San Diego Fighter Jet Crash Results in Fatal Civilian Tragedies on the Ground

In San Diego, a fighter jet returning to a Marine base crashed into two expensive homes and killed three people on Monday. One person in the home where three were found dead was still missing at last report.
The pilot of the F/A-18D Hornet jet ejected safely just before the crash around noon at Marine Corps [...]

Boeing Stock Rises after Assembly Workers Approve Contract

The value of stock in Boeing Company has risen today, presumably because on Saturday, November 1st, 27,000 assembly workers voted to approve the company’s four-year contract offer. This move by workers ended an assembly-workers’ strike that stopped production at western Washington Boeing plants for nearly two months.

Turkey Is Proposing to Buy Boeing and Airbus Passenger-Planes

ANKARA, Turkey —
Despite the flagging worldwide economy, Turkish Airlines would like to buy 105 airplanes from Boeing and/or Airbus, depending upon the proposals it receives. The company desires delivery by the second half of year 2010. Turkish Airlines’ passenger numbers have increased by 150% within the past four years.

Lt. Col. Le Roy Roberts, Tuskegee Airman Passed Away Aug. 13th

Photo: Jim Bates, Seattle Times
Democrat Senator Harry Truman didn’t want Black Americans flying war-planes…

Lieutenant Colonel Le Roy Jones, Jr. of the Tuskegee Airmen Passes Away in Tacoma, Washington at Age 86
M-Jeanne de M.

Lt. Col. Howard Lee Baugh, Tuskegee Airman, Passes Away at 88

Article in Richmond, VA Newspaper, on the Passing of Lieutenant Colonel HowardLee Baugh
Tribute to Lt. Colonel Howard Lee Baugh
Great American Hero Lt. Col. Howard Lee Baugh had 6,000 flying hours.
M-Jeanne de M.

Sherman Rose, Tuskegee Airmen Flight Instructor

Sherman Rose, Tuskegee Airman
Our Condolences to the Rose Family
Tribute to Sherman Rose

Sherman Rose, Flight Instructor to Tuskegee Airmen

Sherman Rose, Tuskegee AirmanOur Condolences to the Rose Family
Tribute to Sherman Rose
M-Jeanne de M.

Eight People Die in Minnesota Small Plane Crash

People in Small Planes Dropping Like Flies from the Skies, Continued:There they go again.
Going, going…GONE.It’s so much safer to do business over the internet!This sort of junket, though for legitimate business, seems unnecessarily wasteful, and now it has proven to be the ultimate waste. This is very tragic, but, like Senator Paul Wellstone’s [...]

EADS/Airbus Vying for U.S. Defense Contracts

Article by Dominic Gates
That’s fine. However, it would behoove EADS/Airbus to recognize the fact that the size of their proposed refueling tanker would necessitate the expansion and expensive rebuilding of airstrips worldwide, and that if their proposals aren’t practical, they may be cast upon the ash-heap of history. 
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more [...]

Boeing is Speeding the Process of 787 Assembly

Article in The Seattle Times by Dominic Gates, Aerospace Reporter

People in Small Planes Dropping Like Flies from the Skies, Continued

UPDATE, MARCH 30th, 2008: Small Plane Crashes Outside of London, Killing Six PeoplePhoto KABC, Los AngelesThe Incident, Los Angeles; January 20th
Small Plane Crash in Florida Kills Five
Taking yourself out this way is one thing, but destroying property and uninvolved people on the ground is quite another….
We hear about these incidents way too often. Not [...]

Boeing’s Proposed Aerial Refueling Tanker Exemplifies the Company’s Traditional Cutting-Edge Vision

As I wrote lately on M-J in the Republic, Boeing Company’s proposed aerial refueling tanker is a slightly smaller and better design than that of EADS/Northrop-Grumman. It will not only have a smaller environmental footprint, but would not require the building and rebuilding of landing strips worldwide in order to accommodate it, as would [...]