Model Airplanes

The Boeing Company BA has secured an order from Avolon – the international aircraft leasing company – for 75 of its 737-MAX airplanes. Following the signing of memorandum of understanding at the Paris Air Show in June, the deal has been finally awarded during the 2017 Dubai Air Show.

Order in Detail

The agreement comprises an order for 55 MAX 8 and 20 MAX 10 airplanes – the newest and largest member of the 737 MAX family – including purchase rights for 20 additional MAX 10 jets.

Valued at nearly $11 billion at current list prices, the deal represents the largest single order till date that the company has placed with Boeing. Given the size of the deal, Avolon is expected to get a discount on the list price of the aircraft.

With this latest aircraft deal, Avolon’s position as a leading lessor in the global commercial aviation market is likely to be strengthened. Currently, this Dublin, Ireland-based company has over 140 MAX aircraft in its owned and committed fleet, and expects MAX family airplanes to continue boosting its customers’ profit in their businesses, going forward.

Deals Inked at the Ongoing Dubai Air Show

Demand for Boeing’s commercial airplanes has been rising owing to a steady increase in passenger and freight traffic.

Of late, at the Dubai Air Show, this aircraft giant received an order from the Kuwait-based ALAFCO

Article source: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/boeing-ba-secures-11b-order-for-75-737-max-airplanes-cm880095

The Bookworm Sez
The better side of Hollywood

You and your friend have a lot in common.

You both laugh at the same idiotic things, enjoy the same food and drink (often together), and you share similar experiences. You’ve taught your friend a lot and you’ve been a willing pupil, too. If you’re both lucky, as in the new book “Hank Jim” by Scott Eyman, it’ll be that way for decades.

“Hank Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart” by Scott Eyman c.2017, Simon Schuster, $29.00 / $39.00 Canada, 384 pages

Born into a large family in Nebraska in May of 1905, Henry Fonda once recalled an aimless, directionless childhood. That’s surprising, since young Hank was a focused boy who always insisted on perfection in everything he tackled, including hobbies, studies, and acting, which he embraced when a local woman invited him to join the community theatre. When he realized that he loved acting – and he was good at it – Hank received the blessings of his parents to move to New York City , to see where his dramatic talents might take him.

James Stewart was born almost exactly three years after Hank, in a similar small town in Pennsylvania . His father was a businessman who owned a hardware store and who made sure that his children weren’t insulated from others unlike them. Young Jim was an easy-going, affable boy who loved animals

Article source: http://clermontsun.com/2017/11/19/the-bookworm-sezthe-better-side-of-hollywood/

Morris Boayla was a fascinating child who from age three shocked people with his keen interest in moving objects.

Unlike other children who loved all kinds of toys, Boayla’s only interest was in airplanes and cars, and would not accept any gifts from his parents except flying toys.

Fast-forward to age 11, he started to completely dismantle his toy airplanes and cars beyond recognition and started trying to build his own with wooden or old zinc materials.

During this period, he failed several times trying to make the cars move by remote. But his curiosity didn’t stop him from keep on trying.

Two years later at age 13, his long struggle came to an end after he was able to build his first toy car that could move via remote. From that moment, Boayla set his sights on bigger things. The quest was to build an aircraft; but due to schooling, and lack of support, he had to abandon this dream.

“I was a born artist with interest only in flying and moving objects. I used to refuse anything that was not a flying or moving object. This is a God-given talent and something natural I started putting into practice.

“The start was so rocky that I total give up to focus on school because whenever I tried to set down and start working on my aircraft, the time was not available. People used to call me as an unnecessary child who does not love to study but play,” Boayla

Article source: https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/liberian-youth-builds-model-aircraft-that-actually-flies/