DUBAI: Ahead of welcoming its new Airbus A350s, Emirates has invested around US$48 million in cutting-edge equipment and systems to enhance pilot and cabin crew training. This move showcases the airline’s commitment to maintaining top-notch standards in crew training. The new training suite includes three full flight simulators, a fixed base training device, a cabin […]
Captain Theresa M. Claiborne, a pioneering aviator, has concluded her 43-year career in aviation. Initially serving as a second lieutenant and the first Black female pilot in the U.S. Air Force, she later transitioned to the role of captain at United Airlines. After seven years in the Air Force and 13 years in the Air […]
World: A pilot has revealed one of the secret spots in a plane which only the crew get to use, and the secret staircase that leads to it. Steve Giordano took to Twitter to show off some of the crew areas of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, leading us through the crew rest area, before opening […]
This day in history we feature Eileen Collins. The first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on this day in 1995. Trivia – Eileen Collins Eileen Marie Collins is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel and a former flight […]
DUBAI: Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum has become the first woman to pilot the AW609 tiltrotor, setting a new and important milestone for female pilots in civil aviation. Sheikha Mozah piloted the revolutionary aircraft during her visit to the U.S helicopter headquarters of Leonardo, a global high-tech player in Aerospace, Defence and Security, located in […]
The Airbus A380 superjumbo holds a special place in many aviation fans’ hearts — and when the last of its kind made its final test flight, it returned that love with a message in the sky. The world’s largest passenger airliner made its last pre-delivery flight on December 13, taking off from Airbus’ facility at […]
