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Virgin Australia Leads with Advanced Baggage Tracking System

Virgin Australia Leads with Advanced Baggage Tracking System

Enhancing the Journey with Unmatched Baggage Visibility In a landmark move set to redefine the air travel experience, Virgin Australia announces the widespread expansion of its groundbreaking baggage…

Marius Stefan2 Feb 2024Industry

Honda Aircraft Delivers 250th HondaJet
Honda Aircraft delivered its 250th HondaJet in January 2024, eight years after first deliveries, with the fleet past 210,000 hours and 99.7% dispatch reliability.
Cristina Gabriela1 Feb 2024Industry
National Civil Aviation Policy 2015: Introduction
Part of our 2015 look at the draft National Civil Aviation Policy. This section asked whether India really had 300 million middle class people who could afford to fly.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2015Industry
The Indian Aviation 2015 Growth Story Deciphered
India flew 81 million domestic passengers in 2015, 20 percent more than 2014. A look at how load factors, fuel prices and new capacity compare with the last 15 years, and what 2016 might bring.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2015Industry
General Aviation: Flight Safety Beyond Regulations
India's rules did not require flight recorders on single engine aircraft. This piece showed how Garmin G1000 data logging can still support flight data monitoring.
Radu Balas21 Jan 2014Industry
GAGAN Readiness: G1000 with GIA 63W (Diamond DA40NG)
With the Indian GAGAN (GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation) system expected to be fully operational by year end, The Flying Engineer visited a Diamond DA40NG today, at Bangalore, to check if the aircra
Radu Balas20 Jan 2014Industry
In Photos: Aero India 2009
A photo record of Aero India 2009 at Yelahanka, Bangalore: the Su-30 MKI, F-16, F/A-18, Eurofighter, MiG 35, C-17 and more on a rather empty apron.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2014Industry
Team Details for the Financial Accounting Project
A registration page used by a class of about 66 students to record team details for a financial accounting project comparing two companies.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2014Industry
Final
A topic page for the Final tag: the first Airbus A320neo, MSN 6101, entering final assembly at Toulouse in March 2014, and what it meant for the program.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2014Industry
The Pratt and Whitney PW1100G Geared Turbofan Engine
An introduction to the Pratt and Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan that would power the first A320neo, and what the full technical article covered: design, comparisons with the LEAP-1A, and why the 737 MAX did not need an engine that large.
Radu Balas8 Jul 2013Industry
Airbus A350 MSN001: First Flight and Developmental Timeline
Written two days before the A350 XWB's first flight on 14 June 2013, this piece covers why the A350 exists, what MSN001 is, and the step by step timeline that led to the first flight test aircraft.
Radu Balas12 Jun 2013Industry
The A350's First Flight Crew: Focus on Fernando Alonso
It is every pilot's 2 faced moment: the first flight of an unproven airplane. Although coming from a company that has made some of the finest airliners over the years, every new airplane is a new airp
Radu Balas4 Jun 2013Industry
A320 Sharklets: Factory Installation vs Production Retrofit
How Airbus A320 Sharklets were fitted either at the factory or later as a production retrofit, and why JetBlue's N821JB and AirAsia's 9M-AQQ each made a small piece of history in 2013.
Radu Balas18 Mar 2013Industry
Project Airbus Tech
Announcing Project Airbus Tech (PAT) in February 2013: a free, FCOM sourced bank of technical questions and answers on the Airbus A320 for flight crew.
Radu Balas4 Feb 2013Industry
Radka Machova
An interview with Radka Machova, formation lead of the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team, on 42 years of flying, the Zlin 50LX, G forces and tight formation work.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2013Industry
2013: A Year Flown By
A review of 2013 in global and Indian civil aviation: first flights of the A350, 777X programme and CSeries, Indian airline results, safety, regulation, training and air traffic.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2013Industry
Jets
A topic page on regional and mainline jets from the old Flying Engineer blog, built around the story of how Bombardier's C Series was born.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2013Industry
Shining the Green Laser: A Detriment to Flight Safety
A cheap green laser pointed at a landing airplane can light up the whole cockpit and blind the pilot at the worst moment. Here is why it is so dangerous.
Marius Stefan20 Mar 2012Industry
Diving into the A320: Dive Speeds
What the A320 dive speed is, why fly-by-wire protections keep the aircraft away from it, and the numbers: MD/VD Mach 0.89 / 381 kt.
Radu Balas18 Mar 2012Industry
Airbus A380
A topic page for the Airbus A380 tag, built from the post on A320 dive speeds, high speed protection and A380 dive testing.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2012Industry
787
A topic page on the Boeing 787 from the old Flying Engineer blog: the India Aviation 2012 tour, an Air India ferry hop, the A330 comparison and more.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2012Industry
NFTI: Rising to the Top, and How
A visit to NFTI Gondia, a CAE Global Academy, on 16 to 18 January 2012, and why it rose to the top of Indian flight schools, compared with IGRUA: fleet, instructors, facilities, cost and job placement.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2012Industry
A320 Dive Speeds: VD and MD
What the VD and MD dive speeds are on the Airbus A320, how fly by wire protections keep the aircraft below them, and what happens if speeds above VMO and MMO are reached.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2012Industry
Aero India 2011
A photo gallery from Aero India 2011 at Yelahanka, Bangalore, with aircraft from the Gipps Aero GA8 Airvan to the Su-30 MKI and the Surya Kiran aerobatic team.
Radu Balas1 Jan 2011Industry

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