A Pilot’s Blog
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A C-17 Globemaster makes its superior authority known with a high-powered takeoff out of California.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

A pilot arrested on suspicion of being over the alcohol limit has been cleared after tests found heavy dieting had caused his breath to smell like drink.

The Virgin Atlantic employee – held at Heathrow on 31 March before a flight to New York – had failed a breathalyser.

I’ve never heard anything about dieting causing your breath to smell like alcohol, but I’m happy that that was apparently the case here and the pilot was not drunk and trying to carry out his duties. I’m always very irritated to hear about that sort of thing.

Today Boeing announced that with an order from Japan Airlines, the total number of confirmed orders for the 787 has passed the 500 mark, sitting currently at 514. It hit this mark in just under 3 years, making it the fastest selling commercial aircraft in history, all before the first airframe has even been completed. Way to go Boeing!