Monthly Archives: April 2019

Turkey’s Exit From F-35 Program Could Stall Deliveries

By Daniel Wilson Law360 (April 5, 2019, 6:15 PM EDT) — The potential expulsion of Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program could delay deliveries of the aircraft, setting the program back two years, the F-35 program’s executive officer said … Continue reading

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‘They Will Bounce Back’: In Seattle, Where the Boeing Max Is Built, They’ve Recovered Before

SEATTLE — Just south of Seattle’s Boeing Field and the Museum of Flight sits another shrine to aviation, Randy’s Restaurant. model airplanes are suspended from the 24-hour diner’s ceiling, with flight manuals and various dog-eared aerospace tomes strewn about its … Continue reading

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Recreating Classic Model Kits With Modern Tech

It used to be that if you wanted to make a nice scale model of an airplane, you’d be building the frame out of thin balsa ribs and covering it all up with tissue paper. Which incidentally was more or … Continue reading

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Boeing 737 Max 8 crash report: Ethiopia says pilots followed procedures

The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 jet that crashed in March were following the procedures Boeing recommended but were still unable to stop the jet from nosediving, Ethiopian investigators say. On March 10, Ethiopian Airlines flight … Continue reading

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The Latest: India grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft

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Even if you missed out on the Concorde, you may soon get a chance to fly in a supersonic airliner

Spike is betting everything on that scenario. The company flew an unmanned, small-scale demonstrator in October 2017 to prove its design could fly. It expects to begin testing a full-size version by the end of 2019 and, if everything works … Continue reading

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Family of Ralph Nader’s niece killed Ethiopian Airlines crash files the first lawsuit

The first lawsuit stemming from the Ethiopian Airlines crash was filed in Chicago on Thursday by the family of a 24-year-old American woman killed in the disaster, who is the great niece of consumer advocate icon Ralph Nader. The federal … Continue reading

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