In recent months, Airbus has been making investments and securing stability in its production facilities in Canada, the home of the A220. Vice President Kamala Harris concedes election Ariana ...
But one of the most amazing moves is how it can refuel in midair. Aerial refueling is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft, the tanker, to another aircraft, the receiver. It allows ...
Presently, two aerial refueling methods are practiced. One method uses a hose-drogue-probe assembly for the delivery of fuel. Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a ...
Airbus A220 operators are being instructed to install a new production baseline software for flight-control computers to remedy a number of deficiencies reported on in-service aircraft.
Transport Canada (TC) has followed up on a 2022 emergency airworthiness directive (EAD) for Airbus A220 operators by ...
This aircraft is equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control system and delivering a fuel offload rate required for large aircraft. In addition ...
A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of passengers and cargo. Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo. Nearly all ...
Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Sep 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is ...
The refueling plan is ambitious. First, SpaceX will launch two Starships to low Earth orbit three to four weeks apart. Parked above our planet, the initial spacecraft will need to be gassed up for ...
MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Russia’s latest Ilyushin Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker has performed its debut flight, the Ilyushin Aircraft Company told TASS on Thursday. "Today, on January 25 ...
So far TotalEnergies has deployed three LNG refueling ships, all owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. Brassavola is operating in the Port of Singapore, Gas Agility in the Port of Rotterdam and Gas ...
Qantas has announced a raft of changes to its overseas network, including deploying its Airbus A220s on its first international route, as well as boosting capacity to North America by about 13%.