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Boeing 747

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Name: Boeing 747

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Alaska Air Group Inc

First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Leaves Paint Hangar

Hawaii Hotels Slash Prices Via â€˜3rd Night Freeâ€™Travelzoo Names AirTran Airways Best Provider of Domestic Air Fare Deals in 2009 Allegiant to Present at Raymond James Conference PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. Becomes New Company Name for Megadata Corporation ... [Aviation Today - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Boeing 747-8, Boeing Company, Tim Bader, TravelZoo Inc, Alaska Air Group Inc

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents (in New Business)

Boeing Company

New 747 Freighter Should Boost Boeing's Commercial Segment

The Boeing Company (BA) towed the first 747-8 Freighter model out of its factory in Everett. The long-awaited freighter is now being put up for test flights.The 747-8 Freighter is the new high-capacity 747 that will give cargo operators the lowest operating ... [Seeking Alpha - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Boeing Company, Boeing 747, Space Systems, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 4 Documents

Qantas Airways Limited

Qantas 747 Fuselage Rupture Cause Remains Elusive

Australian investigators haven't figured out what caused a cylinder used to supply passenger oxygen in an emergency to explode and blow a hole in the side of a Qantas Boeing 747 on a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne in July 2008, an ATSB interim report ... [Aviation Week - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Qantas Airways Limited, Boeing 747, Oxygen

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 2 Documents

Global Air Freight Solutions Leader Atlas Air Again Passes

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW) AAWW, a leading provider of global air cargo assets and outsourced aircraft operating services, announced today that its Atlas Air, Inc. operating unit has successfully passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit, ... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Incorporated, IATA Operational Safety Audit, Boeing 747, Air Cargo

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents

Willie Walsh

Walsh to meet Unite leaders again

Willie Walsh, BA's ceo, is to meet the joint general secretaries of the Unite union later this week as a strike ballot by the airline's cabin crew got underway today (November 16).At the same time the carrier began introducing the changes in working practices ... [Air & Business Travel News - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Willie Walsh, Brian Boyd, Steve Turner, Derek Simpson

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

PIA flies 465 Hajj pilgrims from Myanmar to Jeddah

YANGOON: National airlines, PIA has chartered 6 flights to take 1860 Burmese Hajj pilgrims to Jeddah, Geo News reports Wednesday.The first departure out of 6 chartered flights will take off from Myanmar carrying 465 Hajj pilgrims to Jeddah today.PIA will ... [The News International - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Boeing 747, Pakistan

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Bombardier Inc

Bombardier nears 8-billion-euro French train deal

PARIS (AFP) - Canadian industrial giant Bombardier is in "exclusive talks" with the French railway agency SNCF for an 8.0-billion-euro contract (12-billion-dollar) to build 860 trains, SNCF said on Wednesday.The contract, set to be signed by February ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Bombardier Inc, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer ..., Alstom SA, Quebecor, Air Berlin Plc

First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 3 Documents

Last flight: United says farewell to the 737

Ramp servicemen pose for photos with United Airlines' last Boeing 737 flight to land at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The plane is making its final journey, starting at Washington Dulles, landing at O'Hare, then Denver, then LAX and finally ... [Chicago Tribune - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Boeing 737, Boeing Company, United Airlines, Tom Lee, Boeing 747

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

KLM Schedules First Biofuel Test Flight With Passengers

photo: abdallahh via flickr. Mark your calendars for November 23rd. That's when the first aviation biofuel test flight with passengers aboard is scheduled to take place, and the first test flight in Europe. Dutch airline KLM has announced that "a select ... [Treehugger - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Air France-KLM Group, Biofuels, Boeing 747

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 2 Documents

KLM testing biofuels on passenger flight

As many of us in the U.S. are planning our Thanksgiving menus, Dutch airline company KLM is planning the first biofuel flight with passengers on board. On November 23, a Boeing 747 will take off running on a 50/50 combination of biofuel and jet fuel ... [Yahoo! Green - 11/10/2009]

Entities: Biofuels, Air France-KLM Group, Jet Fuel, Boeing 747, Thanksgiving

First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 2 Documents

Lockerbie bombing - Updated: Malta denies it is to investigate witness evidence

Malta has denied reports in the Daily Telegraph that it was to investigate the evidence of one of the key witnesses who helped convict the Lockerbie bomber.According to the newspaper, the Maltese government wants to examine the claims of Tony Gauci, the ... [Times of Malta - 11/01/2009]

