Boeing's Largest 737 MAX Airplane Takes to the Sky for the First Time
21 Jun 2021, 08:44 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The largest airplane of Boeing's 737 MAX family completed its maiden flight. The 737-10 took to the sky from Washington and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle
C-17 Globemaster Can Drop Cargo and Tanks, Looks Its Best When Firing Flares
14 Jun 2021, 12:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / C-17 Globemaster is a military transport plane that can take off and land on short runways with 164,900 pounds (75 metric tons) of cargo on board
Watch a Boeing 737 Abandon Full-Speed Takeoff After Several Bird Strikes
9 Jun 2021, 08:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Captain of American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 decides to abandon takeoff at the very last second after hitting birds on the runway
For the First Time, An MQ-25 Stingray Drone Refuels Another Aircraft Mid-Flight
7 Jun 2021, 15:26 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On June 4th, an MQ-25 Stingray successfully refueled an F/A-18 Super Hornet mid-flight for the first time in the history of aviation
Boeing and Alaska Airlines to Test Over 20 Eco-Friendly Technologies This Summer
4 Jun 2021, 12:44 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Boeing and Alaska Airlines are collaborating to test more than 20 new technologies this summer. For the test flights an Alaska Airlines 737-9 will be used.
354-Seat Boeing 777 Becomes Ad-Hoc Charter, Takes Off With Just One Passenger
28 May 2021, 08:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Emirates Boeing 777-300ER, which has room for over 350 people, takes off from Mumbai flying to Dubai with just a single passenger on board
F-15EX on Aerial Refueling Mission Over California Is Pure Visual Delight
26 May 2021, 11:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo shows one of two F-15EX with the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida conducting an aerial refueling mission over California
H-47 Chinook Successfully Tested With Significantly More Powerful Engine
19 May 2021, 15:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing and General Electric test a more powerful, 7,500-shaft horsepower engine for the H-47 Chinook tandem rotor helicopter
Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Comes Together in Record Time as Next USAF Trainer
14 May 2021, 11:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saab ships aft section of a T-7A Red Hawk from Sweden over to Boeing in the U.S., Americans combine the two aircraft parts in just 30 minutes
B-52 Stratofortress Gets More Stopping Power as Life Extended Into the 2050s
13 May 2021, 15:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace tasked by the U.S. Air Force to design new wheels and brakes for the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber
Second F-15EX Fighter Jet Deployed at Eglin Air Force Base for Testing
1 May 2021, 07:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boing shipped last week the second F-15EX fighter jet to the Eglin Air Force Base where testing of the new aircraft is being conducted
Spotless Boeing 777 Hits Jet Bridge, Suffers Wing Damage
25 Apr 2021, 18:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A new Boeing 777 that has only recently joined KLM’s fleet has suffered wing damage after hitting a jet bridge at the Amsterdam Schiphol airport
Defiant X Weapons System in the Works, Helo to Replace Black Hawk in the 2030s
24 Apr 2021, 06:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing and Sikorsky announced they are now developing the weapons system for the Black Hawk replacement, the Defiant X helicopter
Russia Figures Out That Building a 400-Seat Il-96-400M Aircraft Makes No Sense
22 Apr 2021, 06:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Russia-based United Aircraft Corporation will no longer mass-produce a widebody passenger airliner because, you know, nobody needs it
iPhone Catches Fire on British Airways Boeing 787 Just Before Landing
20 Apr 2021, 13:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The UK’s Air Accident Investigation Brand (AAIB) has completed the investigation, saying the incident caused no injuries and aircraft damages
F-15EX Fighter Jet Gets Inducted into Service, Flying from Eglin Air Force Base
11 Apr 2021, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first of two F-15EX fighter jets to be delivered for testing purposes to the Eglin Air Force Base was officially inducted into service
Boeing 737 Lands at Wrong Airport, Second Plane Close to Making the Same Mistake
5 Apr 2021, 08:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ethiopian 737 flying from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Ndola, Zambia, mistakenly lands at an airport that was still under construction
U.S. Navy Getting More Boeing P-8 Poseidon Submarine Hunters
2 Apr 2021, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy places $1.6 billion order with Boeing for the delivery of 11 more P-8 Poseidon submarine hunters, world fleet grows to 128 units
V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft Reaches 600,000 Flight-Hours Milestone
25 Mar 2021, 10:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are just 400 V-22 Ospreys in service at the moment, yet they flew a combined 600,000 hours, meaning an average of 1,500 hours each
U.S Navy’s EA-18G Growler About to Get Even Better at Electronic Warfare
22 Mar 2021, 16:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / EA-18G Growler deployed by the U.S. Navy is entering a five-year long modernization process that would make it even better at electronic warfare