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The Boeing Company removed 210 aircraft from its order backlog and took an impairment charge over customer financing losses on Wednesday following the near-collapse of India’s Jet Airways. The adjustment pushed the world’s largest plane maker behind European rival Airbus in the race for business this year as both companies grappled with cancellations that outweighedRead more

This is the airplane that everyone wants to fly, a single seat, one-third scale, flying replica of one of America’s greatest bombers; the mighty B-17. This build was a labour of love for one great man, the presence of the ‘Bally Bomber’ and the opportunity to speak to the pilot that operates this interesting scaleRead more

Over the past few months African Pilot carried EAA AirVenture full-page adverts as part of the promotion of Neil Bowden’s Air Adventure Tours as well as exposing AirVenture to our southern African audience. In exchange EAA organised for Christine and me to experience a flight from Appleton to the north of Oshkosh as a re-positioningRead more

The 2018 Pilot and Technician outlook from Boeing is projecting that 635,000 commercial aviation pilots will be needed in the next ten years. The estimate is down slightly from the 637,000 pilots needed that the company projected in last year’s report. One of the reasons for the future demand, Boeing says, is the company’s estimatesRead more

On 5 July Embraer and Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding 2018, on the long-awaited joint venture between the two manufacturers. Boeing is to hold an 80 percent ownership stake in the joint venture and Embraer will own the remaining 20 percent. The joint venture is to be led by a Brazilian management team, PresidentRead more