Randy Baseler, vice president of Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has a new web journal. Not quite a what I’d call a Blog yet (no permalinks, comments or RSS feed) but looks like it will develop into one. Suggest Randy looks at Bob Lutz’s Fastlane Blog as a
145ft (44m) is rather too close when you are talking about aircraft separation... Link: ComPilots.com - Aviation Portal - South Korean airliner avoided mid-air collision. A South Korean Boeing 747 carrying hundreds of passengers came within 145 feet of hitting another jet...
Background on Burt Rutan and SpaceShipOne from the BBC. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Burt Rutan: Aviation pioneer Scaled Composites Website
Aviation
Interesting article from Popular Mechanics about the future of Boeing. Its risky to build any new aircraft due to the huge investment required but how dependent are they on the success of the 7E7? Popular Science | Boeing, Boeing, Gone?
Aviation
In what is believed to be a world-first, a helicopter was successfully landed on the aft deck of a privately-owned sailing yacht in Auckland recently. The EC130 seven-seat helicopter landed on the new super sloop Tiara anchored in the Waitemata Harbour in the city. Arriving in style - helicopter lands
Sports
If this is accurate it seems like New Zealand is in the Americas Cup business again. There had been some doubt as its hard work getting the required budget but it looks like it’s going to happen. Emirates Sponsors Team NZ 28/04/2004 07:15 AM - Denise
Aviation
Unmanned Flying Object? Boeing Unmanned Combat Aircraft Makes Aviation History
Aviation
If this happens will be a major change for NZ aviation. The long haul fleet has been all Boeing since the Douglas DC8 & DC10's were retired. Air New Zealand is tipped to buy a fleet of Airbus A330 twin-engine jets, worth up to $1.2 billion, to
