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SpaceShipTwo helmed by experienced pilots when flight failed

(CNN) — The two test pilots on the failed flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo had logged many years of flight experience each, according to biographies of the men. The pilot who died was identified as Michael Tyner Alsbury, 39, the … Continue reading

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Boeing, Monarch Airlines finalize order for 30 737 MAX 8s

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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo exploded at 45000ft: One pilot dead and another …

Space plane broke into pieces above Mojave Desert, California, on first flight using experimental rocket fuel One pilot died in the crash, another parachuted out of falling plane but was seriously injured in the disaster SpaceShipTwo plane had swapped rubber-based … Continue reading

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Pilot killed in Virgin Galactic crash identified as NTSB begins probe

National Transportation Safety Board officials have arrived at the scene of the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo in the California desert and said that more than a dozen investigators had been assigned to determine what went wrong Friday. Virgin … Continue reading

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Richard Branson said SpaceShipTwo team ‘stood on shoulders of giants but fell …

  Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson said he is ‘determined to find out what went wrong’ when SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test flight yesterday. The rocket came down in the Mojave Desert in California, having ‘suffered a serious anomaly’ during … Continue reading

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Boeing, Monarch Airlines Finalize Order for 30 737 MAX 8s

LUTON, United Kingdom, Oct. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Monarch Airlines today finalized an order for 30 737 MAX 8s worth more than $3.2 billion at current list prices. The order, originally announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in … Continue reading

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Reuters had an article yesterday about the rumors, and I too have heard about this over the past couple of months, that Beijing will raise subway prices. This topic is pretty specific and specialized compared to what I normally write … Continue reading

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