The second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (named RC021) took to the skies on April 26th and Boeing has just release their official video. This 747-8I is special, since it will be the first Intercontinental to actually enter passenger service and will be delivered to Lufthansa Airlines. The first (RC001), which first took off on March 20th, […]
Stories by David Parker Brown
Click either photo for larger Three will enter, one will leave. Where once there was Virgin Blue who operated domestic flights with in Australia and then V Australia and Pacific Blue for international, there will only one: Virgin Australia. “From today, Virgin Australia will operate domestically in Australia,” Virgin Australia Airlines’ first ever CEO John […]
The new Boeing 747-8F is one majestic aircraft. Along with all the majesticness (yes I just made that a word) comes a lot of weight. The 747-8F can take off weighing nearly one million pounds and for the flight tests, Boeing needs to make sure the aircraft can successfully complete an aborted take off, fully […]
Click any photo for larger version. Back in February, Alaska Airlines held a contest for customers and fans to design a special Portland Timbers (Portland’s soccer team) livery. Surprisingly my livery design did not win. I guess it makes sense since the three finalist’s liveries were a tad bit better. The judges actually liked two […]
This is the second part to my interview with Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi. Here is the continuation of our exclusive interview: AirlineReporter (AR): What do you think the best decision Boeing has made? Michael Lombardi (ML): I think the best decision was building the Dash 80 (the first Boeing 707), which was a huge risk. […]