Salvage of Flight 1549

March 6th, 2009
Copyright Stephen Mallon's Industrial Photography

Copyright Stephen Mallon's Industrial Photography

Check out these amazing photos from the salvaging of flight 1549. Cliff wants to be the diver in photo #10.

There were 20 Concordes?

March 4th, 2009

March 2 (I’m 2 days late in my posting) would have been the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Concorde. It’s a shame such an icon is now only visible in pictures and museums.

Did you know there were 20 originally built? Or that cruising altitude was 60k feet, as long as it wasn’t too sunny. Check out this great article.

See You at the RAA Convention

March 2nd, 2009

We’ll be exhibiting at the Regional Airline Association’s Convention in Salt Late City in May. Come out and say hi to our ground sales crew.

Embraer to Cut 20% of Workforce

February 20th, 2009

We all knew it had to happen. Embraer is laying people off. Their main market is the US, so it was bound to happen.

We’ve heard rumors that there are serious deals to be had on used jet aircraft. I wonder if this is going to effect that market?

Satellites Colidie?

February 13th, 2009

“US and Russian communications satellites have collided in space in what is thought to be the biggest incident of its kind to date.” See the full story.

Even more interesting is the amount of “space junk” flotaing around up there. Imagine the Coke can you toss out the window of your car foating at 25,000 mph!