As you may well know, Sun Country Airlines has been going through bankruptcy proceedings which may lead some to believe that this is a result of lower bookings and a depressed economy. The bankruptcy was actually a result of Sun Country Airline’s owner, Tom Petters, losing about $3.5 billion as a result of a ponzi scheme. Unfortunately this bankruptcy has hurt Sun Country Airlines reputation die in part to the fact that when people hear the word bankruptcy associated with … >> Read More

The cost of all types of oil based fuel has been rising in recent months which begs the question “how will the rising price of fuel impact low cost airlines?”. Now obviously the rising cost of fuel has a direct impact on the cost to fuel the jets and keep them in the air. However, that is just the beginning of the effects that rising fuel prices have on low cost airlines. Most of the airlines operating today use futures … >> Read More

This mysterious UAV dubbed “The Beast of Kandahar” has surfaced in many photos in recent years. It first appeared in the skies of Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2009 and the US Air Force confirmed that they did indeed operate a stealth drone called the Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel and that the drone is the product of Lockheed’s Skunk Works, which is also responsible for the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk, the F-22 Raptor, and the F-35 Lightning II. However, … >> Read More

The Phantom Ray is a stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by Boeing using company funds and is currently being used as a testbed for UAV technologies. It made its first flight in December last year and is currently being used in a series of 10 test flights over six months involving a myriad of battlefield duties such as surveillance, ground attack, and autonomous in-air refueling. The Phantom Ray is derived from the X-45C aircraft. It is fairly large, being … >> Read More

While most everyone has heard about the incident where a 737 operated by Southwest Airlines had to make an emergency landing due to a hole that developed in the roof and now the question is what kind of impact will this have on aircraft sales. This incident seems to keep reappearing in the news as a result of follow up inspections revealing possible problems among other 737s that Southwest operates and potential problems with 737 models operated by other airlines. … >> Read More

As NASA is wrapping up its space shuttle program, private space corporations are beginning to take a stronghold in space exploration. Recently, SpaceX or Space Explorations Technologies Inc. announced a new rocket called the Falcon Heavy that is only second in size to the Apollo Era’s Saturn V. The Falcon Heavy is planned to have a payload of 117 000 pounds, twice that of the Space Shuttle and rival company United Launch Alliance LLC’s Delta IV. The new rocket is … >> Read More