B747-400s, B777s (and an A330) in Fiumicino
After discussing a lot about the safety issues of the B747-400 and B777 fleets, I thought it could be interesting to go to Fiumicino to watch some wide-bodies arriving or…
Another Qantas emergency landing
Another day, another Qantas aircraft forced to make an emergency landing. This seems to be the leit motiv of this really unfortunate period for the Australian company. A Qantas B767…
Tracking the F-104 MM6833 (or 6785…)
Matteo Marianeschi of Aviation-Report.com sent me an interesting update dealing with the so-called "Warner Village F-104". As I wrote in my previous post here, the aircraft was removed from his…
B777 and B747 problems…
In a previous post about the safety of the B747s, I compared the problems that the 747-400 fleet has been experiencing in the last period with the number of failures…
Warner Village F-104 removed
Last year I visited the relic of an F-104 wearing code 5-25 and tail serial MM6833 (even if it was a composite and the centre section belonged to the MM6785).…
Another B747-400 in-flight problem: is this aircraft still safe?
It seems like, all of a sudden, one the most safe, famous and beatiful aircraft, the B747-400, has been experiencing (age?) problems. On Jul 29, a B744 (747-400) of the…
