SmartPath tech makes landing paths clearer at Sydney Airport
Airservices has introduced SmartPath technology at Sydney Airport to allow for accurate aircraft landing during poor weather conditions.
Airservices has introduced SmartPath technology at Sydney Airport to allow for accurate aircraft landing during poor weather conditions.
Qantas celebrated its 91st birthday today by announcing that it will take delivery of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, which will fly under the Jetstar flag in 2013.
Jetstar has announced that it will be replacing its A330 fleet with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in 2013.
A Qantas Boeing 747 has returned to service after an electrical fault caused smoke to enter its cockpit.
Maintenance issues that inevitably arise are likely to worsen as the industry's jets grow older and its finances weaken. Photos: When good airplanes go bad(From The New York Times)
At a flawless launch event, Boeing rolls out its first all-new plane since 1995, and one that it is counting on to stay atop the aviation heap.Photos: The Dreamliner debuts
The Meridian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a single-engine research aircraft with fixed landing gear designed by engineers at the University of Kansas. According to Technology Review, it will be used to see what happens beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Two units are currently built for a cost of about 3 U.S. million dollars. The Meridian will fly for up to 13 hours over a distance of 1,750 kilometers. The first flight over Greenland is forecasted next summer. And a second flight will take place over the Antarctic later in 2008.
Boeing's Australian manufacturing subsidiary Hawker de Havilland has turned to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to help it meet the challenge of producing key components for the forthcoming 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft.The Dreamliner, which is scheduled to go into general service in 2008, represents a radical change in aircraft design, being built largely from plastics and composite materials.