Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Hudson River crash recreation video - a year later

Click on the video to see the full size version on YouTube.

Pretty cool video of a potentially tragic event with a miraculous ending. I like how you can read the conversation between captain and co-pilot, even though you can't hear it on the radio transmissions. All business, working to get the plane down safely. A year later and it's still unbelievable that nobody was killed.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Potential maintenance required by FAA for the Piper Warrior (that's the plane I fly)

This article is from AOPA.org about a proposed airworthiness directive that could potentially affect the Piper Warrior (PA-28). It looks like it addresses an issue of the control wheel shaft coming loose. Below is a link to the full article. Definitely something to keep an eye on.

Proposed Piper AD would affect 42,000 aircraft

Monday, December 21, 2009

Boeing 787 flies... finally

Two years late is better than never! At least it looks awesome.
Here's the CNN article about the 787's first flight. Very cool.