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Composites Keep 787s Flying Like Nothing Before It

Printed headline:  Advanced Aftermarket The Boeing 787 family’s versatility is changing airline planning strategies. Carriers are using the twin-engine aircraft on a variety of routes, from low-cost transatlantic hops to ultra-long-range connections between global hubs. Airlines also are using the … Continue reading →

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How one company made a fortune selling bodies donated to science

UNWITTING SUPPLIERS: Gail Williams-Sears says neither she nor her father, who donated his body to Science Care, realized the company could sell his body parts. REUTERS/Chet Strange PHOENIX – In 2008, a thriving company named Science Care Inc developed a 55-page national expansion … Continue reading →

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Boeing: Not A Rocket, But A Climbing Aircraft

Yesterday, Boeing (BA) reported earnings before the bell. For those who have missed my elaborate view on the results itself, you can read it here and I will provide a brief summary below. A look at the figures always is … Continue reading →

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Can This Garmin Cockpit Defend Ballistic Missile Fields?

The Garmin G5000H in a UH-60A cockpit. Photo courtesy of Global Aviation Solutions For a while, Sikorsky and its HH-60U Black Hawk, and the Boeing/Leonardo team with its MH-139, have been at the forefront of the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N … Continue reading →

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Mojave’s thriving aerospace community spawns home-built airplane hobbyists

By day, Justin Gillen works on a satellite-launching aircraft with a wingspan longer than a football field. But in his spare time, the Scaled Composites project engineer tinkered for 2 ½ years with his hobby: a Tango 2 airplane, which … Continue reading →

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Airbus’s ACJ318

Want your very own late-model twinjet airliner? If so, the Airbus ACJ318 should be on your list. It features luxury seating for 18 and sleeping space for up to 11 of these passengers in a cavernous cabin that measures 70 … Continue reading →

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Boeing’s Machinists and robots start building first 777X, but challenges remain

Deep inside Boeing’s Everett widebody-jet manufacturing complex Monday afternoon, about 300 workers looked on as an orange-and-blue robot lowered its drilling end over a long, U-shaped beam of carbon fiber composite, drilled a hole, then inserted a fastener with a … Continue reading →

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