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The acquisition by United Technologies Corp. of aerospace and avionics equipment maker Rockwell Collins Inc. could extend the Farmington conglomerate’s already broad reach into the manufacturing of planes and their many parts and components. News outlets reported Friday that the … Continue reading →

“After that plane hit an oak tree at the speed of sound, it sounded like a .38 pistol being shot,” Koenig said. “Parts went everywhere.” Although he’s a more seasoned flyer now, Koenig’s experience with RC planes has been filled … Continue reading →

This week in body-shaming: man on flight is compelled to express his opinion of someone else’s body. In our ‘progressive’ society, one of the persisting intolerances is for people who don’t fit exactly into the ‘ideal body type.’ The internet … Continue reading →

Boeing conceived the short takeoff and landing (STOL) airplane in less than a month as its candidate for an Army Air Forces contract in the late 1940s, but the unusual design lost out to Cessna’s L-19 Bird Dog. It was … Continue reading →

Rockwell Collins Inc. shareholders just got another reason to like the company’s takeover of B/E Aerospace.  Shares of the $18 billion avionics company flirted with their worst decline since the financial crisis on Monday, after Bloomberg News reported Boeing Co. was … Continue reading →

Boeing will once again make its own airplane computers and electronics, bringing the work back inside the company nearly 15 years after it shuttered and outsourced its electronics unit. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said in an internal company message that … Continue reading →

By Jon Ostrower SEATTLE (CNNMoney) — Boeing will once again make its own airplane computers and electronics, bringing the work back inside the company nearly 15 years after it shuttered and outsourced its electronics unit. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said … Continue reading →