All posts by Adam

Alaskan Midair Collision

Two single engine aircraft were involved in a midair collision over Alaska, north of Anchorage. This happened around 1pm on January 31. Amazingly, neither of the 2 pilots died (There were no passengers). They did sustain moderate to severe injuries, but were transported to the

FandaGear x737 Custom Repaint

Here is a mostly custom livery that I made for the x737, Introducing the FG-FA1 the latest plane in FandaGear’s X-Plane fleet. Enjoy flying around the world in the luxury of FandaGears’s private 737. All you have to do is download using the link below, extract

X-Plane: AutoGate Plugin Demo

A nice feature that flight simulators, including X-plane, lack out of the box is having the jetways at airports connect to the aircraft at the gate. AutoGate is a plugin for X-plane which solves that problem. The following is a FandaGear tutorial on how to install

Air Asia Jet Missing – 100 Bodies Recovered

Feb. 08 5:42 pm cst Update: A total of 100 bodies have been recovered of the total 169 people on board. This comes after the plane crashed over a month ago. The latest reports suggest that the plane was wobbling and veering left a few

World’s Longest Airliner Route

After the post on the world’s longest Dreamliner route, I decided to post the longest overall route in the world, not depending on aircraft type. Qantas holds the longest route on its flight from Dallas, Texas to Sydney, Australia. This flight is an astonishing 8,577 miles long (13,804

World’s Longest Dreamliner Route

United Airlines has has the honor to be the operator of the Dreamliner’s longest route. Using their brand new Boeing 787-9 (larger than the original 787-8) they operate flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia. The route is 7,920 miles (6,855 nautical miles) long. This

New a350 Delivery Date

Welome to the third article of what once was supposed to be one post on the a350 delivery to Qatar. In the first article it was stated that the first a350 would be delivered on December 13. The second article announced that Qatar is postponing

First a350 Delivery Postponed

Recently, Fandagear featured an article that stated that December 13, 2014 would be when Qatar received the first a350. On December 10 Qatar told Airbus that it would be postponing the delivery for a minor reason. Airbus confirmed this fact, but is unable to provide

Airbus A380 Future?

The Airbus a380, the European double decker, could its reign be over? Airbus held a investor conference in London and had some interesting news on the super jumbo. Firstly, Airbus warned that it may stop a380 production as soon as 2018 due to low interest. This

First Airbus a350 Delivery Coming Soon

The Airbus a350 will be delivered to Qatar Airways on December 13, 2014 in Toulouse, France. It will be a a350-900, the median version of the a350 line (A350-800 smaller and a350-1000 bigger). Qatar will first commercially fly it on January on the Doha, Qatar to

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