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New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France
a day ago
- Airbus A350-1000ULR completed a 24+ hour test flight from Australia to France, enabling the world's longest nonstop commercial flights.
- The aircraft was designed for Qantas Airways' Project Sunrise routes between Sydney and New York or London, with ticket sales planned for 2027.
- The return flight from Melbourne to Toulouse lasted 24 hours and 25 minutes, covering 12,460 nautical miles across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
- The plane features an extra rear center fuel tank holding 20,900 liters, extending its range by 1,000 nautical miles to nearly 10,000.
- A single 22-hour nonstop flight may be preferred over a multi-leg journey due to reduced risk of delays and cancellations.
Contrail Avoidance for the Climate
a day ago
- Contrails contribute 1-2% of global warming, and most of this impact can be eliminated at near-zero cost.
- Aircraft cause warming through both greenhouse gas emissions and contrails, which form cirrus clouds that trap heat.
- Contrails cause as much warming each year as all CO2 emitted by flights from 1940 to 2018.
- Using weather forecasts, satellite imagery, and data, contrails can be modeled, detected, and avoided like turbulence or storms.
- Contrails.org is a non-profit working on contrail management systems to reduce aviation's climate impact.
Admiral cloudberg: New article coming soon, and a teaser
2 days ago
- Author experienced severe depression in early 2026, delaying work on the Potomac midair article until late April.
- The article is the longest ever by the author, expected to be around 50,000 words (over 90 pages), characterized as a long-form essay rather than a book.
- Research involved reading the NTSB report, 27 hours of hearing footage, traffic data analysis, and compiling 62 pages of notes from 42 sources.
- The writing process included drafting nine chapters with color-coded notes, inline citations, and daily averages of 1,500 words, with editing and expert review planned.
- The article covers wide-ranging topics: slot control politics, DCA tower safety culture, military aviator experience decline, and evidence not widely reported.
- A teaser introduction sets the scene of the January 2025 Potomac midair collision, framing it as an accident many saw coming due to systemic dysfunction.
Cirrus Introduces the TRAC10: A Purpose-Built Aircraft for Flight Training
23 days ago
- Cirrus introduced the TRAC10, a purpose-built flight training aircraft for professional, collegiate, and career-oriented flight schools, expanding the existing TRAC product line.
- The TRAC10 features a turbocharged Rotax 916 iSc FADEC engine, three-seat interior, Garmin flight deck, and Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), designed to optimize training productivity, efficiency, and maintainability.
- Manufactured in Duluth, Minnesota, deliveries in the U.S. will start in 2027, with international deliveries in 2028, and over 100 orders have been secured from 13 flight schools globally.
- Key highlights include operational efficiency with low fuel consumption (as little as 5.9 gallons per hour) and flexible fuel options, a three-seat cabin for crew-based observational training, and embedded safety systems like CAPS, Electronic Stability & Protection, and stick shakers.
- Digital fleet management through Cirrus IQ enhances operations with wireless data transmission, automatic updates, and maintenance tracking, while the aircraft is priced starting at $499,900.

aviation

New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France

Contrail Avoidance for the Climate

Admiral cloudberg: New article coming soon, and a teaser

Cirrus Introduces the TRAC10: A Purpose-Built Aircraft for Flight Training