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This past year saw some significant anniversaries for aviation. It was the 100th anniversary of Louis Blériot becoming the first person to cross a ‘large body of water’ in a ‘heavier than air’ aircraft. Also celebrating its 100th anniversary was the Paris Air Show, which Flightglobal covered in full force. Continue reading… Link to [...] Rockwell Collins is to buy on undisclosed terms AR Group and its affiliated… Link to the original site Related Reading: Aircraft 1990-1999: 1990s Aircraft Stubs, Hotol, Kawasaki Oh-1, Ilyushin Il-114, Venturestar, Aero Adventure Aventura, Eurocopter Fennec Airplane Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-3A (FAA Handbooks series)(2nd Edition) China Southern Airlines’ board has approved a plan for the carrier to sell its 50% stake in MTU Zhuhai. The Guangzhou-based carrier announced in October… Link to the original site Related Reading: Vehicles Of The Air: A Popular Exposition Of Modern Aeronautics, With Working Drawings (1909) Helicopters (Pull Ahead Books) Flightglobal’s technical artist Joe Picarella produces our signature and exclusive cutaway drawings of aircraft, missiles, and space systems. This year Flightglobal produced the following cutaways:…… Continue reading… Link to the original site Related Reading: High-Bypass Turbofan Engines: Cfm International Cfm56, Rolls-Royce Trent, Rolls-Royce Rb211, Turbomeca Astafan, General Electric Cf6 Helicopter: Pioneering With Igor Sikorsky Link to the original site Related Reading: 21st Century Jet: Making of the Boeing 777 (A Channel Four book) Boeing 787 Dreamliner Link to the original site Related Reading: Boeing Field (Images of Aviation: Washington) Boeing 777 (Enthusiast Color Series) What a year it has been for first flights! We had the EC225, G250, A400M (finally), and Boeing 787 (finally!) For more information of these historical events, follow the links from the Flight Blog. Continue reading… Link to the original site Related Reading: Business & Corporate Aviation Management : On Demand Air Travel Test and Evaluation of the Tactical Missile (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics) Flightglobal’s brilliant team of bloggers have traversed the globe this year to bring you all you need to know in the aviation world, and although the sun is quickly setting on another year, we felt it was fitting to celebrate the best stories from 2009. From the Beast of Kandahar, to Ryanair calendar [...] 10. A380’s stellar performance undermined by ongoing technical issues: operators Two years on from its service debut, operators have told Flightglobal that the Airbus A380 has proved itself to be a crowd pleaser from a passenger point of view but suffers some frustrating technical problems. 9. Air France A330 did not break [...] Link to the original site Related Reading: Skycrane: Igor Sikorsky’s Last Vision (Library of Flight Series) Essentials of Aviation Management: A Guide for Aviation Service Businesses |
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