February 9, 2008

Evacuation slides on Airbus superjumbo claimed to be faulty

FAA Says Alaska Air 737 Wing Flaps Are Safe.
The agency says it’s still working with Boeing and the airline to eliminate problems with the doors that prevented the trailing wing flaps to fully extend before landing.

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:03:55 GMT
List of Boeing customer codes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boeing customer codes have been used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to identify the original customer of an aircraft since the Boeing 707.

Airbus - A380 neue Probleme
Wie der Spiegel heute in seiner Onlineausgabe berichtet, gibt es wohl grosse Probleme mit den Notrutschen des Riesenfliegers. Hier ganz speziell mit den Treibladungen, die im Notfall dazu dienen sollen, innerhalb kürzester Zeit die riesigen Notrutschen aufzublasen. Weblinks: zum Artikel (ext. Link) Technorati Tags: Airport, News, schwidi-blog, Airbus A380

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:00:39 -0800

leenks.com - Airbus A380 cockpit panorama

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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
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Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:11:42 EDT
GAO says Boeing overruns totaled billions
WASHINGTON Three multiyear military contracts with The Boeing Co. cost the government at least $3 billion more than projected a federal watchdog agency said Friday.

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST
Mike Griggin unplugged: NASA administrator speaks his mind
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin came to Kennedy Space Center this week for the launch of Atlantis and took time to sit down with Orlando Sentinel Space Editor Robert Block. Sometimes defensive, often passionate, he lashed out at the critics of the Constellation program and insisted that many of them are prompted by big aerospace companies that are desperate to win back NASA contracts they had lost. “This is not so much an argument that people are having with NASA,” Griffin said. “It?s about w

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:39:33 -0800
McCain: “We’re doing well, but it’s not over”
Seattle Times - In an interview with reporters on a bus from Boeing Field before the Westin event, McCain said he’d appeal to Republicans with his record of trying to control government spending. “I understand I have to unify the party. I also understand our base is …

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:24:00 GMT