Airbus has severed links with the A380 for its new A350 XWB cockpit, adopting an all-new configuration that rivals the Boeing 787 in the size of display screens. … Its new six screen configuration has two central displays mounted one above the other (the lower one on the centre console in front of the thrust levers) and a single primary flight/navigation display in front of each pilot with an on-board information system screen adjacent to it.
Boeing Co’s new carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner plane may turn out to be unsafe and could lead to more deaths in crashes, according to a report by veteran journalist Dan Rather to be broadcast in the United States on Tuesday.
The new plane, which is mostly made from brittle carbon compounds rather than flexible aluminum, is [...]
Both Boeing Co. and its European rival, Airbus, emerged with a piece of British Airways’ $8.2 billion order for 36 new long-range aircraft today.
The London-based carrier said it is ordering 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 12 Airbus A380 superjumbo jets. The airline also took options on seven more A380s and 18 787s.
In splitting the order, [...]
The delay has been Boeing’s original plan called for the first 787 to be ready by late-August to launch a nine-month airworthiness certification process ending with first delivery to All Nippon Airways in May 2008. Earlier in the third quarter, Boeing acknowledged that the end of the window for first flight might slip from late September to early October, requiring the company to complete airworthiness certification in only seven months to remain on schedule for first delivery.
The first Airbus A380 for Dubai-based Emirates Airline undertook its maiden flight on 4 September from the airframer’s Toulouse headquarters. Emirates will be the first customer to receive the GP7200-powered version of the A380, with deliveries slated to begin in August next year.
The Wallstreet Journal had some interior pictures of the “Google Jet”.
While we’ve got some room to talk here, I forgot some details in the last post on this piece. Larry and Sergey, for example, fought so hard over Sergey’s king-size that CEO Eric Schmidt had to step in. Eric’s words of peace, according to the [...]
