Pilots argue about which system is better; neither is considered safer than the other.Each exemplifies a different approach to a problem that manufacturers of aircraft must overcome as long as human operators handle increasingly automated machines.Boeing and Airbus both pack their planes with computers...
It’s not just American, Delta and Southwest. Now Ryanair has been found to be flying planes with these parts, even though they never did business with AOG – instead receiving parts from another company that did. Company owner Jose Alejandro Zamora Yralahas finally been arres...
It's louder than the other planes so you never miss it, and after all these years, I still rush out into the garden to see it. It's just so exciting. It's beautiful, clean, amazing - but it's childhood associations really. I remember when it first flew. I've always thought, ...
But in today’s global economy, it can be dangerous to target some goods with tariffs. Airbus has a factory in Alabama and uses a lot of American parts in its planes. Boeing buys tail parts from Italy and door parts from France. So the White House ended up imposing 10 percent tariffs ...
Here's a look at some of the planes that ferry presidents, prime ministers, kings, queens and even one emperor around the world. Great Britain The prime minister, top government officials and even senior royals travel on a Royal Air Force Airbus Voyager for official engagements. The jet has...
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is constructed from body parts that are so large, so they require outsize molds (模具) to create them. The same applies to the Airbus A380. “The cost of infrastructure (基础设施) that the business needs to invest to build these planes is pretty extraordinary,” ...