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From December 6th to the 9th, one of Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentals, RC021, was flown to Frankfurt Germany, so that Lufthansa could complete pre-delivery testing at the Frankfurt Airport. Three Lufthansa and two Boeing pilots made the nine hour journey from Seattle to Frankfurt. The aircraft will be the fifth 747-8I that Lufthansa will take delivery of […]
On Friday I posed the question, “How many Boeing 737s are still flying today,” and I received a lot of responses. So what is the answer? (insert drum roll here)… … did you click that drum roll link? It really adds to the suspense. If you did not do it before, it is not too […]
Airbus was originally founded in 1970 as a consortium of aerospace manufactures to better compete with Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed. Their first aircraft was the A300, which first flight on October 28, 1972 and since then, the manufacture has created many successful aircraft that have flown millions of passengers around the world. A big milestone was […]
This is not the first aircraft that Air New Zealand has painted black for the World Champion All Blacks rugby team, but it sure is the biggest. Actually this is the world’s largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted completely black. “It’s a sensational looking aircraft and will really turn heads at airports around the […]
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Mysteries of the Ancient Unknown – 2012 End of Times www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Is the Denver International Airport (DEN) a part of some huge conspiracy or are they there just to let planes land or take off? […]