The 787 is safe... or, at least, as safe as conventional
airliners... and Boeing's methods for testing that claim are
adequate. That is the summary of the FAA's response to assertions
made last month by a former Boeing engineer, who claimed the
composite-bodied airliner's structure could splinter and burn in a
severe crash, causing passenger fatalities in an accident that
could be survivable in an aluminum-bodied plane.
At last week's NBAA convention in Atlanta, there were plenty of
opinions on the reasons for the boom in business jets. One that
popped up in almost every conversation was the continued decay of
the airline travel experience.
Move over, Bergen County, NJ and Delaware County, PA. Make room,
Rockland County, NY and Elizabeth NJ.
Stamford, CT, and its lawyers are diving into a growing lawsuit
against the FAA aimed at scuttling the agency's plan to redesign
the airspace around New York's LaGuardia and Westchester County
Airports. And Stamford isn't alone. New Canaan, Norwalk, Darien,
Greenwich, Wilton, Weston and Ridgefield, CT, along with Pound
Ridge, NY, are also thinking about joining the fray.
Brazilian planemaker Embraer recently celebrated the 1000th
ERJ-145 aircraft delivered. The milestone aircraft -- which was
manufactured by Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Co. Ltd. (HEAI) in
Harbin City, China -- was delivered to Hainan Airlines subsidiary
Grand China Express.
So... how much for that toilet seat in the window? A recent
auction of spare parts for the once-glorious, but now grounded,
Concorde took in a whopping $1.3 million -- more than three times
original estimates, according to event organizers.
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