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Sports Car in the Sky: How the Boeing 757 Became the Most Overpowered Airliner Ever Built
Sports Car in the Sky: How the Boeing 757 Became the Most Overpowered Airliner Ever Built

2 Sep 2023, 02:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After a global crisis nearly brought the airline industry to its knees, such a special breed of jet liek the 757could have easily gone extinct.

 
Indonesia Goes All In on the F-15EX Eagle II, Here's Why It's a Big Deal
Indonesia Goes All In on the F-15EX Eagle II, Here's Why It's a Big Deal

23 Aug 2023, 03:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / That's right. It's not Japan or Saudi Arabia that's become the second country outside the U.S. and Israel to get dibs on the F-15 Eagle II. It's Indonesia.

 
Boeing’s Big Clapback: Will the 777X Bring the Fight to Airbus? The FAA Will Decide
Boeing’s Big Clapback: Will the 777X Bring the Fight to Airbus? The FAA Will Decide

21 Aug 2023, 21:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After Boeing's CEO was denied a whopping $7 million annual bonus thanks to delays in the 777X program over the last year, the pressure is on like never before.

 
NASA's Wacky X-66A Experimental Aircraft Will Be Based on the MD-90
NASA's Wacky X-66A Experimental Aircraft Will Be Based on the MD-90

18 Aug 2023, 09:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace giant Boeing revealed the NASA X-66A experimental aircraft with Transonic Truss-Braced Wing will be based on an MD-90

 
Not Going Anywhere: Boeing Starliner First Crewed Launch Delayed Until at Least March 2024
Not Going Anywhere: Boeing Starliner First Crewed Launch Delayed Until at Least March 2024

8 Aug 2023, 15:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, March of 2024 is the absolute earliest point that Boeing expects Boe CFT to launch. But further delays aren't out of the question.

 
This 1943 GMC CCKW Survivor Was Used To Refuel B-17 Bombers in WW2, It Still Runs
This 1943 GMC CCKW Survivor Was Used To Refuel B-17 Bombers in WW2, It Still Runs

7 Aug 2023, 12:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Willys MB may be the most iconic light military vehicle, but when it comes to heavy-duty trucks, the GMC CCKW takes the spotlight.

 
Wisk's Gen 6 Air Taxi Writes History at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Wisk's Gen 6 Air Taxi Writes History at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

26 Jul 2023, 02:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Wisk Aero, a Boeing subsidiary, nailed the world's first public demonstration of a fully-autonomous electric air taxi flight

 
Official Date Confirmed for Virgin’s Pioneering SAF-Powered Flight Across the Atlantic
Official Date Confirmed for Virgin’s Pioneering SAF-Powered Flight Across the Atlantic

21 Jul 2023, 03:49 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Are you ready to witness a major milestone for green aviation this year? The consortium led by Virgin Atlantic is ready to write history this Fall

 
USAF Flies the T-7A Red Hawk for the First Time, Glimpse of Test Shows Impressive Aircraft
USAF Flies the T-7A Red Hawk for the First Time, Glimpse of Test Shows Impressive Aircraft

29 Jun 2023, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing made public the first test flight of the U.S. Air Force's future pilot trainer, the T-7A Red Hawk, all seems to have gone according to plan

 
Boeing, UW Deny Involvement in the Design or Build of Missing Tourist Sub 'Titan'
Boeing, UW Deny Involvement in the Design or Build of Missing Tourist Sub 'Titan'

22 Jun 2023, 10:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Titan has been missing for days, as communication cut off during a dive to the Titanic wreck. Builder OceanGate is losing face, as safety questions arise

 
Boeing Expects $8 Trillion Worth of Airplanes to Be Sold by 2042. That's 42,595 New Jets
Boeing Expects $8 Trillion Worth of Airplanes to Be Sold by 2042. That's 42,595 New Jets

20 Jun 2023, 14:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace giant published on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show the 2023 Commercial Market Outlook, data points to a lot of new planes being needed

 
NASA Has a New X-Plane With Unusual Wing Design, They Call It X-66A
NASA Has a New X-Plane With Unusual Wing Design, They Call It X-66A

13 Jun 2023, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The NASA-Boeing Sustainable Flight Demonstrator airplane got an official X-plane designation from the U.S. Air Force, it's now X-66A

 
B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Getting Fighter-Like Radar to Stay Fit for Three More Decades
B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Getting Fighter-Like Radar to Stay Fit for Three More Decades

2 Jun 2023, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing announced this week it has began fitting a new radar system on the B-52 Stratofortress as the plane will stay in service until 2050

 
T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds
T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds

26 May 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing published a video of the ejection seat test for the T-7A Red Hawk which took place at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico

 
Boeing Starliner 360-Degrees Interior Video Is a Monument of Confusion for Non-Astronauts
Boeing Starliner 360-Degrees Interior Video Is a Monument of Confusion for Non-Astronauts

20 Apr 2023, 15:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing shares a short video showing the interior of the Starliner spaceship in 360 degrees, there's not much in there many of us can understand

 
The USAF Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Will Spot Enemy Fighter Jets From Hundreds of Miles Away
The USAF Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Will Spot Enemy Fighter Jets From Hundreds of Miles Away

22 Mar 2023, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced it started making the radar system for the upcoming USAF AWACS, the E-7 Wedgetail

 
Billions Worth of New Apache Attack Helicopters to Enter U.S. Army Ranks
Billions Worth of New Apache Attack Helicopters to Enter U.S. Army Ranks

18 Mar 2023, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Boeing say it will produce 184 Apache attack helicopters of the AH-64E variety for the U.S. Army and international partners

 
This Boeing 737 Is Now a 2-Level, 4-Person Backyard Retreat with a Jet Engine Jacuzzi
This Boeing 737 Is Now a 2-Level, 4-Person Backyard Retreat with a Jet Engine Jacuzzi

13 Mar 2023, 09:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Entrepreneur Steve knows “nothing about planes” but he knows a lot about having fun when doing quirky projects, and the Marwell Mile High Club is proof

 
Boeing 737s Fly With Shark Skin-Inspired Grooves on Their Bodies to Get Better Air Flow
Boeing 737s Fly With Shark Skin-Inspired Grooves on Their Bodies to Get Better Air Flow

6 Mar 2023, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japan Airlines and JAXA are testing a new method of applying riblets to the bottom of an aircraft in a bid to reduce air resistance and improve fuel consumption

 
Overreliance On Software is a Plague on All Industries, Especially With EVs and Airliners
Overreliance On Software is a Plague on All Industries, Especially With EVs and Airliners

26 Feb 2023, 21:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Not to look down on the painstakingly difficult job of computer engineers, but there's no doubt the consequences are sickening when things go wrong