Aviation, The Invisible Highway is Coming to Theaters

     Known to almost everyone who looks at aviation videos on the internet; a new movie called "Aviation-The Invisible Highway" is coming out in 2015. This movie, directed by Brian J. Terwilliger has taken the aviation community by surprise and it's trailer has spread like a virus on aviation sites and blogs. Since aviation has become such a "sacred" thing that the public is very uneducated about, Terwilliger's goal is to show the public what aviation has become and how amazing the technology has become. Terwilliger has recruited Harrison Ford to do the narration since Ford is an aviator himself and he supports the cause of educating the public about flying.

     The producer; Brian J. Terwilliger, has directed another film that aviators crave called "One Six Right" that is aimed more towards pilots, this new film is aimed towards passengers and the general public. This film, is aimed towards making the public more aware of how they are getting from A to B in the air and how everything works together.

      The movie is highly anticipated by almost everyone who loves and lives to fly. Though there is no way to fully capture aviation on film, most aviators are hoping that this movie will stimulate aviation since it is a quickly dying industry.

Airliners Donate Old Planes For Education

    When an airliner reaches the end of it's life; the most common option is to take the plane to the desert in Pima Arizona, and scrap it for parts. Though this has been the case for over 75 years, recent airliners have began to take a different path to give these airliners a new life after they are past their expiration date. Recent airliners have been donating their old, fuel guzzling, planes to aviation technician universities.

A Depressing, Yet Common End to an Airliner's Life

     Although these airliners may be past their airworthiness life, they have recently gained a new appreciation for universities learning how to work on modern airliners without working on real, flying planes. Universities like Purdue University need to have real aircraft for the students to work with. Since the students have not graduated yet, they are not legally allowed to work on airworthy aircraft. If any of the students worked on a flying aircraft, that aircraft would be legally, indefinitely grounded, so they have to work on planes that have already been grounded.

A Delta CRJ100, The Same Type That is Being Donated to Purdue

  A FedEx Boeing 727, was a past donation to the Purdue University aircraft technician school. This plane is very old and outdated, and another airliner, Delta Airlines has pledged to donate a CRJ100, a common modern plane that will help them learn more about new systems in modern airliners. This CRJ100 was delivered to Delta in 1996, and left service in 2012. Instead of letting it decay in the Arizona desert, Delta decided to give the aircraft a second chance to serve a new purpose.
   Though most planes that retire are still being sent to the desert to rot away, more and more airliners have started donating their planes to Universities. Hopefully in the future, all old aircraft will be given a second chance at the end of their life.