Pratt & Whitney, in a joint venture with Seven Q Seven (SQS) and Omega Air, has developed the JT8D-219 as a re-engine powerplant for Boeing 707-based aircraft, calling their modified configuration a 707RE. Northrop Grumman has selected the -219 to re-engine the United States Air Force...
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Boeing Delivers Indian Air Force's 1st C-17 to Flight Test The article reports that defence company Boeing Co. has delivered first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the Indian Air Force. Deepak Vasa RMIT Publishing RMIT Training PTY LTD (http//www.informit.com.au) - Asia-Pacific...
“The engine is working very well, no signs of major issues with the high or low pressure sections or the GTF function” Not according to Indigo and Indian authorities. Reply TransWorld April 3, 2018 Oh for crying out loud. Yes the lip seal failed miserably. It affected safety. But...
Boeing’s 2022 Pilot and Technician Outlook (PTO) forecasts demand for 2.1 million new aviation personnel over the next 20 years to safely support the recovery in commercial air travel and meet rising long-term growth. The long-term forecast shows that 602,000 pilots, 610,000 maintenance techni...
United did not proceed with its order and Indian Airlines instead ordered the larger Airbus A300, so the project was cancelled in 1976.[48] 【参考译文】1972年,波音公司与美国联合航空协商开发了一种拟议中的169座版本,最初美国联合航空表示有兴趣订购50架飞机。同时,印度航空也对一种单一客舱、180座的...
On October 5, 2012, Indian state carrier Air India became the first carrier to take possession of a Dreamliner that was manufactured in the Charleston, South Carolina, Boeing plant. This was the first Boeing Dreamliner that was manufactured outside of Washington state.[19] Boeing would go on ...
The pattern for each was the same: the President and his party arrived at the foot of the steps leading to the front entry door of Air Force One (a 707 in those days) and as the presidential shoe hit the bottom step the engines began to turn. The press pool chosen to travel on ...
On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked, ran out of fuel, and crashed in the Indian Ocean near Comoros. The pilots used the aircraft's ram air turbine as an emergency power source. Of the 175 aboard, 125 died. Still, the incident is one of the few instances ...
10 May 1980; Indian Airlines 737-200; near Rampur Hat, India: The aircraft experienced severe en route turbulence. Two of the 132 passengers were killed. 22 August 1981; Far Eastern Air Transport 737-200; near Sanyi, Taiwan: The aircraft experienced in flight structural failure. The crash ...