Category Archives: Aviation News

Boeing Starts to Assemble First 737 MAX

Boeing has started assembly of wings for its latest 737, the 737 MAX. The company revealed this at its Renton 737 plant. The 737 MAX, among other things, will have better engines that will allow the airplane to run more efficiently. It will also boast

Ramp Worker Trapped in Cargo Hold

Alaskan Airlines flight 448 returned back to Seattle shortly after takeoff because the pilot heard banging from beneath the aircraft. He immediately turned back and landed 14 minutes later. Upon landing, it was discovered that a ramp agent was trapped inside the cargo hold. The agent

Boeing vs. Airbus Q12015 Orders and Delivers

Well both aviation giants have released their statistics for the first quarter of 2015. Here is a breakdown on how each did in gross orders, net orders, and deliveries. Gross Orders: Airbus has said that it gross booked orders for 121 aircraft for Q1 (January-March).

Air Canada Crash

An Air Canada flight crashed and skidded off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Canada. The Airbus a320 was carrying 133 passengers and five crew members form Toronto. All walked out of the plane safely and  23 were taken to the hospital for minor injuries; 18

Germanwings Crash

April 2 7:05pm CST Update: This past week has brought new developments to the crash, especially when it comes to the copilots motives: Just today the FDR (flight data recorder) was recovered and will help investigators piece together what happened on the plane. The copilot

Solar Impulse Round The Word Flight

The Swiss built Si2 is a 100% solar powered aircraft. Its about to take on a flight with 12 stops that will take it all around the world. The flight will start and end in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A few hours left before

FSX Multiplayer With No Add-ons

Have you ever wanted to play with your friends in FSX? Well you can do it with right out of the box FSX and no additional software. Fandagear co-founders Filip and Adam created the following video explaining how this can be accomplished.

Plane Overruns Runway at LaGuardia

At approximately 11 am, on March 5, a Delta aircraft overran runway 13 at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The Delta aircraft was arriving from Atlanta after a 2 hour flight. The conditions were snowy and freezing fog was reported. After briefly circling New York City

FandaGear X-Plane Airbus a380 Livery

FandaGear’s X-Plane fleet now proudly boasts an a380. I did a repaint for riviere’s freeware a380-800 which I found on x-plane.org (http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=20141). Following FG-FA2 for the FandaGear FSX fleet here is FG-FA2 for our X-Plane fleet. Just click the picture below to download the livery: ENJOY! All parts

FandaGear PMDG 777-300ER Repaint

We decided to shell out a few hundred million to buy an exlusive 777. Naw, just kidding, Albert Lua is at it again with a brand new livery repaint for another PMDG product. Let’s give some huzzah for him, the PMDG 737 NGX was his

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