British Airways ended decades of loyalty to Boeing’s 747 jumbo with a switch to Airbus’s new A380 superjumbo on Thursday as it announced a mixed plane order worth up to $8.2 billion. The order for 12 superjumbos from Airbus and 24 787 Dreamliners from Boeing will replace 34 of the airline’s older longhaul planes
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Greater use of superstrengthened plastics in the 787 raises concerns about detecting damage — now done using a quarter — but company says visual inspections will be enough A quarter. That’s what airline mechanics have used for decades to find cracks and flaws in carbon composite parts on commercial airliners. The mechanics […]
The Boeing Co.’s Dreamliner will take flight in September, so says the majority of participants in my “Guess the date of the 787’s first flight” contest.
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DALLAS—-HDNet: WHAT: In an exclusive interview with Dan Rather, Vince Weldon, a 46-year veteran of Boeing and a pioneer in aerospace design, talks about the major safety problems effecting the brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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BOEING’S new carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner plane may turn out to be unsafe and could lead to more deaths in crashes, according to a report by veteran journalist Dan Rather to be broadcast in the US today.
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Aircraft maker Boeing Co. said Tuesday it has received an order for 15 next-generation 737 airplanes from leasing company Aviation Capital Group.
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BOEING chief executive Jim McNerney has pointed the finger at Alcoa and others for the lack of bolts that has delayed the first flight of its new 787 Dreamliner and threatens its delivery schedule.
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Sydney, Sept.19 : Australian specialists will review the safety of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after claims the plane could smash apart and emit toxic chemicals if it crashed.
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Boeing completed testing of fuselage sections of its new 787 Dreamliner at the company’s rotorcraft systems operations in Mesa, officials said Thursday.
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Boeing Co. said Thursday that results from a recent test on a 787 fuselage section matched computer predictions, eliminating the need for some physical tests. Boeing unveiled its first 787 in early July, but is still working to get that plane ready for its maiden flight. During last month’s test, […]