Former USA president Barack Obama landed yesterday landed in French Polynesia. The Gulfstream G550 (reg. N785QS) took off from Honolulu and landed at Faa’a International Airport near the capital of Papeete at 1520 local time. The former president didn’t stay long as he boarded an Air Tetiaroa Twin Otter (reg. HB-LRN) half an hour later to Tetiaroa. Thanks to AvGeeksTahiti
This video was taken from a NASA HU-25C Guardian chase plane looking toward NASA’s DC-8, with a Falcon 20-E5 from the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) soon to fly into the DC-8’s exhaust. The Falcon is testing how it maneuvers in the contrail and the performance of onboard instruments it’ll use to sample exhaust and ice…
South Korea’s flagship airline, has announced from March 26th, it will have a mixed fleet operating between London Heathrow and Incheon, Seoul. Both Korean Air’s acclaimed A380 and the latest Boeing 747-8i will be used on the route, and Korean Air’s B747-8i will be the first commercial passenger aircraft of its kind to land at…
Boeing revealed that Chinese aircraft lessor CDB Aviation Lease Finance has placed an order for 30 of its new single-aisle 737 MAX 8 jets. The order was booked earlier and was previously listed on Boeing’s orders website as coming from an unidentified customer. The order is worth $3.3 billion at current list prices, but based…
Monarch Airlines A321 (reg. G-OZBU) was taking off when alarm triggered forcing to pilots to stop the plane. Flight #ZB970 from Birmingham to Malaga was taking off runway 15 at 0705 UTC when crew were notified of overheat on one of two engines which was installed on the plane yesterday. Pilots aborted takeoff and returned to the gate.…
