Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:06:11 GMT Boeing completes 787 \’high-blow\’ test Boeing has successfully completed the first of three static tests prior to first flight. The pressurization test brought the cabin pressure of ZY997 to 14.9 PSI, 1.5 times the normal cabin pressure. The two remaining static tests will …
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Boeing 747 Retirement Flight Boeing 747 Retirement Flight4 min - Aug 5, 2008http://www.aviationvids.com
Watch as this pilot shows consummate skill planting the big Boeing onto a very narrow, very short runway, for display in an aviation museum.
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:03:06 GMT Airbus May Buy $1 Billion of Parts From China by 2020 (Update3) - Bloomberg Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — Airbus SAS, starting its first aircraft assembly today outside Europe, said it may buy up to $1 billion of components from China by 2020, as the world’s most populous nation may need 3,000 planes in the next 20 years. The …
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:29:00 GMT Loss of Washington Mutual a blow to Seattle psyche - Seattle Times First, Boeing Co. Then Safeco Corp. and the SuperSonics. Now Washington Mutual. “Seattle lost a piece of itself today,” said Allen Stover, 60, who has banked at WaMu since he was a kid, as have his parents and grandparents. On Friday, while …