Posted in Aviation on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After severe cost and time overruns, disasters with trade unions and local government, Boeing finally got a slightly overweight 787 to fly. It took off from Paine Field at Everett a little before 10:30am today.
The delay has caused it to be released into a hostile economy, and given rival Airbus time [...]
Posted in Aviation on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This via Seattle-PI airline news: All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced that it will be painting one of its Boeing 767-300s in the ‘Mohican Blue’ scheme it used in the 1960s.
The jet will run the Tokyo-Miyazaki/Tokyo-Kagoshima route for four years, starting December 1st.
The “RetroJet” fad is something new among airlines since about 2000. A [...]
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