins with larger windows and improved cabin pressurization, among other innovations. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and Airbus’ A350 cabins, as well as Airbus’ new AirSpace cabin exemplify this new design thinking for wide body aircraft.…

  • NATS – London Heathrow Control Tower 360

    NATS – London Heathrow Control Tower 360

    Step inside the control tower at London Heathrow Airport and watch the NATS air traffic controllers at work at what is the busiest two runway airport anywhere in the world.

  • NATS – The Swanwick London Terminal Control Room

    NATS – The Swanwick London Terminal Control Room

    Step inside the nerve centre controlling air traffic over the busy and congested airspace above London. Controlling all the aircraft arriving and departing into London’s main airports, Terminal Control l is one of the busiest air traffic control operations in the world.

  • FedEx McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

    FedEx McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

    by SpeedbirdHD This aircraft was originally delivered to SABENA as a passenger DC-10-30 back in 1980 as OO-SLE. In 1992, it was acquired by Fedex and converted to freighter. Currently still active in 2016. It’s 36.1 years old and was the 330th DC-10 off the production line.

  • Airbus A400M Unpaved Runway Campaign

    Airbus A400M Unpaved Runway Campaign

  • The First Boeing 747-400 @ Delta Flight Museum

    The First Boeing 747-400 @ Delta Flight Museum

    The first Boeing 747-400 (6301) will be ready for aviation geeks at Delta Flight Museum early 2017.

  • KLM Orange Pride

    KLM Orange Pride

    KLM flew Netherlands’ Olympic medal-winners home in its unique orange-colored Boeing 777 painted specially for the occasion. When the aircraft reached Dutch airspace, it was accompanied by two F-16 fighter jets from the Royal Dutch Air Force. Credits to the Royal Dutch Air Force and the KLM Media Team: Menno Mennes, Dylan Wink, Marco Spuyman,…

  • The Very First Aircraft That Flew in Hong Kong

    The Very First Aircraft That Flew in Hong Kong

  • Infringements in British Airspace

    Infringements in British Airspace

    Most infringements occur in southern England where the skies are more crowded than in other areas of the country and where there is a complex airspace structure. There is a concentration of infringements in the airspace surrounding Heathrow, Luton, Stansted, Southampton, Gatwick and London City airports. Each of these incidents has a serious impact on…

  • Crazy Landing on Road

    Crazy Landing on Road

    See Alaska as you’ve never seen it before in this incredible crazy bush-flying video! American and Swiss pilots. Unbelievable nature video…

  • Was the Space Shuttle Doomed From the Beginning?

    Was the Space Shuttle Doomed From the Beginning?

    by Curious Droid When the space shuttle was announced in 1972 it was seen as the space vehicle to make low earth orbit space travel and living in space an everyday reality. But in hindsight many now believe that it was a failed project that was hamstrung by lack of funding and interest by government…