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Room for 25 million pingpong balls: A history of the C-5 cargo jet at Chicopee’s Westover Air Reserve Base

The significance of the final flight depends on who is asked. Biscoe admitted he got a little teary watching the flight crew, which included Lt. Col. Craig Tommila, a veteran C-5 pilot who has flown thousands of hours on the … Continue reading →

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Boeing scowls at big deal by suppliers United Technologies and Rockwell

If United Technologies closes the deal reached Monday to buy Rockwell Collins for about $23 billion, it will become a giant in aerospace systems — a prospect that worries Boeing. “We intend to take a hard look at the proposed … Continue reading →

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Duopolists Oppose Aerospace Merger – CEO Daily, Wednesday 6th September

•   It Never Rains But It Pours A combination of fears about North Korea, bad weather and a sputtering economy battered stock markets and drove the prices of haven assets such as bonds and gold higher. Factory orders fell … Continue reading →

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United Technologies to Buy Rockwell Collins for $23 Billion — 2nd Update

Industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp. reached a deal to buy airplane-parts maker Rockwell Collins Inc. for $23 billion, in the biggest aerospace deal in history. Continue Reading Below Both companies’ boards have approved a deal in which United Technologies will … Continue reading →

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Boeing Sees Global Aircraft Market at $6.1 Trillion – Al

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has projected a worldwide need for 41,030 new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years valued at $6.1 trillion dollars. Boeing’s annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO) was released yesterday (September 6) in Beijing, with total … Continue reading →

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United Technologies Buys Rockwell Collins For $30B

ANDREW MORAN United Technologies, a multinational industrial conglomerate, has agreed to buy Rockwell Collins, an aerospace manufacturer, for $30 billion. This is being touted as the largest aerospace deal in history – United already holds what will now be the … Continue reading →

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Model T Fords ride into town | Pincher Creek Echo

PINCHER CREEK –  A handful of turn-of-the-century vehicles made a pit stop in Pincher Creek on Aug. 1 as part of the Foothills Model T Ford Club’s 2017 summer tour. Pincher Creek was just one of many stops, including Cardston, Waterton … Continue reading →

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