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ForeFlight: Preflight Intelligence
ForeFlight Mobile 3.1 Lands on App Store
ForeFlight Mobile 3.1 is available for download from iTunes App Store! It’s a big update. Here’s what’s new: Slip Maps We enhanced the Slip Maps in 3.1 in two meaningful ways: we’re introducing eight new weather Slip Maps and they provide global coverage. These new maps are fast, interactive (tap each marker for details), and...
We’ve created a quick overview of the symbols shown on the radar and satellite views in ForeFlight Mobile and ForeFlight Weather. Check it out if you’re wondering what those circular arrows mean! ...
Improvements to approach plates
Just a quick technical note about approach plates in ForeFlight Mobile 3 for this post. We have recently made changes to reduce the file size of the plates. These smaller plates are available in the Downloads view now – no software update required. This change has quite a few benefits we hope...
ForeFlight and WDT Press Release
We’re excited about the things we’re doing with our new partner, WDT. A press release covering the technology we collaborated on for ForeFlight Mobile 3 is available here. ...
Android Aviation: ForeFlight Weather 2.0 with Animated Radar and Satellite for Pilots
We’re proud to announce ForeFlight Weather 2.0, available exclusively on Google’s Android platform. Pilots will enjoy this new version with QICP-certified animated HD NEXRAD radar and satellite for airports in the United States. ForeFlight Weather puts easy-to-use, worldwide weather reports and forecasts in the palm of your hand. ForeFlight Weather 2.0...
ForeFlight Mobile 3 Takes Flight on the iPhone
We are proud to announce ForeFlight Mobile 3, the latest edition of our flagship pilot productivity and Preflight Intelligence™ app for iPhone and iPod. ForeFlight Mobile 3 was redesigned from nose to tail. With innovations like HD NEXRAD Slip Maps™, future flight plan filing, and a new and flexible download manager,...
Runway Girl
Koito aircraft seat mess could cost $0.5 billion
Heads are starting to roll at Koito Industries after the Japanese firm admitted to falsifying records on 150,000 seats on 1,000 aircraft in the world fleet. And it's easy to see why. If EASA and the FAA issue airworthiness directives......
UPDATE: NiceView infotainment to be installed on Lufthansa A380s
Lufthansa intends to offer the Lufthansa Technik-made NiceView passenger flight information and moving map system on its Airbus A380s, the first of which is scheduled to enter into service this June. NiceView provides various audio and video interfaces with the......
VIDEO: A mobile satellite company in action
We email like it's going out of style, and yet many of us don't appreciate what it takes to make our emailing happen in-flight. It's a big freaking deal. But new generation connectivity is not just happening in the cabin.......
Thales TopConnect DC-9 flight tests - the VIDEO!
Last year at the Inmarsat Aeronautical Conference in Vancouver, Thales presented a video about the successful flight tests of its TopConnect suite of connectivity solutions on a McDonnell Douglas DC-9. TopConnect is supported by Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband aeronautical service.After last year's......
What would this mean for the paid in-flight Wi-Fi model?
The headline, "US considers some free wireless broadband service", grabs ya, and then the obvious question ensues. What would this mean for the paid in-flight Wi-Fi service model in the United States? People get mighty used to having things for......
PICTURES: You've got mail via Thales IFE
Look at this lovely little email I received from Thales' Nick Silvester via the firm's new connected IFE app, which was demonstrated to me and other journalists last week at the Thales Connectivity Suite in Crawley, UK. The email arrived......
Flight International
Russia's Kuban Rebrands With Sunflowers
What's the first thing you think of when you hear 'Russia'?Chances are sunflowers aren't one of them.But that's exactly the motif sported on Kuban's new livery, designed by UK-based Honour Branding. The livery appears on two B737s leased from ILFC,......
New Section: On This Day in Aviation History
Today's entry for On This Day in Aviation History. View the section here.Today is the launch of our newest section: On This Day in Aviation History.This is a open-course and crowd-source listing of historical aviation events in a Wiki-style format.......
