This Qatar Airways Airbus A300B4-622R with registration A7-ABV (cn 690) has been destroyed at Abu Dhabi (Nadia) International Airport (AUH / OMAA) during fire at Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (Gamco) on April 23.
An Air Mauritius A319 and a Kingfisher Airlines A320 also sustained damage at this incident.
Category: Photos
Photo of the day – Boeing 737 VS Duck
Who’s gonna win? KLM 737 or Duck? π
Airbus A380 Photo of the day
First visit to EADS-CASA Airbus Factory in Madrid – Getafe (Spain). Observe the spectacular bend of the wings and the dimensions of this colossus of the air.
View more A380 photos and videos in my A380 Category (for more click on “Previous Entries”)
Boeing begins 787 Dreamliner final assembly
Final assembly of the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner began yesterday, May 21, with a ceremony in Everett, Wash.
“Today we begin assembling the first airplane of a new generation,” said Scott Strode, 787 vice president of Airplane Definition and Production. “The 787 not only will revolutionize air travel, it represents a new way of building airplanes.”
With 568 firm orders from 44 airlines, the 787 is the fastest-selling new airplane in aviation history. The 787 production system was designed using Lean manufacturing techniques in a simplified final assembly process.
“The 787 production system is the culmination of the lessons we’ve learned building previous airplanes,” said Steve Westby, 787 vice president of Manufacturing and Quality. “Using composites on the 787 airframe has a number of manufacturing advantages. We are able to build huge structure in just one piece, which means we essentially have six major end items coming together in final assembly — the forward, center and aft fuselage sections, the wings, the horizontal stabilizer and the vertical fin. ”
Since the 787 is assembled from these large assemblies rather than many smaller pieces, traditional monument assembly tools are not necessary. Portable tools, designed with ergonomics in mind, move the assemblies into place. No overhead cranes are used to move airplane structure.
“A composite airframe also means less waste in production and fewer hazardous materials used during the assembly process,” Westby said. “This is good news for the environment and for our team of manufacturing technicians building the airplane.”
Although the first airplane will take about seven weeks to assemble, the 787 team looks to continuously improve flow time as production ramps up. Ultimately, a 787 will roll out of the factory every three days.
The first 787 will roll out of the factory on July 8, 2007.
Photo of the day – Boeing 767 broken windshield
This photo shows the cracked windshield of a Belair Boeing 767-3Q8/ER. It broke due to malfunction of the heating system over the atlantic on a flight from Montenego Bay to ZΓΒΌrich about 3hrs before landing. (February 6, 2007)
Ilyushin Il-76 Cargo Aircraft destroyed in Fire
Pictures of an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft burning on the ramp at Pointe Noire airport (Republic of the Congo) have emerged on the internet. It is painted in the colors of Russian operator “Dobrolet” but it’s unclear what exact aircraft is involved.
It is suspected that fire started when a 4×4 vehicle was loaded for flight to Brazzaville and developed electrical short circuit.
(Source www.flyafrica.info)
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Zhukovsky Airshow Pictures
“MrPilot” posted a nice Powerpoint presentation with pictures from the russian Zhukovsky Air Show 2007. It contains more then 70 slides of great Russian aircraft pictures.
Download the Powerpoint file: http://www.mrpilot.org/?itemid=116
Photo of the day – Crazy landing
Crazy russian pilots anyone? π
I wonder how much pressure/weight the nose leg can handle till it collapse. Try this with an american or european built airplane! π Once again it’s shown why russian aircafts are called “flying tanks” π
E-3 Sentry AVACS with special anniversary livery
NATO just painted one of their Boeing E-3A Sentry (707-300) in special 25 years anniversary livery. Very nice livery if you ask me π
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Photo of the day – A380 at Gate in Munich
The Airbus A380 looks great at one of Munich’s three A380-gates during the afternoon-peak surrounded by Lufthansa planes.