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  787 skywriting and first PIP 2 photo

  Posted by Guy Norris 1:37 AM on Feb 10, 2012

  A GEnx-1B powered Boeing 787 is busy writing out the number 7..8..7..-..8 in numerals hundreds of miles long across at least eight states as it racks up another 19 flight hours as ... Read More >>

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  1,000th 777 Starts Moving Down The Line

  Posted by Guy Norris 7:50 AM on Jan 26, 2012

  Almost exactly 19 years after Boeing ‘loaded’ the first wing spars for the initial 777 into the tooling fixture, the company has begun systems installation in the fusel... Read More >>

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  Widebodies At Wellington

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 9:14 AM on Feb 08, 2011

  Air New Zealand brings its new 777-300ER to Wellington Airport tomorrow to show it off in the nation’s capital. This is a bit trickier than it sounds, given that Wellington h... Read More >>

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  Rolls' Septimana Horribilis

  Posted by Guy Norris 12:13 AM on Nov 06, 2010

  To cap off what must be one of its most miserable weeks since entering receivership in February 1971, Rolls-Royce ended Nov 5 with two more nightmares - another highly-publicized e... Read More >>

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  Lufthansa, Boeing: From the 707 to the 747-8I

  Posted by Robert Wall 7:34 AM on May 09, 2010

  Lufthansa and Boeing yesterday celebrated 50 years of their relationship. The airline ordered the 707 on Jan. 30, 1960. The airline also bought the 727 on February 28, 1961, and on... Read More >>

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  Boeing Boosts Large Aircraft Output

  Posted by Robert Wall 12:32 PM on Mar 19, 2010

  Boeing is moving even faster than thought on boosting output for the 777 and 747-8 production lines.Just this week, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh said t... Read More >>

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  Show Time?

  Posted by Guy Norris 2:40 PM on Mar 05, 2010

  Boeing is considering bringing both the 747-8 and 787 to the Farnborough air show this summer in an event-stealing move unparalleled since the double-heading internationa... Read More >>

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  BA Slows A380s, Makes Other Adjustments

  Posted by Robert Wall 1:24 PM on Jul 03, 2009

  Just days after British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh said he could see a case for taking A380s early, the airline announces a slowdown in plans to field the mega-transport.... Read More >>

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  The A380's Production "Gap"

  Posted by Andrew Compart 6:46 PM on Jun 10, 2009

  Innovation Analysis Group has put up an interesting post--and chart--comparing the production rate of the Airbus A380 with the production rate of Boeing's 747 after it was introduc... Read More >>

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  Flying on GE's Boeing 747 'Classic' flying testbed

  Posted by Guy Norris 11:15 AM on May 28, 2009

   I recently flew with General Electric’s flight test team based out of Victorville, Calif. Tests were focused on the GEnx-2B engine which will power the upcoming Boeing ... Read More >>

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