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Category Archives: Model Airpanes
Canceling the New Air Force One Would Be Awful
Tuesday morning, President-Elect Donald Trump sent out a tweet expressing dismay at the cost of the ongoing process to build a new pair of planes to serve as Air Force One. (Perhaps not coincidentally, this was shortly after Boeing’s CEO … Continue reading
What Cutting Boeing Contract Means for Business
Is Boeing’s custom Air Force One 747 getting too expensive for the next commander-in-chief? 1990- current, Boeing 747, VC-25A 1990 – current, Boeing 747, VC-25A By 2024, the current presidential jet used by President Obama comes to the end of … Continue reading
Feds set to pick new military rescue plane 14 years after project started
OTTAWA – One of the longest and most contentious defence procurements in Canadian history will inch closer to conclusion Thursday when the federal government announces a replacement for the military’s ancient search-and-rescue planes. The decision comes 14 years after the … Continue reading
WWII vets remember Pearl Harbor Day
Buy Photo Francis Cinque was on duty as a radio operator on the warship USS Augusta, moored at Newport, R.I. during the attack on Pearl Harbor. This Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of the attack.(Photo: Corey Ohlenkamp/The Star Press)Buy Photo … Continue reading
Trump’s Air Force One slam could force changes to Boeing’s 747 replacement program
President-elect Donald Trump’s comments slamming Boeing’s new Air Force One 747 airplane’s $4 billion cost as being too high is being challenged by some analysts who also maintain the aircraft is absolutely necessary and worth it. Still, pressure from Trump … Continue reading
Model airplanes soar in popularity above old landfill – Las Cruces Sun
Fred Upshaw poses with his F4U Corsair scale model airplane on one of runways at the new model airplane Park at the Old Foothills Landfill.(Photo: Courtesy) LAS CRUCES – Fred Upshaw, a police officer by trade, describes himself as a … Continue reading
Trump’s Boeing Provocation Could Backfire
It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump’s attention would turn to Boeing, the U.S.’s largest exporter and its second-largest defense contractor. One of Boeing’s biggest customers happens to be China, the country the president-elect seems most intent … Continue reading