Model Airplanes

Boeing Co., which makes the 787 Dreamliner at its North Charleston campus, marked another milestone for the program. It delivered its 550th plane last week to Hainan Airlines — a “Dash-9” model built at the aerospace giant’s Everett, Wash. assembly plant.

The delivery comes on the heels of Hainan’s announcement that it will purchase 13 additional 787-9s to accommodate rapid growth in China‘s travel market. Hainan said it will buy seven of the wide-bodies next year with the other six to be purchased during the first eight months of 2019.

The Dreamliner purchases are part of a $4.2 billion order that also includes six 737-8 MAX single-aisle planes and are in addition to 30 787s Hainan previously ordered.

The Chinese carrier was Boeing South Carolina’s third customer. Hainan picked up its first 787 from North Charleston in July 2013.

Boeing has sold more than 1,200 Dreamliners since the program’s inception, with more than half of those still in the backlog. At the current production rate of 12 Dreamliners per month, split between the North Charleston and Everett sites, the 787 book of business stretches for more than 4½ years.

Boeing also announced that it is negotiating with SaudiGulf Airlines for the sale of up to 16 twin-aisle planes. It isn’t clear how many of those will be Dreamliners sold to the Saudia Arabia-based airline. The announcement is part of several new defense and commercial airplane agreements that Boeing said will strengthen its “partnership with Saudi Arabia, create or sustain thousands of jobs in both the United States and Saudi

Article source: http://www.postandcourier.com/business/boeing-s-th-dreamliner-headed-to-china/article_0bc93178-3fc2-11e7-96ec-df1ce2d76203.html

The following post was originally published on EVANNEX

As the inevitability of a major disruption in the auto industry becomes clearer, we’ve been reading (and writing) a lot about the companies that seem likely to lose out – Big Oil, incumbent automakers, some parts suppliers. But who will be the winners? Battery-makers obviously, but also providers of “auto tech.” This term includes the electronics that make electric powertrains go – motor controllers, inverters, chargers and the like – as well as self-driving hardware and software, and customer-facing components such as touchscreens, head-up displays and infotainment systems.

Tech companies are infiltrating the automotive space, making acquisitions and alliances to position themselves for profits under the new order. Last year, GM paid a billion bucks for Cruise Automation and invested half a billion in Lyft. Intel is putting its recent acquisition, Mobileye, to work in a partnership with BMW to build self-driving vehicles. Google is working with Fiat Chrysler on self-driving cars and providing display systems for Volvo. Israeli startup Otonomo is competing with Google and Apple to sell user data to Daimler

Article source: https://www.teslarati.com/panasonic-deepens-ties-tesla-bets-big-auto-tech/

Produced by Chuck Stevenson and Greg Fisher

[This story previously aired on July 11, 2015. It was updated on May 27, 2017.

It was back in the 1990s and Pam Phillips and her husband, Gary Triano, were living large. In the posh foothills of Tucson, Arizona, they were rich. Gary was a wheeler-dealer, creating businesses, running Indian bingo, playing a lot of golf, and some say, rubbing shoulders with wise guys.

“He was flamboyant in a way that I wouldn’t normally fall for…” said Pam Phillips.

She sold commercial real estate.

“I was worth, I think, $1.8, 2 million, in there … made it totally on my own,” Phillips told “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant in her first network television interview.

Pam Phillips and Gary Triano

David Bean Photography

They were socialites with connections, like their celebrity pals Donald and Marla Trump.

“Marla, I love. Marla is like an angel … And Donald, I adore as well. He is one of the funniest people to be around, you can imagine,” said Phillips.

Laura Chapman, a friend, was part of the gang.

“Donald and Marla came … and actually took ’em to a basketball game together,” she said of the Trumps. “And we love our [University of Arizona] Wildcats…we’re big, huge Wildcat fans.

“It was in the paper the next day, you know, here’s Gary and Pam walking down the steps with Donald and Marla,” Chapman continued.

Gary and Pam married in 1986. They had two children together and settled into a comfortable life.

“When she and Gary were married … Pam

Article source: http://wdef.com/2017/05/27/who-wanted-gary-triano-dead/

IN THE PHOTO AND COMING UP: A BRUSH WITH NATURE “There’s nothing like sitting on a stool surrounded by natural forms,” said Mark Brzustowski, one of three landscape painters whose works featuring Wells Gray Provincial Park and the Kamloops area are on display at Thompson Rivers University. The show, A Brush With Nature, celebrates painting outdoors in all its uncontrolled elements (look closely at one or two works to see a few insects still embedded in the paint.) Works from longtime Kamloops landscape painters Lloyd Bennett and Terry Thompson are also on display. An all-ages gallery reception runs May 31 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the TRU Visual Arts Gallery in the Old Main Building.

FUN FLY
May 26 to May 28 at Tolko Field in Heffley Creek
The Kamloops model airplane Society presents its annual Fun Fly. For those who follow GPS co-ordinates, it is at 50.840659, -120.268261 but there will be signs on the highway directing people. A swap meet with RC planes and parts will be held on Saturday. For more, email Andy Prodaniuk at approdaniuk@shaw.ca or call 250-318-4576.

ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
Friday, May 26, doors at 7 p.m., music at 8 p.m. at Pavilion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St.
Echo Beach is hosting an EP release show for its debut album. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or kamloopslive.ca.

COUNTRY-FOLK SINGER
Saturday, May 27 at

Article source: https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/local-events-may-26-june-1/