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Boeing Reveals Just How Far 777 Output Is Poised to Fall

In late 2013, Boeing formally launched the 777X -- the next-generation version of its popular 777 widebody jet. The 777X, which features updated engines and a new wing to boost range, payload, and fuel efficiency compared to the 777, is scheduled to enter service in early 2020. Despite the fact that it has this 777 replacement in the works, Boeing insisted throughout most of 2014 and...

1 dead in crash at metro Atlanta air show

The pilot was killed Saturday afternoon when a biplane crashed during an air show at a metropolitan Atlanta airport, authorities said. The biplane and another aircraft were performing stunts in tandem during the next-to-last performance of the day at the Good Neighbor Day Open House Airshow at DeKalb Peachtree Airport, said CNN Digital news writer Melissa Gray, who attended the show with her fa...

The U.S. Military Wants a Robot That Can Fly Any Plane

The U.S. Air Force is looking to fund the development of a system that allows it to easily convert any of its manned aircraft into robot-piloted planes, potentially making huge portions of its existing fleet fully autonomous. According to a public solicitation notice, the “drop-in” system would “rapidly convert a variety of traditionally manned aircraft” to be autonomous...

Former head of Google’s Project Ara on leaving to start Airbus’ new Silicon Valley lab

At this point in Silicon Valley’s history, it’s nearly impossible to walk down the street without tripping over some incubator or accelerator created by a major corporation hoping to magically capture a little bit of the region’s innovative pixie dust. Most of these efforts don’t amount to much more than sightseeing trips, however. And nobody knows that better than Paul...

Man Attempts Suicide During British Airways Flight

On Monday, a British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Iceland after a passenger reportedly attempted suicide in the bathroom of the plane. According to The Hollywood Reporter, British Airways Flight 6185 was en route from Los Angeles to London when the pilot diverted the plane to Iceland at around 6 a.m. local time with about four hours left in the trip. Witnesses on...

Dozens of A-10s and F-16s Roll Out for an "Elephant Walk"

Earlier this week, the U.S. Air Force rolled out dozens of A-10s and F-16s in an "elephant walk"—a military demonstration that involves taxing entire squadrons of aircraft down the runway to train for the type of en masse takeoffs that would be necessary in wartime. An elephant walk also serves as a reminder to surrounding nations of the United States' military capabi...

Astronauts won’t be flying to space in Boeing’s Starliner until 2018

Since 2011, NASA has been trying to wean itself off Russian rockets as the only way of getting astronauts up to the International Space Station, and in 2014, Boeing and SpaceX won contracts to carry out launches. Now, though, Boeing says it's going to have to delay its crewed flights, pushing them back from 2017 to 2018. Boeing's executive vice president Leanne Caret made the announcement,...

The eye of the storm

Building a new plane to take on Airbus would be a huge risk for Boeing. BOEING’S factory at Everett, near Seattle, is the largest building in the world, as befits the world’s biggest planemaker. From within its cavernous halls a new passenger jet emerges every working day. After an empty fuselage enters at one end of the factory, it can take as little as a month for some models to e...

Gama Aviation secures Jersey 'premiere' of new HondaJet for client event

Gama Aviation have secured the inaugural visit to the island of the new HA-420 HondaJet, an advanced light jet. The jet is being exclusively showcased by us at our event for ourclients on Thursday 12 May at Jersey Airport. The HondaJet seats up to six passengers and is the fastest, highest-flying, quietest, and most fuel-efficient aircraft in its category. The revolutionary...

Honeywell works to silence objections to civil supersonic flight

Honeywell has embarked on the second phase of a NASA-funded initiative which could help to remove some of the legislative barriers preventing overland supersonic flight. US Federal Aviation Administration regulations have, since 1973, prohibited supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft to limit the potential nuisance of noise pollution generated by the sonic boom. But NASA has been...

Boeing aims to hike revenue and profits, smooth out cyclical pattern

Boeing Co's top executives laid out an ambitious, five-year strategy on Wednesday to increase revenue and profits and secure the company's future for the next 100 years, promising to boost efficiency, return free cash to shareholders and expand the after-market services and parts business. But the executives, speaking to analysts at a conference, faced some skepticism about whether...

SevenJet Revives Fractional Avanti Service

SevenJet has started a fractional program for Piaggio Avantis at its base in St. Petersburg, Fla., using both former employees and aircraft from bankrupt Avantair. Notably, this marks the return of a fractional program for the Italian twin turboprop since Avantair, which also was based in St. Petersburg, ceased operations in June 2013. “The Avanti is a great aircraft thanks to its je...