Author: Adventures in History

The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways, also known as ANA, has one of the most curious uses of the huge Airbus A380 planes in the world. While the other airlines acquired several units of the large double-decker plane to make flights to various destinations around the world, the Japanese company ordered only three of these jets, and with the aim of flying them to one place: the islands of Hawaii. As a destination much sought after by the Japanese, the high demand between Japan and Hawaii made the company not only decide to put the A380 in service, but also…

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 is a fifth-generation fighter jet (dubbed stealth, given the radar’s high degree of stealth) and currently has the highest yield and capability. The project is part of an international consortium led by the United States, but with the presence of several countries, including Turkey, which has purchased 30 conventional F-35A model jets and also manufactured some of the jet’s components. Four of the F-35As were handed over to the Turks for training in the US before bringing the new planes home, but that never happened. Shortly after delivery, Turkey announced the purchase of the S400 air defense…

A banner installed by Russian soldiers in the Voronezh region (Russia), with the aim of generating motivation in the soldiers, became a joke on social media, for showing an American F/A-18 fighter jet as one of the symbols of the message. The poster was initially posted on a Telegram channel that shares information about the Russian military. On the channel, self-attributed to a Russian military (although unconfirmed) , the author of the publication said: “The designer girls of Voronezh supported our soldiers as much as they could with a poster with the US F-18. Remove p*** from the banner! And the girls too!” . The poster shows a Russian…

As presented a few days ago, NASA (United States National Aeronautical and Space Administration) had shown that it carried out acoustic studies in partnership with Joby Aviation (a company based in California that develops all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger service), to assess the noise profile of your full-size pre-production aircraft. After analyzing data obtained over two weeks of testing as part of NASA’s National Advanced Air Mobility Campaign, Joby’s aircraft was shown to have hit the revolutionary low-noise targets the company set for itself. The aircraft recorded the equivalent of 45.2 dBA (decibel weighted as per the perception of human hearing)…

ATR, the world leader in regional aviation, today announced its plans for the next generation of its regional aircraft family, the ATR ‘EVO’. The plan calls for advanced design features and a new hybrid-capable engine to offer customers the next generation of ATR aircraft. It will cover innovative technologies to enable significant improvements in performance, economy and sustainability. Incorporating a new eco-friendly design that includes new propellers, cabin and improved systems, it will remain a twin-engine turboprop that can be powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli said: “Our next generation of aircraft will be a step forward in responsible flying through incremental innovations. When…

An error in the system of the online agency eDreams yesterday morning (16) caused tickets to Europe, the United States and the Caribbean to be sold in Argentina from about US$ 0.02 . C5N network journalist Mauro Albornoz was the one who revealed this mistake, and there was quickly a flurry of people rushing to buy tickets. Although this type of error in airlines or online travel agencies has been recurrent over the years, a value as low as two cents on the dollar has very little precedent in the world, recalls partner website Aviacionline . Some users of social networks responded that they…

Emirates, known for its award-winning products and services, has announced that it is launching a new hotel strategy called ‘Flying Better’, which will raise the bar of customer experience delivered by its teams on the ground and in the air. The plan will be one of the largest people, process and product plans the airline has ever implemented and will involve all customer service teams and front-line support. Adel Al Redha, Chief Operating Officer, Emirates, said: “While managing the immediate challenges of the pandemic over the past two years, Emirates has not failed to create initiatives to ensure our customers…

As part of this week’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, Emirates has announced that from June 1 it will start selling its next flights (A380) that will offer a new premium economy class. The company will deploy the new service on high-density routes operated by its A380 from 1 August, linking Dubai with London, Paris and Sydney, and will do the same in Christchurch, New Zealand, in December. President speaking Considering the characteristics of the cabin, Emirates considers that it will be a serious competition for the business of other airlines. “Since we introduced our Premium Economy seats in January…

On Tuesday, May 17, the German Volocopter, a pioneer in urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft projects, announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to develop a cloud system (“Cloud”) for the aerospace segment on Microsoft. Azure, which will address emerging cloud computing requirements for eVTOLs (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft), UAM and autonomous aviation. Once ready for commercial use, Azure will support the VoloIQ digital platform, the operating system for Volocopter’s UAM services, and its subsequent transition to autonomous operations. Volocopter plans to make VoloIQ its standard UAM operating system for all electric passenger and drone flight operations. Its modular structure…

Stories of family traditions in aviation are not uncommon, in which children follow in their parents’ footsteps as pilots or flight attendants, as a consequence of how exciting, despite its many challenges, the world of aviation is. But there is not always enough time for a son or daughter to be able to fly an airline flight together with their father or mother, since career evolution ends up keeping them in different operational phases (for example, a father may already be moving to international flights when a child makes it to domestic flights, and then be retiring when the child…