Jul 11th, 2009 at 10:00AM: To refine a popular saying, "The worst day at an air show beats the best day at work." But what if you're doing both? That's exactly what happened when Grant Martin, the editor of Gadling, told me that he'd be attending the Paris Air Show and wondered if there was any chance I'd be flying from Boston to Paris that week. As luck would have it, I was scheduled to be the relief pilot (FB) on his ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Cockpit Chronicles: Catching a little show in Paris
Jul 11th, 2009 at 10:00AM: To refine a popular saying, "The worst day at an air show beats the best day at work." But what if you're doing both? That's exactly what happened when Grant Martin, the editor of Gadling, told me that he'd be attending the Paris Air Show and wondered if there was any chance I'd be flying from Boston to Paris that week. As luck would have it, I was scheduled to be the relief pilot (FB) on his ...Paris Air Show 2009: The debut of a new Russian airliner the Sukhoi Superjet 100
Jun 29th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The biggest orders of the Paris Air Show were racked up by Sukhoi, the Russian aerospace firm best known for its fighters. The 98-seat airplane is the first to come from the country since the fall of the Soviet Union and is slated to compete with the new Bombardier CSeries and Embraer's E-Jets. Sukhoi claims the operating cost of the Superjet 100 will be 10-15% lower than either of its ...Paris Air Show - Video of the flying demonstrations
Jun 27th, 2009 at 10:00AM: The Paris Air Show restricts access to press and industry professionals from Monday through Thursday, which would seem to make it the ideal time to visit the show, assuming you could get your hands on a pass. Gadling editor Grant Martin and I managed to attend, hoping to see some of the latest innovations for future travelers. We caught the new Boeing 787 electronic window shade on video and ...Paris Air Show 2009: Video of the new Boeing 787 cockpit window
Jun 25th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Yesterday we showed you how passengers on the 787 will have it 'made in the shade.' When I first heard about the electrically dimmable window shade feature, I asked Randy Baseler, then VP of marketing at Boeing, whether this type of technology might find its way into the pointy-end of the airplane. Randy explained back in 2006: Here is what we can tell you at this point. The flight deck on the ...Paris Air Show 2009: New 787 Dreamliner window shade technology
Jun 24th, 2009 at 10:30AM: If you've been following the development of the Boeing 787, you may have heard about the electronic shades on their extra-large passenger windows. So far, we've had to imagine how effective this technology would be, knowing it would be over a year before the first revenue flight of the Dreamliner. Luckily, we managed to find the PPG Industries booth at the Paris Air Show, and scored a ...Paris Air Show 2009: A sense of scale
Jun 23rd, 2009 at 9:00AM: Covering the Paris Air Show is like trying to cover a football field with a napkin. There is so much space, depth and gravity to each display that you could spend a week going through each exhibit hall and still not get the full picture. The above photo is a great example. This landing gear will be part of the new Airbus A350 aircraft, a model that still hasn't been fully developed, but that's ...Photo of the Day (6/18/09)
Jun 18th, 2009 at 7:00PM: Gadling's photo of the day today was taken by Sean Roskey, who managed to capture this shot of Gadling's editor, Grant Martin enjoying a tour of the 767 cockpit given by yours truly before heading off to the Paris Air Show. Given Grant's near destruction of Virgin Australia's 777 simulator, we made sure he didn't touch anything. Are you a Flickr user who'd like to share a travel related picture ...Paris Air Show 2009: A walk around the world's largest air show
Jun 18th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Stepping off the shuttle bus from RER Bourget into the air show grounds, you begin to digest the magnitude of this event. From a plan of the show, one can see that aircraft displays and flights take place at one corner of the airport. The other two thirds of the show can be seen inside of several massive exhibit halls, where a curious visitor can spend an entire week walking up, down and through ...Photo of the Day (6.16.09)
Jun 16th, 2009 at 8:00PM: Today's Photo of the Day is relevant for several reasons. The shot of the tarmac on the way to Paris was taken by Kent Wien, our resident pilot who is actually currently on layover in the middle of a BOS-CDG-BOS turn. This week is also the week of the 45th Paris Air Show, the massive biannual event that brings thousands of suppliers, manufacturers and press to Le Bourget for updates on all of the ...The Paris Air Show begins
Jun 15th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The Paris Air Show begins today, in what promises to be a week full of excitement and events in Le Bourget, Paris. Along with the Dubai and Farnborough air shows, the Paris exposition is among the largest in the world, bringing in dislpays, press and tourists from all over the planet. This isn't your normal Kalamazoo airshow with the Blue Angels and a couple of helicopters, either. Scheduled only ...
