The assembly center in Shanghai will be able to deliver the first C919 aircraft, with a flight range of 4,075 kilometers, in 2015, the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China said. China is investing 200 billion yuan in developing its domestic jumbo jet....
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China's first indigenously made jumbo jet had completed its maiden flight on the afternoon of May 5, adding a milestone to country's aviation history. The C919, the pioneering plane that took off from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport and flew for 79 minutes, is a single-aisle passe...
flight came just one day short of the 41st anniversary of the first flight of the original 747 model.At 250 feet (76 meters) long - more than twice the length of the Wright Brothers' first flight – the plane is about 18 feet (5.5 meters) longer than the existing 747-400 jumbo jet...
Flight time was twice that of its maiden flight in May. Next the aircraft will be taken to Xi'an for further test flights. The successful test flight of C919 made China the fourth jumbo jet producer after the United States, Western Europe and Russia. With a standard range of 4,075 kilo...
The museum’s original 727, N7001U, is the first of 1,832 “three-holers” that were built at Boeing’s Renton plant. Known as “E1” in Boeing parlance, the jet was rolled out in Boeing test-center livery on Nov. 27, 1962. Its first flight on Feb. 9, 1963, took it from the...
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The jumbo-jet, however, received significant damage and was declared as a total hull loss. The vertical stabilizer was found to have interfered with the Instrument Landing System (ILS) of runway 31 and hence was blown off with explosives shortly after the area was cleared. ...
not just for the seat but the “experience on board,” as Laming put it. With that in mind, British Airways recently introduced first class specialist coaching for cabin crew which Laming described as “uber training,” enhancing the skills flight attendants already hone elsewhere on the...