Entities: Malta, Tony Gauci, Witness, Swieqi (Malta), Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents

Updated: Malta denies it is to investigate witness evidence

Entities: Malta, Tony Gauci, Witness, Swieqi (Malta), Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici

Quotes

"The plane is a huge Boeing 747 and passenger movement cannot disturb the stability of such a jumbo-sized plane" the commander said

Near-miss as Saudia plane deviates from its flight path [DNA India - 15 hours ago]

"It is very rewarding to see this airplane transition to the flight test phase," said Mo Yahyavi, 747 program vice president and general manager. "Our employees, suppliers and customers have put a lot of work into making the 747-8 Freighter a reality."

First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Leaves Factory - Zibb.com [Zibb - 11/13/2009]

...At the heart of the system is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser, on board a Boeing-747, flying at 13-km altitude. Future R&D in the ` "Directed Energy Weapons' technology may offer space-based X-Ray lasers for dramatic capabilities in space applications and earth wars, the report postulates."

Space technologies in defence [Hindu Business Line - 11/08/2009]

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Near-miss as Saudia plane deviates from its fli... [DNA India - 15 hours ago]
SOFIA Seeks Secrets Of Planetary Birth [Space Daily - 11/20/2009]
Boeing: First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Leaves Pai... [Zibb - 11/19/2009]
NBAA 2009 muted but optimistic [Asian Aviation - 11/19/2009]
Asiaâs MRO industry reels from airline c... [Asian Aviation - 11/19/2009]
Fuelling the future of aviation [Asian Aviation - 11/19/2009]
Boeingâs âDreamlinerâ on t... [Asian Aviation - 11/19/2009]
First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Leaves Paint Hangar [Aviation Today - 11/19/2009]
All New Boeing 747-8 Has Left The Building [Wired News - 11/18/2009]
Bombardier nears 8-billion-euro French train deal [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]
PIA flies 465 Hajj pilgrims from Myanmar to Jeddah [The News International - 11/18/2009]
Boeing Introduces New Version of Boeing 747 Jum... [Industry Week - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - Asia Pacific - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - Americas - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - Middle East - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - europe - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - france - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - Science - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - culture - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [France24 - Business - 11/18/2009]
Boeing rolls out new version of Boeing 747 jumbo [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/18/2009]
First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Leaves Paint Hangar [Stockwatch - 11/18/2009]
Qantas 747 Fuselage Rupture Cause Remains Elusive [Aviation Week - 11/18/2009]
Global Air Freight Solutions Leader Atlas Air A... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 11/17/2009]
Global Air Freight Solutions Leader Atlas Air A... [Business Wire UK - 11/17/2009]
Airbus sells first all 'cattle class' A380 supe... [Telegraph - 11/17/2009]
Airbus sells first all 'cattle class' A380 supe... [Telegraph - 11/17/2009]
Qantas blast problem 'not systemic' (AAP) [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/17/2009]
Qantas blast problem 'not systemic' [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/17/2009]
Qantas oxygen cylinder blast mystery [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/17/2009]

Blogs

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All New Boeing 747-8 Has Left The Building [Wired: Autopia - 11/18/2009] It turns out the Boeing 787 isn’t the only new airplane design maneuvering around the company’s factory north of Seattle awaiting a first flight. Boeing’s largest ...
TaxiBot: Ricardo Engineered Robotic Vehicle Con... [Green Car Congress - 11/18/2009] CAD model of TaxiBot showing aircraft nose wheel and landing gear fully engaged. Click to enlarge.Taxiing to and from the airport terminal gate and runway is a major ...
TaxiBot: Ricardo Engineered Robotic Vehicle Con... [Green Car Congress - 11/18/2009] CAD model of TaxiBot showing aircraft nose wheel and landing gear fully engaged. Click to enlarge.Taxiing to and from the airport terminal gate and ...
Air Force Zaps Drones in Laser Test [Wired: Danger Room - 11/18/2009] In a recent series of tests at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, Calif., a trailer-mounted laser was able to knock five unmanned aircraft out of the sky. The ...
John T. Halliday: Software Snakes On A Plane: A... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009] "Never trust human life solely on software." -- Dr. Nancy G. Leveson, MIT Dateline: August 2005. Imagine that you're the captain of this Malaysia ...

Audio/Video

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Porsche 911 vs Boeing 747 [MSN Video: What's Hot - 09/23/2009]

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