Ryanair Passenger Eats Winning €10,000 Lotto Ticket
Normally when Ryanair is in the news it's because of something it or CEO Michael O'Leary has said.This time, however, it's a passenger.Courtesy of the Telegraph, an unnamed man traveling from Krakow to East Midlands on 26 February's FR1724 purchased......
Forget Composites, Build an A380 with Legos
We were much excited to see Airbus's A350 XWB 3D cutaway model at last April's Aircraft Interiors show at Hamburg, but this model of an A380 competes on a very different level.It's made out of Legos--and has a touch screen......
Military Boneyard in Detail, Thanks to Google
Aircraft boneyards like Victorville and Marana are popular with aviation enthusiasts for the commercial aircraft stored there, but the boneyards for military aircraft--B-52s, F-14s--are much less accessible. Until now.With a hat tip to the BBC, Google Maps now shows the......
ANA To Join Women-Only Loo Club
Responding to customer requests, Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways announced it will join V Australia and Korean Airlines in having a dedicated women-only lavatory on its aircraft (above).V Australia premiered its women-only loo this time last year during its......
EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Former AOPA President John Baker Passes Away
John Lee Baker, the second president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) who served from 1977-1990, passed away on Thursday, March 11, at his home in Angier, North Carolina, at the age of 81....
EAA, FAA Work to Expand Experimental, LSA Aircraft Type Designators
Those of you who have experience filling out a flight plan know that you're required to enter an aircraft type designator in block 3....
Electric Aircraft Innovation on Display at AirVenture
The innovation and technology of the emerging era of electric-powered aircraft will be a major part of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, with a full schedule of events throughout the week....
Lowering Barriers at the Summit
It is a gathering unmatched anywhere in the general aviation community. Once again this year, the annual EAA/FAA Recreational Aviation Summit on March 8-9 in Oshkosh set the direction to address key issues that matter to pilots and aircraft owners....
DC-2 to Join Oshkosh DC-3 Celebration
A rare Douglas DC-2, the predecessor to the DC-3, will join the July 26 mass arrival of 40 airplanes at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. The aircraft, owned by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Wash., will lead the group flight of DC-3s just before the opening day air show to...
Digging Deeper on Homebuilt Safety
Extracting accurate statistics for amateur-built accidents can be an exhausting exercise in numbers, especially since the FAA and NTSB often use different statistics to report the homebuilt aircraft fleet size and the accidents that occur each year....
Airspeed
This is a regular blog post. Looking for show notes or links to show audio or video? They’re here! Just check out the other posts.So it's late at night. And a Twitter follower tweets me with a link to Joe Sharkey’s High Anxiety blog. And I go read the blog...
Cessna Citation Mustang - Video Episode
Subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your favorite other podcatcher. It's all free!These are the show notes to an audio episode. If you want to listen online, please use the direct link below. http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/AirspeedMustangVideo.m4v.Remember when I said that I spent the summer building up great content and spent the off-season...
Talking with Acro Camp IP Don Weaver
Subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your favorite other podcatcher. It's all free!These are the show notes to an audio episode. If you want to listen online, please use the direct link below. http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/AirspeedAcroCamp02.mp3.Not much in the way of show notes for this one, but be sure to listen....
Tailwheel Training and Camera Placement Work with Acro Camp IP Don Weaver
This is a regular blog post. You can find show notes to episodes - and links to episode audio and video - in the other entries.I finally got a chance to escape from the office and get up for the first time with Acro Camp IP Don Weaver. Although...
Acro Camp Announcement and Casting Call
Subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your favorite other podcatcher. It's all free!These are the show notes to an audio episode. If you want to listen online, please use the direct link below. http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/AirspeedAcroCamp01.mp3.We’ve just announced Acro Camp, the new movie being put together by Airspeed. Four people from around...
Subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your favorite other podcatcher. It's all free!These are the show notes to an audio episode. If you want to listen online, please use the direct link below. http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/AirspeedBrutsche.mp3.Many of us go to airshows and love the prop-driven warbirds and the military jet team performances....
AIA dailyLead
Defense acquisition panel urges greater focus on services
A congressional panel has concluded its year-long study of defense acquisition, recommending in a 49-page interim report that -More- ...
