At the end of April 2023, the Boeing company announced its plan of accelerating technology development for sustainability, including the test flight programme of ´Explorer´ aircraft for 2023. The first ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a 787-10 Dreamliner, […]
Polish aviator Łukasz Czepiela is one of those pilots who likes to break aviation records and push beyond the boundaries. It is therefore not surprising he did it again and, on 14th March this year, […]
On 18th January 2023, Boeing announced that the company was selected by NASA to lead the development and flight testing of a full-scale Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator aircraft. The TTBW airframe concept is the […]
According to press release issued by the Boeing company on 6th December 2022, the last manufactured aircraft of legendary 747 family had left the manufacturer’s factory in Everett, Washington. The most famous four-engine airliner in […]
According to the information released by Boeing in the middle of November, the company is forecasting strong demand for air cargo services through 2041. As a result, air cargo traffic is expected to double until […]
On 12th November this year, the world of aviation was struck by the news that Franklin Davis Robinson, originator of one of the most popular and successful families of helicopters in the world, had sadly […]
On 11th March 1993, Airbus A321, being one of the most successful airliners made by the company, performed a maiden flight. The A321 is a member of a popular A320 family of passenger aircraft, produced […]
Flying crews of Berkut, the Kazakh state airline, have completed an additional training course, held at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAP) and aimed at improving their skills in operating the Mi-171A2 helicopter. The course included sixty […]
By the end of 2021, total flight time accumulated by the helicopters made at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAP), covered by either warranty maintenance or after-sale service plan, achieved 26,430 hours. And that means almost […]
At the end of December 2021, the Russian Aerial Forest Protection Service (Авиалесоохрана / romanized: Avialesookhrana) has received its first two Mi-8MTV-1 rotorcraft. The aircraft were delivered within the framework of contract concluded between the […]
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