A Qantas A380 on final approach for LAX in 2010. Photo: Chris Jacobs – OPShots Contributor // The competing—and once fiercely debated—Airbus hub-centric and Boeing point-to-point views of the commercial air travel market have created a battle that is now largely “theoretical” given some of the market success of the… Read more
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
This Boeing Dreamliner demonstrator visited Washington Dulles in May 2012. Photo: Andrew Thon – OPShots Contributor // Tests of the revised Boeing 787 battery system are expected to be completed “within weeks” and will involve only a single flight test, says VP and 787 Chief Project Engineer Mike Sinnett.Revealing full… Read more
Boeing factory demonstrator at Dulles International last May. Photo: Andrew Thon – OPShots Contributor // Boeing is preparing to install a modified battery system for flight tests in a 787 in anticipation of the FAA approving its redesign plan, which the manufacturer hopes could come by March 6. At the same time, the… Read more
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