Airshows

  • Beautiful Video – Airbus A380 Flight Display Paris 2011

    Airbus provided this absolutely beautiful video of an Airbus A380 in flight display at Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011. The video was shot at the air show’s first public day and reflects Airbus’ new campaign “Love A380“.

  • Paris Air Show 2011 – And the Winner is Airbus

    At the Paris Air Show 2011 in Le Bourget, Airbus won orders and commitments worth about US$72.2 billion for a total of 730 aircraft. This success sets a new record for any commercial aircraft manufacturer at any air show ever. The commitments comprise Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 312 aircraft worth US$28.2 billion and firm…

  • Paris Air Show 2011 – Airbus Orders Part 2

    Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011 Airbus orders part 2: ALAFCO, the Kuwait-based international Aviation Lease and Finance Company, has signed an agreement for six more Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. This repeat order brings ALAFCO’s total order for the A350-900 to 18 aircraft. ALAFCO placed its first order for the A350 XWB in 2007 when…

  • Paris Air Show 2011 – Boeing Orders Part 1

    Here it comes, the counterpart of yesterday’s Paris Air Show 2011 – Airbus Orders Part 1 posting. Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011 Boeing orders part 1: Qatar Airways announced an order for six Boeing 777-300ERs (Extended Range) airplanes at the international 2011 Paris Air Show. Boeing announced orders and commitments for 17 747-8 Intercontinentals.…

  • Paris Air Show 2011 – Airbus Orders Part 1

    Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011 opened its doors just yesterday. Many orders have already been announced by various manufacturers. This is part 1 of a summary of Paris Air Show 2011 Airbus orders. More to come during the next days. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General…

  • Porsche Museum’s Flying Ambassador – The Elster

    It was the first German aircraft to be built in any significant numbers after the Second World War: a classic aircraft of the type “Pützer Elster B” (D-ELKY) has been extensively restored with the assistance of the Porsche Museum and will now have the mission of representing the museum at airshows as its “flying ambassador”.…

  • Video of the Day – F-18 Airshow Cockpit View

    This awesome video that I found on Youtube features an F/A-18 during flight display. The cockpit video shows very nicely to what intense G-forces the pilots are exposed to during such challenging maneuvers. The F/A-18 Hornet is a supersonic, all-weather carrier-capable multirole fighter jet, designed to dogfight and attack ground targets. It was introduction in…

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