"If we do have news to share, it will be done out of Seattle. But there will be nothing sooner than Tuesday." Source: Boeing spokesman Ken Mercer, after the company's board of directors met in Chicago (IL) to discuss the future of the 7E7 project. All indications are that Boeing will go ahead with its first new line in 13 years -- but the company prefers to make its announcement to employees first.

We're coming to the end of the year, and you all know what that means… along with chasing the popular toys through mobbed malls, enduring puerile, saccharine Christmas Muzak, and bearing up under a ceaseless barrage of Year in Review prose, you have to face the close of the tax year. Ouch. One way to swing a double-edged sword of reducing your pre-tax income and promoting a worthwhile cause is to donate to a tax-deductible (in the USA) charity, such as the AOPA Air Safety Foundation. The Air Safety Foundation does an awful lot of good, and the vast majority of its output is available free. I have a "safety binder" of ASF materials, and you can too (at the cost of a few hours on the website [http://www.asf.org] and a bunch of printer paper). I've enjoyed and benefited