Airline passenger traffic hits 5-year low in 2009
Passenger traffic on U.S. -More- ...
AIA had an active two months on the international air show circuit, with AIA supporting U.S. -More- Engineer / Sr. Engineer LORD Corporation...
EU pushes for updated Open Skies deal with U.S.
The European Union is seeking an update to its Open Skies deal with the U.S. -More- ...
European countries say they have right to tanker explanation
European countries say they have the right to ask for an explanation from Washington about the U.S. -More- ...
FAA bill emerges as vehicle for airline safety rules
After months of delay, the Senate this week began debate on a $34 billion FAA reauthorization bill, but a host of amendments -More- ...
Nuts About Southwest -
This episode of Red Belly Radio is about the party before what has become more like a concert than a corporate message. Gary Kelly, our President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board gives a prepared speech and answer questions at our Employee Message tothe Field. yes, I said it is about...
Behind the Scenes of the Latest Southwest Commercials
Go behind the scenes in Houston, TX as the newest Southwest Airlines' Commercials are created! ...
What’s your favorite complimentary Southwest inflight beverage?
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On this Episode of Red Belly Radio I speak with Dan, a Phoenix Ramp Sup, about a growing collection of bobble-heads. Then I go all the way around the corner from my cube to talk with Laura and her fun and functional cube décor. ...
Behind the Scenes: Commercial Auditions
Check out Behind the Scenes action as our Employees audition for roles in our upcoming commercials! ...
March is Women’s History Month. Who’s your favorite historical woman figure?
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ATA SmartBrief
Ground workers at American request release from mediation
The largest union at American Airlines has asked the National Mediation Board to declare an impasse in contract negotiations. -More- ...
United, Delta bonds trading at or above par
Bonds issued by United Airlines and Delta Air Lines last year are trading at or above par, according to RBS Securities Inc. -More- ...
Opinion: "Jihad Jane" shows why security must be blind
Journalists and political commentators are picking up on the case of a blond-haired, blue-eyed alleged terrorist plotter to r -More- ...
Atlanta's airport easily remains busiest in U.S.
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Labor relations tense amid record number of contract talks
With about two-thirds of all airline labor contracts currently open for discussion, the industry has never seen so many simul -More- ...
ATA has launched a Twitter page at http://twitter.com/AirlinesAssn to help share information with the aviation news media, bl -More- ...
Airplane Geeks Podcast
Our guest is Mary Grady, a contributing writer for AVweb, an online aviation magazine and news service. Mary writes news, covers aviation events, writes feature stories, and takes photos. She holds pilot ratings for airplanes and balloons, and also a ground instructor certificate. She joins us as we talk aviation. We...
Episode 87 – A Most Unusual Family
Jill Rutan Hoffman is a pilot, author of two aviation books (First Flights and Oshkosh Memories), and she comes from a family of aviation dreamers. Her father, Dick Rutan, piloted the Voyager aircraft around the world non-stop, and her uncle, Burt Rutan, designed the Voyager, SpaceShipOne which won the...
Episode 86 – Airplane Spotting with Phil
Phil Derner, Jr., the founder of NYCAviation joins Max, Rob, and David as they discuss the week’s aviation news and talk about the sport of airplane spotting. NYCAviation provides airline news and resources for aviation enthusiasts, as well as spotting guides and other great information. (That’s Phil above, with...
Episode 85 – Sitting with RunwayGirl
Guest Mary Kirby (aka, RunwayGirl) from Flight Global joins in a discussion of the week’s aviation news, the airline seat debacle, and inflight entertainment and connectivity. Mary is a recognized authority on these topics and brings insight you won’t find elsewhere. JAL Picks American, but Delta’s Hardly a Loser in This...
Episode 84 – Plane Crazy Again
Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast join Max, Rob, and Dan to talk about the weeks aviation news. France Concorde crash trial begins outside Paris No user fees in Obama budget TSA Scraps Plan To Toughen Private Air Travel Rules Pilot License Certification Requirements Under Review By The...
