Trent 1000/Dreamliner Combo Set for Trip Between Heathrow and JFK Next November

Virgin Atlantic and Rolls-Royce have said that everything is looking good for their November 28th SAF flight from JFK to Heathrow. A series of successful ground tests involving the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine using their 100% SAF blend have proven promising for their planned timelines, which would put the pair on the books as the first flight to use synthetic aviation fuel for an international flight. The plan is to connect the London Heathrow and New York JFK airports with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, using stock engines. The fuel will be "produced through the Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) pathway as well as synthetic aromatic kerosene (SAK) SAF at a

First Officer (FO) Lowered The Landing Gear Handle And Observed The Nose Wheel Unsafe Condition Light Illuminate

On June 28, 2023, about 0858 eastern daylight time (EDT), Delta Air Lines flight 1092, a Boeing 717-200, sustained substantial damage when the nose landing gear did not extend before landing at Charlotte Douglass International Airport (CLT), Charlotte, North Carolina. The 104 passengers and crew evacuated with no injuries. The flight was operating as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 scheduled domestic passenger flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to CLT. The flight crew reported that when the airplane was about 2,000 ft above ground level (AGL), the first officer (FO) lowered the landing gear handle and observed the nose wheel unsafe