Aviation News
2017: Aviation’s safest year yet
Why was 2017 aviation’s safest year? If you missed the news at the end of last year, you might not know that 2017 was aviation’s safest year yet. The statistics are unbelievable (and extremely positive), with over 4 billion passengers flying worldwide on 38 million flights, yet there wasn’t one single fatality on one of…
Read MoreThe end of the Airbus A380?
Could this be the end of the Airbus A380? News emerged this week that could suggest the end of the Airbus A380! Does this really mean ‘curtains’ for the largest passenger jet in the world? The background The Airbus A380 – aka the “Superjumbo” – first came into service in 2007. Manufactured by European firm…
Read MoreThese pilots drew a Christmas tree in an Airbus A380!
Spreading Christmas cheer: these German pilots drew a Christmas tree in the sky! With Christmas nearly upon us, it seems we’re all getting into the festive spirit… these heroic pilots drew a Christmas tree in the world’s biggest passenger jet! It must take a lot of skill to fly an Airbus A380 so precisely that…
Read MoreHybrid-electric flight by 2022
Could we see hybrid-electric flight in just five years? This week saw the announcement that hybrid-electric flight could be a reality in our skies by 2022 – just five years away! Zunum Aero (a start-up aviation company based in Kirkland, Washington) plans to launch the world’s first hybrid-electric passenger plane, following testing scheduled for 2019.…
Read MoreCTI to host the 1st Annual Mid-South Safety Summit
The 1st Annual Mid-South Safety Summit: 7 October 2017 Join us between 10 am and 3 pm on October 7 for the 1st Annual Mid-South Safety Summit! Presented by air ambulance company Hospital Wing, and hosted by us at Millington Regional Jetport, this valuable day offers a variety of lectures and events to build your…
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