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China needs 7240 new planes in next 20 years: Boeing forecast

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — China is expected to need 7,240 new planes over the next 20 years, valued at nearly 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars, said Boeing in its latest market outlook, released Wednesday in Beijing. China’s fleet size is … Continue reading →

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Joe’s Weather Irma: Irma now a Category 5 (for now) + record lows? (TUE-9/5)

Good morning. Over the weekend I was banging the weather drum about all the smoke in the air from fires burning in the western part of the country…yesterday it seemed folks were surprised that it was in the air. I … Continue reading →

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Britain’s aerospace sector could be priced out after Brexit

A grey metal box in the North Wales countryside is home to the jewel of Britain’s aerospace industry. Airbus’s factory in Broughton, Flintshire, is where the pan-European aerospace and defence group manufactures all the wings for its commercial aircraft. The … Continue reading →

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United Technologies Sets Rockwell Deal — WSJ

This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (September 5, 2017). Continue Reading Below Industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp. reached a … Continue reading →

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ISIS sent bomb parts for a terrorist plot to blow up a plane in Sydney

AFP/File WILLIAM WEST Parts for the bomb a terrorist group planned to use to try and blow up a passenger plane departing Sydney were sent to Australia by Islamic State, counter-terrorism police allege. Australian Federal Police deputy commissioner Michael Phelan … Continue reading →

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Loco for Locomotives: Inaugural model train show draws crowd to Windsor

Ken Cairns, from Berwick, brought his three-year-old grandson, Lucas Cairns, from Timberlea, to the event. Article source: http://www.hantsjournal.ca/community/2017/8/30/loco-for-locomotives–inaugural-model-train-show-draws-crowd-to-.html

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Air Force Signs Contract for 2 Presidential Aircraft

The Air Force, which has been looking for ways to lower the cost of new Air Force One planes, agreed Friday to buy two Boeing 747-8 jumbo jets that were ordered but never delivered to a now-defunct Russian airline. Two … Continue reading →

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