Trevin Casinader

The first time I flew a short regional route, walked through the jetway, and got into what I could only describe as a mini-jet. I couldn’t stand up straight, and if I did the plank challenge (2012 nostalgia), I could probably touch the sides. It wasn’t the most comfortable flight and it didn’t help that […]

I’ve spent hundreds of hours in airports on my way to the cockpit or the cabin, and I’ve never stopped being mesmerized by aircraft, regardless of where I’m seated. The level of genius and engineering that goes into designing one is hard to fathom. But that ingenuity reaches peak levels when we supersize everything.  Size

See what I did there? Punny, isn’t it? What isn’t a joke though, is the Cirrus SR22. This aircraft has become a titan in the general aviation scene and has set records across the board. By definition, it is a single-engine piston aircraft, but in reality, it is so much more.  It has everything a

The Airbus A319 is the second variant of the A320 family and the first shortened variant. The A319 was built in response to customers wanting a smaller variant to fly thinner routes that the A320 was too large for. The main customers of the Aircraft were airlines that already operated its larger variants since the

The Dreamliner program focused on efficiency, economics, ergonomics, and environmental factors. It aimed to produce an aircraft that could burn less fuel, keep operating costs low and provide passengers with unrivaled amenities, all while minimizing noise and air pollution.  The resulting Boeing 787 Dreamliner is considered to be the first next-generation aircraft of the millennium

If you’ve been on a short-haul flight, there’s a good chance it’s been in a Boeing 737. The B737 is one of the most successful aircraft in commercial aviation history and has ferried billions of passengers in its lifetime. From 1987 to 2019, the B737 was the highest-selling jetliner in history and still holds the

The Boeing 747 is easily one of the most iconic passenger aircraft in the world and possibly many others. This quad-engined, double-decker behemoth of an aircraft single-handedly ushered in a new age of aviation, and in the process earned itself multiple names. It’s been called the “Super Jet” and the “Jumbo Jet”, but it is

According to Embraer, the official description of the E195 is that it is a predominantly metallic, low-winged, conventional-tailed monoplane with wing-mounted engines and retractable tricycle-type, twin-wheeled landing gear.  The Embraer 195 is a stretched version of the Embraer E-190 and the largest aircraft in the manufacturer’s portfolio. The E195 is offered to customers in three

The Airbus A350 is a twinjet, twin-aisle jetliner with retractable landing gear. It represents Airbus’ decade-long journey to produce a competitor to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the 777. Airbus claims the A350 will efficiently fly anything from short-haul to ultra-long-haul routes, but most airlines use it for medium and long-haul flights.  The retirement of

In the late 1970’s stakeholders in the EU aviation industry saw the need to end the dominance of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in the single-aisle jetliner market, which led to the start of the JET (Joint European Transport) program. The JET program was initially independent of Airbus; however, it would later be handed over to