Episode 83 – Aviation Jetpardy
This special episode features the Aviation Jetpardy game where three top notch airplane geeks match their aviation knowledge to see who rises to the top of the pile. In this match we have: Phil Derner from NYCAviation.com, @nycaviation on Twitter Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research, @hharteveldt on Twitter Brett H Snyder, The Cranky...
Planenews Aviation News
Cessna Citation CJ4 Gains FAA Type Certification.
WICHITA, Kan.: Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: (TXT)) company, today announced the Citation CJ4 has gained type certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Deliveries are set to begin later this year. ...
Chopper Crash Test a Smash Hit.
The second crash test of a small lightweight helicopter at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was a smashing success, literally, just as engineers had predicted. ...
Parliamentary Panel Wants Air India Split Back Into Two.
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee said that the government had blundered by merging state-owned carriers Air India and Indian Airlines and that the combined entity was “fast slipping into an abyss”, calling for a reversal of the decision. ...
Chilean New President Announces Selling of Airline LAN Shares.
SANTIAGO (Xinhua): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Friday that he will sell the 11.3 percent of the shares of the airline LAN, because he was not able to sell before taking office on Thursday. "I am going to fulfill all my campaign promises," Pinera said during a press conference, adding...
Pentagon’s Future Fighter Aircraft Doubles in Cost.
Washington (CNN): The cost of the Pentagon's newest fighter jet will be more than double the original price, solidifying the F-35 joint strike fighter as the most expensive Pentagon weapons program ever. At a Capitol Hill hearing on Thursday, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyers said numerous problems over the almost...
Secret Military Space Plane Primed For Test Launch.
A secretive military spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle orbiter is undergoing final processing in Florida for launch on April 19. The Air Force confirmed the critical preflight milestone in a response to written questions on Thursday. The 29-foot-long, 15-foot-wide Orbital Test Vehicle arrived in Cape Canaveral, Fla., last month...
Aviation eBrief
Column: General aviation faces heightened security
The IRS attack in Texas by a private plane has raised the specter of increased security for general aviation. -More- Purchasing An Aircraft in the New Year? Finance and Get flying! It's a great time to buy - and with low financing rates and terms up to 20 years on new...
Community college receives $3.4M grant for aviation tech
Mid-South Community College in West Memphis, Ark., has received a $3.4 million federal grant for an aviation technology progr -More- ...
Cessna executive defends business aviation
Business aviation should work together to defend the industry against criticism of corporate jets, according to Cessna Vice P -More- ...
FAA bill emerges as vehicle for airline safety rules
After months of delay, the Senate this week began debate on a $34 billion FAA reauthorization bill, but a host of amendments -More- ...
Central Texas to add 2 general aviation airports
Central Texas may soon be home to two new general aviation airports. -More- CARRY THE CARD THAT PAYS YOU TO SUPPORT GA – The AOPA credit card with WorldPoints® rewards allows you to earn great rewards & helps to maintain the freedom, safety, & affordability of GA. For every dollar spent...
Senate considers increasing taxes on jet fuel:
The Senate's Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill sets the general aviation jet fuel tax at 36¢ per gall -More- Which Life Insurance Carrier Offers the Best Premium Rates for Pilots? You can find out with an easy online quote from the Pilot Insurance Center. Don't overpay – Get complete coverage with no...
Jetrecord Blog
Was supposed to be quick, but these things never are when you’re the only one working on it. Should have said the next night. “How many lumps do you want? Oh, three or four.” Solaris pkgsrc environment updated to 2009Q1 Ruby upgraded to Ruby Enterprise Edition 1.8.7 Phusion Passenger upgraded to 2.2.10 PostgreSQL upgraded to...
Import Flights from Logbook Pro
Logbook Pro joins the growing list of logbook software supported by Jetrecord for importing and exporting your flights, with one caveat. Logbook Pro doesn’t export to standard CSV format and Jetrecord will only import files in standard CSV format. To get around this and import your flights into Jetrecord (until Logbook...
The Real Company vs. the Sterile Cockpit
Running a company is hard, especially when you’re the only one in it. I’ve been trying to think of witty things to say about this and the current state of Jetrecord because I wanted to keep that “Real Voice” going at all times but right now nothing comes to mind....
