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  Globalization's New Twist: Offshoring To America

  Posted by Joe Anselmo 5:47 PM on Jun 29, 2012

  News that Airbus is close to announcing it will set up a final assembly plant for its A320 jet in Mobile, Ala., is reverberating across the aerospace industry barely a week befor... Read More >>

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  Boeing makes Qatar 787 flight official

  Posted by Michael Mecham 5:25 PM on Jun 29, 2012

  Boeing confirmed Friday what everyone has known since May that the 787 will make its first flying display at the Farnborough air show. Dressed in Qatar Airways livery, the 787-8 w... Read More >>

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  737 MAX in the wind tunnel

  Posted by Guy Norris 5:11 PM on Jun 28, 2012

  Is Boeing’s 737 MAX turning into a ‘chinless wonder’? Boeing released a video earlier today of the baseline MAX configuration in the company’s transonic win... Read More >>

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  When Leahy Retires...

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 3:30 PM on Jun 28, 2012

  In an industry outlook presentation at the Aviation Suppliers Association conference this week, Adam Pilarski, senior VP at Avitas, predicted John Leahy, chief operating officer-cu... Read More >>

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  EASA Extends A380 Wing Crack Airworthiness Directive

  Posted by Robert Wall 9:24 AM on Jun 28, 2012

  The European Aviation Safety Agency has provided new guidance for A380 operators on how to deal with wing component cracking that has been troubling the fleet. The new airworth... Read More >>

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  Airbus: Going Mobile

  Posted by Robert Wall 3:16 AM on Jun 28, 2012

  Perhaps tired of answering questions about A380 wing cracks and customer concerns over the A350-1000, Airbus is trying to change the topic of discussion for the Farnborough air sho... Read More >>

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  Waiting in Seattle

  Posted by Michael Mecham 6:56 PM on Jun 27, 2012

    Seattle's Museum of Flight, which is across the street from Boeing Field, is awaiting the arrival on Saturday of N941NA, the last flying Super Guppy, with the S... Read More >>

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  Boeing Keeps Al Baker Happy. Pressure Is Back On Airbus

  Posted by Rupa Haria 6:36 AM on Jun 27, 2012

  Boeing appears to have eliminated on of the greatest risks to a successful Farnborough air show by flying the Qatar Airways 787. The airline’s temperamental CEO... Read More >>

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  The scrap yard

  Posted by Michael Mecham 9:06 PM on Jun 26, 2012

  Larry Schneider, Boeing's VP for product development, told the annual meeting of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association in Seattle on Tuesday that he expects "the number of airpl... Read More >>

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  Boeing Leads The Farnborough Chatter

  Posted by Rupa Haria 10:10 AM on Jun 26, 2012

  Will Boeing announce a big MAX order from United Airlines at the Farnborough air show? Speculation continues, as Joe Anselmo and Michael Mecham report in today’s Aviat... Read More >>

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