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Yearly Archives: 2016

Graduate’s potential game changer in aerospace design

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A young graduate from Texas has developed a new turning system for airplanes that has the potential to transform how aircraft are controlled, opening up a new frontier in performance and fuel saving technology. By using weights that move back and forth within the wings to change direction, Samath Reddy Vengate of the University of Texas at Arlington, has potentially removed the need for ailerons and elevators. Ailerons and elevators are the moveable surfaces near the trailing edges of wings and tails. These control the roll and pitch of the aircraft, allowing it to bank and change direction. However they are also one of the chief causes of drag, slowing down aircraft and causing them to burn extra fuel. Removing

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Inside the magical world of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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As huge aviation fans, we just couldn’t keep our eyes off of the first fully appointed VVIP Boeing 787 as it flew into EBACE 2016 over the weekend. image courtesy of Kestrel Aviation Management As the ultimate in luxury airliners these incredible machines comes with some of the most eye-drooling interiors you’ll ever see, and none more so than the much anticipated VVIP. It’s the first fully outfitted BBJ 787-8, following a close collaboration led by Kestrel Aviation and involving Greenpoint Technologies and Pierrejean Design Studio of Paris. And it basically comes with more luxury fixtures and fittings than your average superyacht. From the main lounge with its divans, tables and 55 inch flat-screen monitors to the en-suite master bedroom,

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