Stunt Performed With Prototype Airplane Over Lake Washington
Call it a high "pucker factor" moment, particularly for Boeing executives on the ground. It was 60 years ago on August 7th that Tex Johnson famously barrel-rolled Boeing's prototype 707 over Lake Washington during the Gold Cup hydroplane race.
India’s largest domestic airline by market share, IndiGo celebrated their 9th birthday by firming up their last year’s commitment and ordering 250 A320neo Family aircraft. This historical aircraft purchase agreement was signed on the 69th Independence Day of India on the 15th of August, 2015.
Twenty-Year Current Market Outlook Shows Strong Market Valued At $240 Billion
Boeing projects a demand for 1,740 new airplanes, valued at $240 billion, over the next 20 years in India. The company released its annual India Current Market Outlook (CMO) in Mumbai, forecasting the South Asia region will have among the highest traffic growth around the world at 8.6 percent.
Kansas Governor Attends Event In Wichita Before Assembly Is Shipped
The fuselage for the first Boeing 737 MAX has been completed by Spirit Aerosystems. The company held a ceremony last Thursday morning to show off the fuselage assembly before it was shipped off to Renton, WA where it will become the first test aircraft in the new line.
Searchers say they have spotted what may be wreckage from a Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300 that dropped off radar Sunday in a mountainous region of Indonesia.
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