Small jet bursts into flames while taking off in Northern California airport; all 10 on board escape injury

All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday when the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials said. (www.latimes.com) Plus d'info...

Boeing is hiring as it expect resuming 737 MAX deliveries in October

Boeing said on Tuesday it plans to add extra staff and hire “a few hundred” temporary employees at an airport in Washington state where it is storing many grounded 737 MAX jetliners, a key step in its best-case plan for resuming deliveries to airline customers in October. (www.airlive.net) Plus d'info...

Two pulled from ocean after plane crash near Half Moon Bay

"Pilot David Lesh said he had siphoned particulate matter out of the gas but doesn’t think he got all of it. “This definitely was more stuff than I was used to seeing,” he said." Lesh, the founder of Denver-based outerwear company Virtika, said he bought the plane nearly three months ago for more than $200,000 and spent about $40,000 for upgrades. He said Tuesday’s flight was its first real trip. (www.mercurynews.com) Plus d'info...

Brazil: LATAM increases the volume of flights in Rio Grande do Norte State by 16%

Package to join the new ICMS reduction incentives for the company's weekly flight operation in the state... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Plus d'info...

Where Will Boeing Be in 5 Years?

If you can look past the 737 MAX debacle, Boeing (NYSE: BA) has midterm prospects that appear to be very good. Unfortunately, the grounding of the aircraft has overshadowed a year of otherwise good progress at the company, which continues to lay the groundwork for future improvement. Let's analyze where it could be in five years, with a focus on its commercial operations. (finance.yahoo.com) Plus d'info...

Global Supertanker to combat biggest wildfires in Bolivian history

Bolivian vicepresident announced this evening that Evergreen´s Global Supertanker 747 will arrive on Friday 23/08/19 from California to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (SLVR) to combat wildfires in southwestern Bolivia, VP quoted flight cost at $US16K per hour plus $800K guarantee. On 09/07/19 by Decreto Supremo No. 3973, bolivian president Evo Morales authorized "controlled fires" in Amazonian regions of Beni and Santa Cruz, shall we say "things got out of hand"... (www.paginasiete.bo) Plus d'info...

The dream of flying taxis may not be too far off

"Mark my words. A combination of airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile. But it will come," Henry Ford quipped in 1940. Our dreams of cars capable of taking flight at the whim of their driver have been around nearly as long as we've had cars themselves, or at least as long as we've endured heavy commute traffic. Yet the prospect of actual, commercially available flying automobiles has always seemed to remain just out of reach, only a few years from viability. But even… (www.engadget.com) Plus d'info...