Concorde had the throttles set to 100% dry power on take-off and left them there. Reheat (afterburner) was used for… Read More
Of the 1,574 747s built up to December of 2022 (when the final 747 left Boeing’s Everett Factory), somewhere between… Read More
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Boeing built its first windowless jet airliners in the 1960s—and they flew as passenger-carrying jets from 1968 to 1992. Why… Read More
On Christmas Eve 1985, unique Concorde formation appeared in the sky. The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde was a British-French supersonic passenger… Read More
The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023.… Read More
'To keep the bad guy off his feet, the first officer threw the FedEx DC-10 cargo aircraft into all sorts… Read More
With the captain pinned against the window frame for twenty minutes, the first officer landed at Southampton Airport. British Airways… Read More
‘While I was flying a [Boeing] 727 over the middle of North Carolina, a passenger saw a huge thunderstorm cloud… Read More
Flying on the Concorde supersonic airliner was different, but not a true luxury experience. The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde was a British-French… Read More
‘When I went to the seats over the wing to look at the hole I could see the landing gear… Read More
‘Co-pilots are absolutely essential to airline safety. I would rather have a good co-pilot than a good #2 engine any… Read More
There were still a lot of hostilities at the time, so the pilots did what is called a falling leaf… Read More
The best way to describe the fundamental differences of Boeing and Airbus is to compare it’s two short haul airliners,… Read More
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