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No More DEI: FAA Orders Airlines to Certify Merit-Based Pilot Hiring
The DOT and FAA are requiring airlines to certify that pilot hiring is merit-based in accordance with new federal policy.US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy on Friday announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing a new mandatory...
Building the Boeing 747-8: A Look Inside the Final Jumbo Jet
The Boeing 747-8 Required More Space, More Power, More Materials – More of Just About Everything You Can Think OfWhen Boeing Commercial Airplanes built the 747-8I and 747-8F wide-body airliners, the sheer scale of the process was lost on most...
Before ETOPS: The Ambitious Twin-Engine L-1011 That Never Flew
The twin-engine L-1011 was studied long before ETOPS reshaped aviation. Here’s why Lockheed’s TwinStar concept never flew.The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is remembered as one of the most technologically ambitious widebodies of its era. Its quiet cabin, advanced autoland capability,...
A Love Letter to Supersonic Flight: The Air France Concorde 50th Anniversary Film Is Worth Your Time
A beautifully-made cinematic French-language anniversary film celebrates the Air France Concorde and the era of supersonic commercial flight.Fifty years ago, commercial aviation crossed a line that has yet to be crossed again. Here at Avgeekery, we marked the occasion...
Movie Star Aircraft: The Top Gun P-51 Mustang in Top Gun: Maverick
The Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.In this storyThe Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.Back Before...
The Supermarine Spitfire: Engineers kept improving Britain’s best fighter
Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireHighlights of our Supermarine Spitfire story:Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireThose Wonderful Wings...
The Bearcat: The Last and the Best of Grumman’s Propeller Driven Cats
Developed to Operate from Escort Carrier Decks, the F8F Bearcat Barely Missed the Action in World War IIOn 23 June 1943, a meeting took...