More 'Bird-Like' Wing Now Under Development At Airbus UpNext, the innovation division of Airbus, announced last week it plans to be flight testing a Cessna Citation VII testbed with “morphing wing” technology in 2024. The developmental concept takes an aircraft’s complement of control surfaces to a whole new[…] Read this article
United Opts For $43 Billion Worth Of New Boeing Airliners United Airlines announced today (Dec. 13) it has booked a 200-plane order with Boeing, split evenly between 737 Maxes and 787 Dreamliners. The order is pegged at $43 billion and is said to support post-pandemic growth at the airline, replacing[…] Read this article
Supersonic Airliner Developer Boom Technologies Selects An Engine Provider Supersonic hopeful Boom Technologies has named its choice for an engine supplier for its 88-seat Overture Mach-busting airliner project. Florida Turbine Technologies, acquired in 2019 by San Diego, California-based Kratos Turbine Technologies, is best known for drone engines. It will[…] Read this article
Update: Garmin Receives G5000 EASA Approval For Citation Excel/XLS Garmin announced today (Dec. 13) that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted approval for its G5000 flight deck in the Citation Excel/Citation XLS. Carl Wolf, Garmin vice president of aviation sales and marketing, said, “Since the program[…] Read this article
Poll: If NASA Had Let You, Would You Have Ridden Orion Around The Moon? Each week, we poll the savviest aviators on the World Wide Web (that’s you) on a topic of interest to the flying community. Share your opinion by participating in our current poll. Read this article
Short Final: Plane In The Water I was talking to New York Approach when I heard the following: GrayRider 5 (NY State Police): “Albany Approach, GrayRider 5. Change of mission. That plane in the water, well it’s confirmed as a float plane, so it’s now direct[…] Read this article
