Posted on March 14, 2008 by Publisher
…I am certainly qualified to further comment on John McCain’s perceived complicity in the failure of the U.S. Airforce to grant the contract for their proposed aerial refueling tanker to Boeing. I’ve already commented on that, but I would like to share this by Michael Schuyler of Bainbridge Island Washington (a stone’s throw from Boeing), [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by Publisher
To: Interested Parties
From: Steve Schmidt
Subject: Facts on John McCain and the tanker deal
Date: 3/12/2008
Over the past few days, there have been a number of political attacks launched by John McCain’s political opponents attempting to blame him for the Boeing Company not being awarded the USAF tanker [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2008 by Publisher
Yesterday James Albaugh, chief executive of Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), declared that the Air Force had discouraged Boeing from proposing a bigger aerial refueling tanker built on the 777, and directly challenged Pentagon leaks suggesting that the rival Northrop Grumman-EADS team’s plane had beaten Boeing’s smaller offering on all aspects.Speaking at an investor conference [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2008 by Publisher
The U.S. Airforce needs a new long-range bomber by 20018. The Airforce’s desired specs for the plane are still are being determined. In the race to win the contract, Boeing and Lockheed Martin have joined together to develop the project. Together, they are competing with Northrop Grumman, an American company that also wants to build [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2007 by Publisher
China rolls out the Flying Phoenix. The name is redundant, but they’re Chinese, so I’ll give them a pass.
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Posted on October 26, 2007 by Publisher
After a two-year delay, Airbus 380A made its first flight on October 15th. The journey between Singapore and Sydney, Australia, took seven hours. There were over four-hundred-fifty passengers, most of whom paid large amounts of money for the experience, some of which went to charity. Singapore Airlines will be the only one flying the Airbus [...]
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