Pilots, Post Your Flights to Twitter!
Finally! I’ve been wanting to add this feature for so long, but up until a couple days ago, there was no secure way to go about it. However, Twitter has finally opened up access to their OAuth authorization service making it possible for third party services to interact with Twitter...
Two more widgets are available on the widgets page. One displays your flight hours for several categories, including total hours, PIC, solo, XC, dual given and received, and more. The second widget displays a Google map of your most recent flight with a link to that flight on Jetrecord. For all...
Today marks the reaching of another milestone. It’s long been a dream to push Jetrecord beyond its borders and today I’m happy to say the dream has come true. Thanks to Widgetbox you can put a widget of your most recent flights on your own website. See the sidebar of...
FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis
ZA004 plays testbed for latest V5.5 787 software
I've received about a dozen emails this week asking me what ZA004 has been up to since its February 25th first flight. Here's the latest:After its ferry flight to Boeing Field, the aircraft has had additional instrumentation installed and has......
Flashback: Boeing's 2012 737 Replacement Study
Once upon a time, before a single 787 barrel had been wrapped, Boeing let itself dream big about the future of the 737. Not to say that the big dreaming stopped, but it was just over taken by the engineering......
Boeing and Airbus defy the odds, but are there repercussions?
After more than a year of calls for cutting production of narrowbody aircraft, Airbus and Boeing are headed in the opposite direction. Airbus announced Tuesday that it will increase rates on A320 starting in December, going from 34 to 36......
Fokker to re-join the battle for the 100-seat market with XF100 NG
Just in case you were worried that there weren't enough 70-100-seat commercial aircraft being offered in the next decade, a newly funded and resurrected Fokker Aircraft is hoping to join the fray with a next generation F-100 and F-70. Just so......
Movie Monday - March 8 - Inside American Airlines
Last year, I managed to catch the last 10 minutes of this week's Movie Monday. After seeing that last bit of Inside American Airlines - A Week in The Life, I scoured the internet in search of the program. I......
Roadtrip! 787 heading for Victorville this week
The second 787 test aircraft (ZA002) is leaving the nest as early as Tuesday, headed to Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California about 50mi outside of Los Angeles. This will be the first out of state trip for 787......
Jetwhine
Looking Up to Sustain a Future in Aviation
Sunny and 42 degrees, the saturated blue sky is the first crack in the Wisconsin winter. Planted in the driveway like a human heliotrope I turned and opened my eyes in search of honking geese and squawking sandhill cranes, pathfinders for northbound flocks. A more mechanical buzz drew my eyes...
Bring Your Kid to Work, ATC Style
When I saw the caller ID this morning with CNN’s address I figured something awful was up. Usually is. “Can you talk about the Kennedy incident,” the producer asked me? Didn’t sound like she wanted me to talk about the impending runway closure. The young lady wanted my opinion...
The Internet & Homebuilt Aircraft Accidents
The sharp increase in the number of accidents involving amateur-built experimental aircraft is the most disturbing piece of data in the recently released 2009 Nall Report. Published by the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, it dissected and analyzed 2008’s GA accidents to identify trends and factors. Overall, the GA accident...
FAA Tweaks Sport Pilot Ticket for the Better
The FAA published the final rule on 22 proposed improvements to sport pilot certification and operation in the February 1, 2010 Federal Register. It’s taken me a month to brew the courage to read it because I felt that a number of them would take sport pilot down the same...
I have a confession. I’m responsible for much of the hate spewed at my friends Christi Day and Linda Rutherford at Southwest Airlines when a Southwest pilot tossed director Kevin Smith off a flight last week. The aircraft captain decided Smith was too gastronomically challenged to fit into the seat....
No-Pilot Aircraft Go Vertical & Hover
At a fundamental level I understand the technology that makes no-pilot, remotely controlled aircraft work. And it seems to work well in fixed-wing aircraft that fly high in the controlled airspace (see UAV Pilot Shortage & Military Intelligence and UND Plants Seeds of No-Pilot Airliners ). But down in the...
AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points
The late radio and television star Arthur Godfrey shows you how the airlines operated in 1953. Eddie Rickenbacker makes a guest appearance....
