News of the explosion at Zodiac Aerospace’s C&D plant in Newport, Washington, highlights the delicate nature of working with aircraft interiors components which require special materials and chemical additives to be lightweight, fireproof, and strong enough to withstand impact in the event of an aircraft crash.
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SAS has signed a new simplified agreement with SAS Norway Pilot Association, SNF, after entering a new agreement with the Danish Association DPF on 31 March,… Read More »New Pilot Agreements Clear the Skies Ahead for SAS
Aviation in Europe and around the world is in mourning as we are confronted with the terrible tragedy of the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525… Read More »After the Tragedy of Germanwings 4U9525, We Are Left With Questions and Grief
Copenhagen Airport has announced that Denmark’s first YO! Sushi restaurant is now open at the terminal.
A shooting at DFW airport involving a prisoner in transit and an accompanying officer raises questions on rules governing the transport of prisoners on commercial flights.
Every week, besides the articles I write here on Flight Chic and on VolandoAndo, I prepare Flight Chic Special Reports for leading industry publications. While I’m… Read More »Tech, Tech and Tasty: 3 Odd Aviation Stories You Might Have Missed
Every week, besides the articles I write here on Flight Chic and on VolandoAndo, I prepare Flight Chic Special Reports for leading industry publications. While… Read More »Snow? What Snow? Feel the Heat Of the Stories Behind These 4 Aviation Stories You Might Have Missed
I get assignments and am encouraged to recommend topics, but I don’t decide what news will be hot each week and what developments might need a special article. The fates of aviation decide such things. That’s why the common threads between these stories fascinates me. Just as it happened week before last, these stories evolved with an unintended theme. The theme was: stuff to argue about.
Every week, besides the contributions I make to this site and to VolandoAndo, I work on Flight Chic Special Reports for leading industry publications. These are five of my… Read More »Five-and-a-Half Hot Aviation Stories You Might Have Missed
With winter advancing on the state of Washington, bringing colder temperatures and shorter days, Boeing reports that its 737 manufacturing facility is now powered by 100% renewable energy.
Honeywell Aerospace technology is at the core of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation’s new G500 and G600 aircraft, unveiled today. And Qatar Airways has committed to buy up to… Read More »Qatar May Be First Airline to Fly a Jet Like It’s an iPad: Touch Screen Makes Flying Intuitive, Increases Passenger Comfort
One of the special treats of working in Aviation is getting behind-the-scenes shop-floor tours. Now Boeing gives the world a private tour as it shares… Read More »Your Private Tour of the 737 MAX Production Shop Floor
The longest strike in the history of Air France has finally come to an end, with the pilot’s union SNPL, sending out a quick notice to… Read More »As the Air France Pilot Strike Ends, There’s Nothing to Count but the Losses
Boeing projects the Asia Pacific region’s demand for new commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians over the next 20 years will be 39 percent of the global need for new airline personnel, a total of 440,000 new jobs.
Airbus has been to cornering the market on key patents for seat designs clearly intended to protect various special applications and technologies–raising the question of whether… Read More »Latest Airbus Seat Design Development Is A Boon to Babes
While UAS operators in the US express frustration over FAA regulations which increasingly restrict the practical and recreational use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and… Read More »Denmark Welcomes A Multiplicity of Drone Applications
The use of drones to promote tourism and products is becoming pretty popular, with some heavenly footage shot in remote locations. During filming of the… Read More »Drone Brings Man Closer to God..than he wanted.
I was very excited when I learned of the Kickstarter project to document the life of American designer Walter Dorwin Teague, to whom aviation (only… Read More »An Ode to Walter D. Teague, the Father of US Industrial Design
ALPA has released a new statement intended to debunk what it calls “the myth” of a pilot shortage, and publishing a new fact sheet on… Read More »As Boeing Projects Demand for Pilots, ALPA Points to Supply
Boeing has announced that it’s moving final assembly of the 787-10 “exclusively” to North Charleston, SC, citing logistics. According to the company’s announcement: The 787-10… Read More »Boeing’s 787-10 Will Speak with a Southern Drawl
