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By JAMIL RAHMAN Jeff Haber ’79, regional director of Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing, speaks about designing the new Boeing 737 MAX. (Brittney Chew / Sun News Photography Editor) The new Boeing 737 MAX, whose design began in 2012, is scheduled for … Continue reading →

A team of UA aerospace engineering seniors with no model building experience, a miniscule budget, and an untried airplane showed up for the international Design/Build/Fly (DBF) contest and placed 13th out of 44 entries. The UA plane flew for the … Continue reading →

Article source: http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Greenwich-preschoolers-get-to-fly-model-planes-6625826.php

Contestants prepare their model airplanes for takeoff during a 1961 contest which took place at the old bombing range north of Pasco. The event was sponsored by the Tri-City Radio Control Modelers. Article source: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article44302047.html

Peering above the metal frame of his glasses, his eyes brighten and his smile spreads below the strands of silver sneaking out from beneath his hat, as his fingernail taps the book’s hard cover. “ … but that, of course, … Continue reading →

Using everything from a customized DC-8 jetliner to ground radars to four-inch rain gauges, scientists are fanning out across one of the soggiest places in the United States this month to measure raindrops and snowflakes like never before. Led by … Continue reading →

DUBAI—The Dubai Air Show kicked off Sunday without the usual flurry of deals at a time aerospace investors have grown nervous that an extended period of bumper plane sales may be coming to an end. Boeing Co. and Airbus Group … Continue reading →