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• Boeing continues to study new aircraft to replace 737

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 00:57 Author:

  Boeing continues to study new aircraft to replace 737 Boeing continues to evaluate the possible timeline for launching a successor to the 737, VP and GM-737 program Beverly Wyse told ATW at the Zhuhai Air Show Nov. 17. “We haven’t made a firm decisi...

• Boeing starts certification testing of 737 performance improvements

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 00:51 Author:

  Boeing starts certification testing of 737 performance improvements Boeing said it has begun certification testing for a package of 737NG performance improvements intended to reduce fuel consumption by 2%. Testing is being conducted on a 737-800 painted ...

• Apple patents glasses-less 3D projection

  Created: Monday, 06 December 2010 22:27 Author:

                                     Apple patents glasses-less 3D projection                       A diagram of how Apple's proposed 3D projection system would work.              ...

• FAA Closing In On Certification Of Digital Autopilot

  Created: Saturday, 04 December 2010 02:04 Author:

  FAA Closing In On Certification Of Digital Autopilot from Aero-News Network Avidyne Adding Features To The DFC100 Even as they anticipate FAA certification of the DFC100 late this year, Avidyne is adding features for their new Digital Flight Control ...

• Virgin America, launched in August 2007, in the black for first time

  Created: Monday, 29 November 2010 21:05 Author:

  Virgin America, launched in August 2007, in the black for first time Virgin America achieved profitability for the first time in the third quarter, posting net income of $7.5 million, reversed from a $5.9 million net loss in the year-ago period. Quart...

• Iphone beats RIM in Satisfaction

  Created: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 01:43 Author:

  Iphone beats RIM in Satisfaction Apple's iPhone is one of the most sought-after devices on the market, and according to a new survey, it also has the highest customer satisfaction rating among smartphone buyers. The survey, conducted by market re...

• Wi-Fi is Killing Trees

  Created: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 01:31 Author:

  Wi-Fi is Killing Trees! Enjoying reading the latest technology news and reviews here on Crave? Hope you're pleased with yourself, because you're killing a tree. Dutch researchers have discovered the sad news that Wi-Fi makes trees sick. The tree-...

• FAA Finishes Flight Crew Alerting Rule

  Created: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 23:20 Author:

  FAA Finishes Flight Crew Alerting Rule The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised a new rule that delineates the colours that can be used for warning, caution and advisory alert indications in the cockpit for new transport category aircraft ...

• FAA: 'Serious' incursions at US airports drop by 50% for second consecutive year

  Created: Saturday, 13 November 2010 23:57 Author:

  FAA: 'Serious' incursions at US airports drop by 50% for second consecutive year from ATW Daily News by Lisa Ray US FAA reported in October that "serious runway incursions" at US airports dropped by 50% year-over-year to just six in the 2010 fiscal ye...

• Bigelow Aerospace - Las Vegas- Soars with Private Space Station Deals

  Created: Tuesday, 09 November 2010 04:08 Author:

  Bigelow Aerospace - Las Vegas - Soars with Private Space Station Deals A private space company offering room on inflatable space habitats for research has found a robust international market, with eager clients signing up from space agencies, govern...

• Curtain to Lift on Alien Planets by the Hundreds

  Created: Tuesday, 09 November 2010 03:54 Author:

  Curtain to Lift on Alien Planets by the Hundreds! Astronomers have detected close to 500 distant alien worlds so far — one of which is the right distance from its star to sustain liquid water and possibly even life — and new advances are yielding mor...

• Could LED's Help Treat Skin Cancer?

  Created: Sunday, 07 November 2010 22:59 Author:

  Could LED's Help Treat Skin Cancer? It sounds counterintuitive--that light, so often considered the culprit in skin cancer, might also play a role in its treatment. But researchers at the University of California at Irvine are using light-emitting...

• Apple previews new Mac OS X Lion

  Created: Sunday, 07 November 2010 22:50 Author:

  Apple previews new Mac OS X Lion from CNET News.com Apple CEO Steve Jobs and VP Craig Federighi give a sneak peek of the company's new operating system, dubbed Lion. The demo shows a new feature called Mission Control, which combines the Expose...

• Space Shuttle Blasting off November 1, 2010

  Created: Friday, 29 October 2010 23:44 Author:

  Space Shuttle Blasting off November 1, 2010             KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA managers cleared space shuttle Discovery for launch at 4:40 p.m. EDT Nov. 1, following a review of weekend repair work to fix a small leak in the...

• Robot Cars Invade California

  Created: Friday, 29 October 2010 23:25 Author:

  Robot Cars Invade California Google has been testing self-driving cars on roads in California, according to a report, and so far they've avoided everything but a minor fender bender--caused by a human-driven car. The New York Times reports that se...

• Boeing Reports Highest Orders Since 2008

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 01:26 Author:

  Boeing Reports Highest Orders Since 2008             Revenues in Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes unit (BCA) rose 11% in the third quarter from a year earlier,and the company took in more new orders than during any quarter since early 2008...

• FAA takes down OPs specs website

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 01:09 Author:

  FAA takes down OPs specs website from AIN: Regulations and Government by Matt Thurber Looking for information on the FAA’s OpSpecs Web site? As of August 31, the FAA shut down www.opspecs.com and moved all of that material to other Web sites. MME...

• NetJets Buying Up to 125 Phenoms

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 01:03 Author:

  NetJets Buying Up to 125 Phenoms from AIN: Business Aviation NetJets (Booth No. 170), the largest player in the fractional-jet-share business, has signed an agreement to purchase 50 Phenom 300 light jets from Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft manufactu...

• XOJet expands charter ops as market slowly rebounds

  Created: Friday, 22 October 2010 14:56 Author:

  XOJet expands charter ops as market slowly rebounds from AIN: Charter and Fractional by Curt Epstein Riding the wave of recent increased charter activity, private jet operator XOJet is continuing its expansion plans following the two strongest quarte...

• Aviation is bad now but due to get better in 2012

  Created: Friday, 22 October 2010 14:49 Author:

  Aviation is bad now but due to get better in 2012 Analysts say it will be another year before the worst economic downturn in 70 years abates, freeing business aviation to once again rise up. Rather than depressing, the news would appear to have invig...