Boeing 747-8 operators are installing new engine electronic control (EEC) software as a precaution against possible in-flight deployment of the thrust reversers. The action, mandated in an FAA ...
A final airworthiness directive (AD) issued by the US FAA today calls on operators of Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 747-400 aircraft to make a modification to the aircraft's thrust reverser systems ...
Two people have died after a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft collided with a ground vehicle and plunged into the sea while landing ...
Ducommun AeroStructures Inc., a subsidiary of aerospace/defense contractor Ducommun Inc., earned a supply contract from GE Aviation’s Middle River Aircraft Systems unit to produce 747-8 thrust ...
Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust ...
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to extend the fix to prevent leading-edge flaps from retracting during take-off on Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 747s, to the other versions of ...