What is going on with Boeing planes, and what does John Oliver have to do with it? It's been a turbulent few weeks for Boeing planes, as several aircraft have experienced alarming issues mid-flight — we'll get into that later — but the company started getting a lot of heat for its...
The news is dominated right now with the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 8 after a second fatal crash of a passenger jet which could be related to the onboard systems. There’s a LOT of questionable information out there and many of the explanations presume a certain level of aviation kno...
During the 90s, along with powerful computers with great ability to crunch millions of data items, the idea of creating an optimized schedule, taking into account all the open sales-orders, going through each order routing, considering the available capacity at the right time, came to life with...
One of the most popular features of the inflight entertainment system, the interactive flight map has been given a stylish upgrade. Not only is the plane’s path stunningly mapped out in greater detail; your entire inflight experience is, too. “We learned people want to know what’s going...
Boeing 777-300ER Emirates seating Emirates has three different layouts for their 777-300ERs (see here). For the best seats on Emirates’ 777-300ER planes (latest version), see SeatGuru; you can also check the other two layouts on SeatGuru too. Emirates Economy amenity kits The free Emirates...
Nappi is working alongside NASA to smooth the way for Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing'sStarlinerspacecraft, the first mission with astronauts on board, now set to launch May 6. Starliner has been in space twice during uncrewed test flights in 2019 and 2022, he said, but the next step...
However, what exactly is going on in the flight deck when there is an open door indication like this? Is it really as straightforward as this crew made it seem? Here's how we would handle such an event on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. ...
While every particle also has a wave associated with it, we usually don't notice or care about those waves unless we're dealing with subatomic quantum systems. That's not so with the axion, which can potentially spread its wavelength across an entire galaxy. The second cool thing...
Boeing The aerospace giant outsourced its wiring to French multinational company Safran Electrical & Power, which operates an aircraft wiring plant at Chihuahua, in Mexico. The company, as of last year, produces about 95% of all the wiring on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. ...
“We're going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada,” Trump said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort, a little less than two weeks before he is sworn into office for a second term as president. Trump also raised the U.S. trade deficit with Canada, complaini...