Ever since Comac launched development of the C919 a decade ago, there has been much focus on whether it will be sold outside China. But two other key questions should also be asked: Can Comac build the C919 in large quantities, and how long will it take to reach full-rate production?

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Aug. 1 that an Iranian unmanned air vehicle (UAV) attacked an Israeli-managed oil tanker in the Arabian Sea that killed two crew members. 

The pilot-in-command of a Dassault Falcon 50 that landed at Greenville, South Carolina, in September 2018 was caught completely by surprise when he applied the wheel brakes and nothing happened.

Aviation Week celebrated its 25th birthday in August 1941 with a 288-page anniversary edition. The issue led off with a history written by Lester D. Gardner, who founded the magazine and served as its first editor. Subsequent features highlighted industry pioneers – Bill Boeing, Jimmie Doolittle, Roy Grumman, Glenn L. Martin, Jack Northrop, Juan Trippe and Eddie Rickenbacher made the cut – military aviation, airports, aircraft development, manufacturing, materials, engines, instruments, sales and “the confidential, inside facts on why the West Coast became the Promised Land for airplane manufacturers.” But while the features looked back over the last 25 years, advertising in the issue was very much geared to the future, and not in a good way. The edition was packed with ads for new military airplanes and engines, highlighting the sustained buildup underway in case the U.S. was dragged into World War II – which it would be, four months later, with Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

See the full August 1941 edition at: archive.aviationweek.com

Key research module finally reaches station, then tries to depart.

With an e-commerce boom that shows no signs of easing, air cargo operators are getting ready for growth.