January 24, 2008

Boeing P-26 Peashooter

With the introduction of the Boeing P-26 Peashooter, Giantscaleplanes.com continues to improve on its already terrific line of almost-ready-to-fly (ARF) scale planes. The kit includes a fiberglass fuselage and cowl and a full set of color decals. The wings are constructed of sheeted foam and covered with film, as are the stab and control surfaces. All of the Peashooter’s control surfaces have beveled leading edges, and the control-horn mounts come already installed. The P-26 has a 71-inch wingspan, is 51 inches long and runs on a .60 2-stroke or .91 to 1.20 4-stroke engine. It’s priced at $279.99.

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Boeing poaches engineers

The giant aircraft maker has responded to a shortage of skills in the US by launching a European trawl to bring in the talent it needs to build its next generation of aircraft. It is unclear whether it is also motivated by the desire to deprive its arch-rival Airbus of the same people

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Tony Docherty, senior vice- president of TAD Technical Services, which has been hired to find 3,000 engineers, says that about half will come from the UK. “There’s an element of brain drain,” he said. “The quality of British engineers is the best, and we are paying a world price for the talent.” TAD has screened 6,000 people since early September and is putting 2,300 forward to Boeing. Pay at the company ranges from $30 an hour for draughtsmen and women to $60 an hour for highly qualified engineers. As a norm, TAD says, that translates into salaries between $56,400 (pounds 37,600) and $103,400 (pounds 68,933). The average pay for members of the Institure of Electronic Engineers in the UK is pounds 36,000: very few engineers earn more than pounds 50,000. TAD also points out that the cost of living is lower in the US than the UK. Mr Docherty acknowledges that the recruitment drive will put pressure on UK manufacturing, where the shortage of engineering skills is already starting to hurt. “Companies like British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce have not trained the people they should have done,” he said. “British industry is playing the price of its disinvestment in training and engineers in the past 10 years.”

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Letter: Boeing workhorse

I have no interest in the Boeing company, but I have travelled around the world for 50 years on varied aircraft, including many hours on the Boeing 767. You quote three instances in stating that the “plane’s record has not been unblemished”.

One was the hijacking of the Air Ethiopia aircraft, with the hijackers refusing to allow the crew to land to refuel. You cannot really blame the crew or the aircraft for this. Another was an emergency landing at Heathrow.

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The history of an aircraft with more than 3 million flights and some 813 million passengers need not necessarily be seen as “blemished” over the 17 years that the 767 has been operational.

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Boeing outperforms expectations

Profit in the quarter dipped 7 percent, mostly from a charge related to the sale of commercial airplane facilities in Wichita, Kan., and Tulsa, Okla., and because earnings from a year earlier were inflated by a tax refund.

But Boeing, which has several hundred employees in Utah, said better productivity helped boost operating profit at both its defense unit and its commercial airplane business, which has seen a surge in airplane orders as spending on new aircraft grows worldwide, particularly from low-cost and overseas carriers.

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ARGENT - Le transporteur TACA commande 15 Airbus

ARGENT - Le transporteur TACA commande 15 Airbus
Apprenez les nouvelles aussit?t qu’elles se produisent. Le transporteur TACA commande 15 Airbus PARIS La compagnie a?rienne TACA l’une des compagnies leaders d’Am?rique Latine a sign? un contrat portant sur la commande de 15 appareils de la famille A320 suppl?mentaires (12 A320 et trois A319).

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F-15K JAMMER ROKAF Boeing/Nort. Grumman MENS L Polo
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Boeing confirms Dreamliner delays
Boeing confirms Dreamliner delaysUS plane maker Boeing says its 787 Dreamliner faces further delays, as it battles production problems….Read the full post from BBC News | News Front Page | World EditionTags:
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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:57:32 EST
Silverjet Boeing 767 being painted in it’s new livery
Silverjet Boeing 767 being painted in it’s new livery 4 min 4 sec - Jan 11, 2007 Silverjet, the British exclusively business class airline flying between London and new York, takes delivery of it’s first aircraft and paints it in it’s new colours

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The Boeing Co - Government Activity

(F09603-01-D-0211); and Technical and Management Services Corp., Calverton, Md. (F09603-01-D-0214), have been selected to receive a $7,400,000,000 (maximum) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity type contract with multiple pricing arrangements. This contract provides for the Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool (FAST) Program. FAST will provide for the sustainment of Air Force managed weapon systems, support systems, subsystems and components. This will include services, modifications, and limited, contingency and critical spares and repair services. Contracts will be awarded upon determination of initial delivery order requirements. Delivery orders will be issued and funds will be obligated as individual requirements are identified. The Air Force can award delivery orders under the FAST Program totaling up to the maximum amount indicated above, though actual requirements may necessitate less than this amount. At this time, zero funds have been obligated. Delivery dates will be specified in individual delivery/task orders. Solicitation began October 2000; negotiations were completed June 2001. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity.

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Airbus in £2bn China Airlines deal - The Press Association

Hamburg International orders 2 Airbus A319s
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - EADS unit Airbus said German charter airline Hamburg International has placed a firm order for two Airbus A319s. Financial details were not disclosed but at list prices the order would be worth 133 mln usd.

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems wins double-digit mln eur order from …
Forbes - FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Deutsche Telekom AG said its T-Systems unit won orders worth a mid-range double digit mln eur sum from EADS unit Airbus. T-Systems is to continue operating Airbus’s main computer until 2012. As of spring 2008, T …

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