The Boeing factory demonstrator lands at Oshkosh in July 2011, prior to all the battery problems. Photo: Andrew Jones – OPShots Contributor // Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion battery systems on five 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly… Read more
The world’s largest airline collectibles show & convention is slated to take place at the Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel from June 26 to the 29th, 2013. Cleveland has never before hosted this prestigious event, and a rather large attendance is anticipated. With all the aviation history that has taken place at CLE, it has… Read more
Airshow performer and air race pilot Howard Pardue died on Wednesday when his Grumman F8F Bearcat crashed shortly after takeoff from his home field of Stephens County Airport in Breckenridge, Texas, located about 100 miles west of Dallas. The Bearcat, one of only 15 or so airworthy F8Fs in the world, had just taken off when… Read more
Remember that runway overrun by an F-16C at Oshkosh last summer see it on video here? Plenty of armchair pilots speculated about why it might have happened, with possible causes centering on a what many presumed was a brake problem or perhaps too high an airspeed on final. It turns out that not a single one of us was right…. Read more
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