aviation

Really interesting article about airlines, independent safety inspectors ans Russia

What a gigantic ... flying sausage 🌭

Does someone know why Cathay Pacific and other airlines use different codes for airplanes than what Boeing has listed? For example they list a 777-367 which seems to be a variant of the 777-300 but I can't find any information on what makes it a 367 vs a 300. Is that just the code that CX uses for the 777-300s they own? I also notice they have odd ones like A321-251NX, A330-343X and such. So what do those non-normal model numbers mean?

Taken in Kamloops, BC. Those big props look amazing.

Got to climb around beauty the other day. It has an interesting back story - started as a US Army U-6A, then retired as a museum piece for decades, only to be restored as a Turbo-Beaver Mk3 by Viking Air. It’s now the personal transport for one of Vikings principal owners to get to and from her lake property. Very cool Machine!

DAE miss their weekly cloudberg?

Boeing handed over 50 airplanes to customers last month, up from 35 in April, though it trails rival Airbus in deliveries so far this year.

Boeing last week said a new manufacturing flaw will slow near-term deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners.

The Paris Air Show kicks off on Monday, when Boeing, Airbus and other aerospace manufacturers will meet with customers and potentially announce more new orders.

It was so big, the cargo barrier is immense.

The Ryan Firebee is a series of target drones developed by the Ryan Aeronautical Company beginning in 1951. It was one of the first jet-propelled drones, and remains one of the most widely used target drones ever built.

Red Eagle pilot gives the low-down on America’s MiG-21 ‘Fishbed’

Very interesting discussion from first hand experience.