Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews.
Aerostructure and wiring specialist Latecoere has conducted an inflight demonstration of Li-Fi—light signal transmission via optical fiber and LEDs—as the infrastructure for faster inflight entertainment (IFE) systems.
The ground collision between two Airbus A330s in October 2018 at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG) airport could have left one of them taking off with a damaged tail cone and horizontal stabilizer, if it were not for the vigilance of a towing vehicle driver, according to an investigation report by the French BEA.
The ground collision between two Airbus A330s in October 2018 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport could have left one of them taking off with damaged tailcone and horizontal stabilizer, if it were not for the vigilance of a towing vehicle driver, according to an investigation report by the French BEA.
