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In case you missed it, one of the latest aviation videos to go viral shows off a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner rehearsing for the Paris Air Show, which is being held this week. It’s not often we see airliners perform such a steep climb, but this video demonstrates the Dreamliner’s ability for a gorgeous takeoff. While […]

Researchers at NASA have started flight testing new software that the agency says could make the National Airspace System far more efficient and reduce noise associated with airplanes near major airports. The software has been named Airborne Spacing for Terminal Arrival Routes, or ASTAR for short. The purpose of the software is to develop more […]

Insufficient testing and a poor understanding of a novel lithium-ion battery design contributed to the grounding of Boeing’s 787 fleet last year after two separate fire and smoke incidents in January 2013, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report issued on Monday. Boeing, the FAA and the 787’s Japanese battery maker shared the blame […]

Major airworthiness directives related to aircraft systems aren’t all that uncommon, but a new AD issued by the FAA yesterday that calls for the replacement of the primary flight displays in certain Boeing 737 and 777 airliners raises eyebrows not just for what must be replaced but also the reason why. The FAA on October […]

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), a joint venture between Aviation Partners Inc. (API) and the Boeing Company, has developed a Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) program designed for Boeing Business Jets. APB claims the new winglets improve the long-range performance of BBJ series airplanes by 2.5 to 3 percent, adding about 200 nautical miles of range over […]

Boeing has delivered the final C-17 produced for the Air Force, two decades after the massive four-engine transport began military duty. Officials took delivery of the C-17 Globemaster III — the 223rd sold to the Air Force — during a ceremony attended by hundreds of workers at Boeing’s Long Beach, California, assembly plant. The factory […]

Boeing’s run of dismal press relating to the 787 Dreamliner continued this week with a report out of Japan that the fire suppression system on the advanced jet could improperly discharge fire suppressant to the wrong engine in the event of a fire. Japan’s All Nippon Airways said it discovered a wiring fault that would […]

Commercial flights of the Boeing 787 could resume as early as next week after Boeing on Monday began installing reinforced lithium ion batteries on five grounded 787s operated by launch customer All Nippon Airways. Teams of Boeing engineers are working at four airports in Japan, including Tokyo’s Haneda and Narita hubs, where the Dreamliners have […]

FedEx has donated a retired Boeing 727-200 to the Sun ‘n Fun campus, which is used by the Central Florida Aerospace Academy and its partner Polk State College. Polk State College’s Aerospace Program Director Eric Crump, who is also a regular contributor to Flying, said the airplane will be parked permanently and mounted on stilts […]

A Boeing 787 completed a two-hour flight on Monday in the first test of the troubled airliner’s redesigned lithium battery system. The Dreamliner departed Everett, Washington, just after noon local time and flew along the Pacific coast into Oregon before returning to land at Paine Field. Afterward Boeing said the flight went “according to plan.” […]