While aviation history tends to focus on great success stories such as successful flights, breaking speed records, and revolutionary aircraft models, there is no denying that the path to success is strewn with failures. Some of the first aircraft developed had flaws making them unsafe and unreliable, and thus they could not be used further. […]
The Royal Navy can be considered the first to have conceived the idea of aircraft carriers but its aviation history is not as perfect or always as successful as that. Throughout the decades, it used aircraft that were slow, unreliable or just not up to the demanding environment of naval warfare. There were bad designs […]
The United States has been known to have the highest capabilities in designing and developing advanced military aircrafts. The country has been on the frontline of aviation technology with world-class engineers, state of the art facilities and organisations such as the Skunk Works of Lockheed Martin. Skilled test pilots and good funding support these efforts, […]
Time is the best currency in the world of global business leaders, whereas efficiency governs all significant actions. To Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, and one of the richest people in the world, the private aviation is much more than a luxury investment. It is a powerful business instrument that has been used as a […]
Whenever we imagine flying, we tend to have images of a smooth ride through the skies, but incidents which have occurred over the recent times with the Boeing 737 has left many people shaken. Being one of the most widespread aircraft in the world, this model has been involved in a number of horrifying accidents […]
Boeing is facing a tough time as international trade tensions are hitting the deliveries of the aircraft manufacturer directly. Boeing’s CEO, Kelly Ortberg, has asserted that the company has decided not to produce aircraft for those customers who are not ready to accept the deliveries. This comes after China’s order for airlines to suspend the […]
