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in Blog, CommercialBelugaXL: The Latest Airbus Whale Takes Off In Style
On July 19th 2018 the Airbus A330-700XL F-WBXL took to the skies for the first time. The aircraft, more commonly referred to as the BelugaXL, took off from Toulouse-Blagnac in France at 1030 local time. The flight crew was Captain Christophe Cail, Co-Pilot Bernardo Saez-Benito Hernandez, and Test-Flight Engineer Jean Michel Pin. Additional flight test engineers […] More
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A380 draws giant Christmas Tree over Germany
Who said flying an extended airliner test flight is boring? On December 13, 2017 an Airbus A380 testpilot did some pretty cool stuff in the sky by ‘drawing’ a giant Christmas Tree on a flightpath over Germany and Denmark during a testflight of the Airbus A380, soon to be flown by Emirates, the carrier from […] More
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Record Breaking Aviators Fly Their Glider into the Stratosphere
“10 meters, 6 meters, 2 meters, SCORE!” Perlan II pilot Jim Payne keyed his mic to countdown as Perlan II reaced to new heights in the aviation record books. On September 3rd two aviators Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock achieved an altitude of 54,000 feet pressure altitude and 52,172 feet GPS altitude in a glider, […] More
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The Giant Beluga Fleet Keeps Airbus Jet Production Humming
They are Airbus’s delivery ships of the sky. The Airbus A300-600ST Beluga is built using many of the components from the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner. The ST in the designator stands for the original name: Super Transporter. It is a super transporter, but the name Beluga stuck and hasn’t let go. There are a total […] More
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Airbus Launches Their Next Generation Fleet For a Formation Photo Shoot
The A330-200, A350, A320NEO, and A380 take to the skies in impressive form. Airbus is one of the largest producers of commercial aircraft to have ever existed. The French company has several aircraft in operation, billions of dollars in revenue, and many different technological advancements to its name in the aviation world. It is no surprise […] More
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Watch Airbus Paint Its New A350-1000 Long-Range Twin
Airbus hopes this new jet is the 777 killer. The A350 is Airbus’s technologically advanced answer to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Instead of a direct competitor, the A350 series spans the gap between the 787 and larger 777. Now, Airbus is getting closer to flying the new Airbus A350-1000. The largest of the A350 series, […] More
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Allegiant Gives Employees The Chance To Pick Their New Livery
Allegiant Air is letting employees pick their new paint scheme. Ultra-dicount airline Allegiant recently acquired 12 ‘new’ Airbus A320 aircraft to supplement their fleet of Airbus A319s, MD-80s and 757s. Both the 757s and MD-80s will be phased out over the next few years in favor of an all Airbus fleet. While news of a […] More
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Flashback Friday: Reviewing The Stories And Videos Of The Past Week
Flashback Friday: Our one-stop, one-click recap of the past week on Avgeekery.com. If your week blurred by so fast you couldn’t spend time at Avgeekery.com (we forgive you) here’s a quick way to catch up. We’ve compiled all of our stories and videos from the past week. They’re all just a click away. Enjoy. One […] More
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Disappearing Act: American Airlines Continues to Phase Out its “Super 80s”
Once the workhorse for American Airlines, the MD80 is in the process of being sent to the glue factory – aka the boneyard. Much like the 747, which is slowly being phased out of passenger service, the MD-80 is suffering the same fate. Most are headed to the boneyard. American Airlines made the MD-80 […] More
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Six Reasons Why Boeing Faces Hard Choices In Replacing The 757
Boeing, which recently rolled out wide body 777s and 787s plus has the new 737 MAX, is contemplating a mid-size narrow-body aircraft. Boeing stopped making 757s over a decade ago and Boeing will be facing competition from Airbus in terms of mid-size aircraft that have improved fuel efficiency. Commercial airlines seek aircraft that allow them […] More
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Is Next Major Air Show A Barometer For International Aviation?
The next big international airshow will take place in England. The Farnborough Air Show in July will help determine if the international aviation industry is ascending, descending or maintaining altitude. That will no doubt be a debate over the next six months considering that last week’s Singapore Airshow wrapped up with several mixed messages. While Asia, […] More
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Cockpit door could become focus of Germanwings Airbus crash
A New York Times article was released this evening that raised the possibility that one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit during a terrifying 8 1/2 minute descent. This fact raises the possibility that the crash was not caused by a catastrophic malfunction (like an explosive decompression) but instead could have […] More
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