The FAA has released two audio files containing the ATC radio communication with Learjet LR60 N999LJ that overran runway 11 while departing Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) on September 19. Links to audio files (MP3) Columbia Local Control (23.10 MB) Columbia Clearance Delivery (12.05 MB) Video – AP Report
The Mexican transport ministry released a video taken by a ground surveillance camera, that shows the Learjet crash from 5 November. The video shows that the Learjet 45 approached a Boeing 767-300 at a distance that was less than the norm. Turbulence caused by that 767 might have caused the crash. A preliminary investigation report … Continue reading Video – Mexico Learjet Crash
Several people – including Mexico’s Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino – have been killed in a plane crash in the centre of Mexico City. Juan Camilo Mourino was a mayor figure in Mexico’s increasingly violent fight against drug trafficking cartels. The Learjet 45 (XC-VMC) crashed into evening rush hour traffic, setting fire to around 20 … Continue reading Learjet Crashed in Mexico City
Flight tests by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Boeing recently demonstrated, that it’s possible for an unmanned air vehicle to autonomously rendezvous with a tanker aircraft for refueling. During the flight test, the Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) system autonomously guided a Learjet, equipped to fly as a UAV, up to a Boeing KC-135R … Continue reading Boeing Demonstrates Automated Aerial Refueling
After writing my last blog post about John Travolta’s 707, I became interested in the history of this classic airliner. So, here it is. Ladys & Gentlemen fasten your seatbelts, the history of the John Travolta Boeing 707. His 707-138B was built in 1964, constructed at Boeing Seattle and has Boeing Construction Number 18740 Line … Continue reading John Travolta’s Boeing 707