Floatplanes, horses, Alaska: “R5Sons” just might have it all
Many of you are going crazy over “Ice Pilots NWT,” a new series on Canada’s History Channel. I haven’t been able to tune in because 1. I don’t get the Canada History Channel and 2. They keep yanking the videos off YouTube. So I’ll have to take your word for...
Are pilot reports becoming a lost art?
Do you think pilot reports are becoming a lost art? Do you remember any times when a good pirep really help you out? What’s the most unusual pirep you ever heard–or made?...
Performer adds twist to drunken rube act
Kyle Franklin has added a twist to a routine done by many performers over the years as a “flying farmer” or a drunken spectator act. The idea is that someone untrained steals a Piper Cub during an airshow, in full view of the audience, and flies a wobbly routine. Franklin’s...
The power of small conversation
Last year I gave a presentation at an aviation weather workshop in Columbia, South Carolina. Among the attendees were representatives from the National Weather Service, the major airlines, educators, local governments, and weather-media types like me. Sitting behind me was Christy Henderson, chief meteorologist at WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, South Carolina. We struck...
Here’s an item from the unusual aviation jobs folder. Cinematographer Michael Kelem has just returned from Antarctica where he flew in helicopters and Twin Otters to film a new documentary, Frozen Planet, that you’ll see in fall 2011 at the earliest. It is produced by the BBC and the Discovery Channel....
My Flight Blog
Itching For My First Flight of 2010
It has been way to long since I have flown last and the flying itch is turning into a rash. As a result, I am hedging my bets by reserving a Cessna 172SP on both Saturday and Sunday of next......
The Hibernating Pilot and Blogger
I have been flying now for nearly six years. One thing that has been consistent throughout that time frame is my inability log significant flying time in the winter. Although, I had hoped things would be different this year, alas......
Celebrate the Holidays with An American Aviation Icon
For twenty five years Sporty's have helped pilots celebrate the Christmas Season with a line of Crystal Christmas Ornaments. This year their ornament features a P-51 Mustang that Sporty's Vice President John Zimmerman describes as "an iconic American airplane that......
Sky High after Mountain Flying Experience
This past weekend I had an wonderful opportunity to fly over and through the Rocky Mountain Region west of Denver. Since all of my flight time to date has been over the relatively safe landscape of the Midwest I contacted......
Flying with Aviation Entrepreneurs
Last weekend I had the opportunity to fly with two friends and aviation entrepreneurs. Rod Rakic is the founder of MyTransponder, a growing aviation social network. He had a last minute cancellation and instead of flying alone decided to invite......
Flying with Team Oracle Prior to the Chicago Air & Water Show
Each year at the Chicago Air & Water Show Sean D. Tucker becomes a crowd favorite as he performers a memorable aerobatic routine in his Oracle Challenger bi-plane. I have always enjoyed his performances but it was an act outside......
Randy's Journal
Just a brief update on flight test activity for the 747-8 Freighter. We’ve completed initial airworthiness testing, which as you may know means that test engineers can now be on board during future flights. This milestone also clears the way......
Here’s the thing with new airplanes: You design ‘em, you build ‘em, you test ‘em, and then one day, they just fly away to the sunny skies of California! Seriously, though, we were very pleased to see ZA002, our 2nd......
In my 28 years at Boeing, I’ve met some truly remarkable people who have changed our industry. Some of them you know, such as Joe Sutter. Boeing’s Klaus Brauer. Others have spent their entire careers working behind the scenes......
Boeing announced today that we will offer what we’re calling the “NewGen Tanker” in the competition to supply the U.S. Air Force with a multi-mission aerial refueling aircraft. The NewGen Tanker is based on the 767 commercial jetliner - but......
I think it’s fair to say that last week was a great example of the interesting dynamics of flight testing. Yes, we had some obstacles to overcome - dealing with remote maintenance activity on ZA001. We also had some firsts......
I wanted to catch you up on some further flight test developments - namely, that we successfully completed the 2nd test flight of the first 747-8 Freighter earlier in the week. With Chief Pilot Mark Feuerstein and Capt. Tom Imrich......