Knowing where the cultural problems at Boeing have originated from, the idea of selecting the next COO from Finance doesn't look like the best choice to me.
Jump to postIt almost sounds like the user is more upset that they weren’t informed of the reason for the delay when they may have been able to do so. One has to ask the the A.net poster isn’t aware of ULCCs and their bare bones operation. My point is about being open and transparent with your customers, espec...
Jump to postA new video showing the AW-249 has just been released.
Quite interesting as it's shot from inside the cockpit as well.
https://youtu.be/sOt-SpA-TNw?si=7apeVL7wCFIgnSO6
2346 nautical miles is nowhere near the range of this plane. Not with 239 passengers, a load of baggage, high temperature at the departure station and a bit of headwind apparently. Besides 2346 nm is only the great circle distance, the planned route (avoiding Syria) is usually a lot longer. It's no...
Jump to postHi folks, my son just got an unpleasant experience with Wizz Air Abu Dhabi operating AUH-FCO with an A-321Neo. On Feb 18th on the way back to FCO they had an uneventul flight until they were overflying Thessaloniki, when the a/c made a sudden diversion to SOF as they had to refuel in order to reach ...
Jump to postAccording to the well informed website The Aviationist, a MQ-9 drone was shot down by Yemeni rebels.
A footage has also been released by the rebels.
https://theaviationist.com/2023/11/08/m ... wn-houthi/
Quite an expensive lost…
Newark727 wrote:Vladimir Putin remains Lockheed Martin's best salesman.
Oh my God, Tapatalk has been my “one stop shop” for ages to access my preferred forums…
I can understand there there may be solid reasons behind this choice, but from a user experience point of view this is a big step backwards.
I’m conscious that 1977 was a different world in aviation industry standards compared to today, but here below we have an entire corps de ballet dancing on an active 747’s wing! [emoji3]
https://youtu.be/B1PO1N9Yt7s?si=ugFocuydOLkZX3lU
Thank you for the Link. My father was a Captain at the Jabog 49 in Furstenfeldbruck (infamous from the 1972 olympic shooting) where they used to fly G91 too (and later, when he was there, Alpha Jet). Besides Germany, Italy and Portugal, the G91 did not really become a great success, although it see...
Jump to postEventually they were able to get all the green lights from authorities to get the G-91 back to the skies. Here is the video taken air-to-air from a MB-326. https://youtu.be/Ifdv1qEgnLI Interesting to note that the pilot is a 70 year old retired general that once was part of the Experimental flight t...
Jump to postWell, I have many… Civil Market From an historical perspective, the A-109 (now called AW-109). More than 50 years ago, when she took off for the first time, she was so incredibly ahead of her times that her fantastic silhouette still impresses everyone today! https://www.leonardo.com/en/news-and-sto...
Jump to postThe airshow is coming this weekend and the presence of a flying F-104 borrowed from the American company "Starfighter" has just been confirmed by ItAF. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aeronautica-militare_aeronauticamilitare-starfighter-aeronauticamilitare100-activity-7073950635473166337-0K...
Jump to postVT-ALH is coming back to DEL right now as AIC196 on FR24.
Jump to postSo they just hired the employee n. 100 (as posted on their LinkedIn profile a few days ago) and then they already have a brand new aircraft? There is definitely something weird in all of this… Are you new here? Do you know how much MONEY is in Saudi Arabia? LOL I’m not new and I worked several year...
Jump to postSo they just hired the employee n. 100 (as posted on their LinkedIn profile a few days ago) and then they already have a brand new aircraft? There is definitely something weird in all of this… What’s weird about it ? The airline wants to create a marketing buzz in Farnborough next week. It’s not li...
Jump to postSo they just hired the employee n. 100 (as posted on their LinkedIn profile a few days ago) and then they already have a brand new aircraft?
There is definitely something weird in all of this…
The agreement has just been signed.
News in Italian
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/econom ... cfdf6.html
Here it this the video, from the Instagram account of the pretty famous website “The Aviationist”.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Csd3nJxg ... ExYTkwZQ==
The pilot managed to eject and reported just minor injuries.
We already know that the Airshow that will take place in Pratica di Mare AFB (near Rome) on June 17th and 18th, 2023 will be monumental as they will be celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the Italian Air Force. This short video regarding the engine start up of a (still) semi-dismantled G-91 repr...
Jump to postThe rocket explodes and the spectators are cheering and applauding? How weird is this? What did I miss? Or are they all brain washed Elon Musk fanboys? Looks like SpaceX goes the way of the Russian N1 moon rocket. Bundling so many rocket engines is never a good idea. That’s the Agile Methodology ap...
Jump to postWhat will the implications be of ITA being part of Lufthasna? Will they become part of Star Alliance? And will say United be able to sell connections beyond FCO like they do with all the other Lufthasna airlines? Of course the plan is to have ITA switch from SkyTeam to *A ASAP and also to have all ...
Jump to postRomania to buy F-35s.
For sure the Russian war is pushing the F-35 sales in a way that is well beyond the wettest dreams that in LM they could have had!
https://theaviationist.com/2023/04/11/r ... -the-f-35/
IIRC the CH-149 mid-life upgrade is meant to bring the existing fleet at the same standard of the Norwegian AW-101 SAR, which is considered the most sophisticated SAR helicopter currently on the market.
