The world’s biggest building and home of the iconic Boeing 747, which rolled out 50 years ago this week, could well have ended up in California. Boeing in the 1960s did not have a factory big enough to house its new jumbo jet so a search began for a suitable site to build what wo...
One key to understanding variations in aircraft prices is looking ahead to a plane’s future. If there’s a big (sometimes really big!) repair bill on the horizon, the purchase price will be substantially lower. For private-usePart 91 aircraft, there are no strict overhaul requirements. But...
More thanhalf a centuryafter its completion in 1967, Boeing's Everett factory is still producing planes and inspiring awe from the hordes of visitors who've turned it into a major Washingtontourist attraction. Disneyland Could Fit Inside Just how big is the plant? It covers 98.3 acres (39.8 ...
Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 As a point of comparison, the 747-8’s wingtips gradually go up, and the upper deck is bigger, with 15 windows on each side behind the upper deck exit row. Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 The rear of the 747-8’s engines are also similar to those of the 787, with...
Delta Air Lines pays a junior First Officer $92 per hour. Flying a B777 forUnited Airlines, a senior Captain earns $352, and the junior First Officer $91. All factors matter, such as whether you fly a Boeing 747 or a Bombardier CRJ200. Experience also counts, such as whether you’ve...
Boeing was competing for a supersonic transport contract in 1965, at about the same time the 747 was conceived, and Pan Am founder and chairman Juan Trippe believed that the big subsonic jets would end up as freighters and that the SST would replace the 747 on passenger routes. Trippe was...
If your piston engine is powering a plane, that limits how fast it can fly, how much lift it can make, how big it can be, and how much it can carry.Photo: Piston engine: One way to make lots of power, consistently, is to use lots of cylinders. This classic Bristol Jupiter piston...
“I think one of the big challenges was to find the right path between the really huge bureaucracy and paperwork requirements that NASA had — which in some cases were frankly over the top — and figure out how to accommodate the culture of a commercial (company),” Hale said. ...
Read the full-text online article and more details about "The Big Blowout; Why the Airbus-Boeing Case Could Wreck the WTO, and How to Stop It" by Garten, Jeffrey E. - Newsweek International, April 4, 2005Garten, Jeffrey E
Instead of going for high speed, Boeing took a big gamble on the 747 jumbo jet, a high-capacity aircraft largely credited with making air travel more affordable. Its domestic rivals failed to keep up. Lockheed, as it was known before its merger with Martin Marietta, withdrew from the commer...