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BelugaXL: 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…

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Commercial News

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…

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Commercial News

The Airbus A380 Program Is Dying A Slow, Painful Death

The much anticipated deal between Emirates Airlines and Airbus fell apart last week. Emirates was supposed to have ordered additional A380 jumbo jets. The deal, supposedly solidified only with a…

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General Aviation

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…

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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…

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Commercial News

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…

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Blog

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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…