Jump to postQuite a number of recon flights today for sure. The B52 was "bombing" Italy today, so no visit to Estonia this time. In the instagram account of the pretty popular military aviation website “theaviationist” there is a short video taken from ground showing the B-52 overflying Italy accompa...
Jump to postThis video looks very interesting and could be realistically related to the episode.
https://m.facebook.com/video/video.php? ... 92896&_rdr
ITA is going to start today the migration from Sabre to Amadeus PSS (same PSS used by LHG).
Jump to postGuys it’s called Rafale (which means Gust in French), not Rafele or - even worst - Rafael…
Jump to postWe can rest assured that the highly regarded Qatari Civil Aviation Authority will perform a thorough investigation. Sarcasm intended. I mean, they "led the world" on the A350 paint thingy. Pilots probably have already been summarily fired. Oh well, it depends on their nationality. I have ...
Jump to postLH has just presented a LOI to acquire a minority stake in ITA Airways. https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/lufthansa-presents-offer-for-minority-stake-in-ita-airways/ The group Lufthansa announced that it has submitted a letter of intent to the Ministry of Economy and Finance with the offer for ent...
Jump to postJust wondering if they ever considered rebuilding a fully revamped version of the Atlantique itself, like others did with C-130H to J, G222 to C27J, CH-47D to F and so on…
Jump to postI guess that means 903 is officially a write off... Out of the 15 delivered one was lost in 2006 when it crashed into the waters in Nova Scotia. Another one crashed a few months ago in Gander, with the helicopter eventually landing on her side as a consequence of tail boom mishap. The article makes...
Jump to postAfter 20 years of service the 13 CH-149 currently in service with the National Defense will get a huge Mid Life Upgrade with renewed avionics, more powerful engines and top notch sensors including the one able to locate cell phones. The existing fleet will be expanded with another 3 helicopters brin...
Jump to postAccording to the latest news from the Italian news agency Ansa, LH is getting definitely closer with the latest modifications of a decree that will allow the German group to acquire 40-49% of ITA through a dedicated capital increase, while the full acquisition may come at a later stage. Personally I...
Jump to postI don´t think Cameri has a high production rate but 35 examples aren´t that many. If the Luftwaffe chooses to get them quickly i reckon they could all be delivered within 8 to 10 years. The delivery time, knowing that the F-35 is now becoming the hottest sale in the European defense market (as ever...
Jump to poststeman wrote:Is it known at this point if production will take place in Italy at the FACO in Cameri or in the US?
Off the top of my head, didn't an Italian Air Force Eurofighter also crash a couple of years ago during an air show? Yes, so as far as I know this should be the second fatal loss of the type in Italy. BTW there is also a video showing what appears to be a formation of two aircraft flying at low lev...
Jump to postYesterday evening a very sad news came across various media channels in Italy which reported that an Eurofighter from 37^ Stormo based in Trapani AFB (Sicily) had crashed and the pilot didn't survive. While fatal crashes of fighter jets where not uncommon in the 80s and 90s, these events are definit...
Jump to postDepending on what is actually announced, this is pretty huge, especially if, say, Japan is announced as a truly 'full partner'. Lots of both geopolitical and industrial implications, if that's so. What I have read on several Italian news websites is that GCAP is going to be a balanced partnership w...
Jump to postI had the pleasure of a chat with a helicopter pilot (Italian Navy first, then he moved to Leonardo) which had the opportunity to fly both the NH-90 and the AW-139. In simple words he told me that the NH-90 is a very complex machine, with some logics behind the avionics which are not immediately und...
Jump to postHonestly this is quite impressive and definitely way too sad to witness: they went down without fully realizing it... https://youtu.be/dQG13MnSdp4 While the Japanese student is clearly under a stress (you can hear his heavy breath), the instructor seems always calm, even seconds before the crash tha...
Jump to postApparently with the partial mobilization affecting 300.000 men between 18 and 65, Russian airlines have been ordered not to sell tickets to those individuals, unless approved by the Russian MoD. https://www.airlive.net/breaking-russian-airlines-ordered-to-stop-selling-tickets-to-russian-men-aged-18-...
Jump to postNice flypast of an ITA A-350 and the Italian Acrobatic Team Frecce Tricolori during the F1 GP in Monza on Sep 11th.
https://youtu.be/IlYgCXC40c0
@ rheinwaldner, flyingturtle, ThePointblank: I agree with you analysis. I would add that there is only one think the Russian military are good at: firing cruise missiles from distance to Ukrainian cities, killing random civilians. In this the are really unbeatable... For the rest, without the atomic...
Jump to postKikko19 wrote:Darwin at work. Who is so genius to ride a bike on a runway?
Doesn't Saudi Arabia have very strict entry requirements that would make it difficult to operate as a transit hub the way that Dubai works ? Also what happens to Saudia ? Doesn't it make more sense to simply expand that carrier rather than create a new one from scratch ? Until MBS Came to power, yo...
Jump to postI wouldn’t be surprised if the new carrier will progressively “absorb” people and knowledge from Saudia until they will eventually cease operations in what will then become a massive re-branding of the pre-existing airline. By the way my bet is that in 10-15 years from now KSA will become the new UA...
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