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  • October 2008

    • City Covered Up Yeager's Fabled Bridge Stunt

      Charleston Gazette  |  Oct 8, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      City Covered Up Yeager's Fabled Bridge Stunt

      (Newser) - When local son Chuck Yeager flew his jet under a Charleston bridge in 1948, there was no advance warning—and no official record of it afterward. The rebellious fighter pilot was scheduled to buzz a boat race, but no one expected him to do it from 6 feet above the water, and no one snapped a picture, reports the Charleston Gazette . More »

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      pilot  • Air Force  • West Virginia  • Charleston  • jet

  • August 2008

    • Airbus, Boeing Hindered by Wait for Seats, Toilets

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 8, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      Airbus, Boeing Hindered by Wait for Seats, Toilets

      (Newser) - Production delays are plaguing Airbus and Boeing as the airplane manufacturers wait for simple supplies such as seats, toilets, and gallies for their new widebody jets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Small firms charged with making such supplies have been slowed as demand has soared. The interrupted production means higher manufacturing costs for both jet makers and long waits for payments from airlines. More »

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      airline industry  • Boeing  • airplane  • Airbus  • delay  • jet  • Aircraft manufacturers

  • July 2008

    • Hole in Qantas Jet Forces Emergency Landing

      Associated Press  |  Jul 25, 08 4:17 AM CDT

      Hole in Qantas Jet Forces Emergency Landing

      (AP) - A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency landing in Manila today after a mysterious bang punched a 9-foot-wide hole in the fuselage and sent the Boeing 747-400 plunging thousands of feet. There were no injuries but some of the 350 passengers and crew vomited, AP reports. Part of the cabin's ceiling also collapsed and the floor gave way, exposing cargo beneath.  More »

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      Australia  • jet  • emergency landing  • Boeing 747  • Qantas  • Manila

  • March 2008

    • Boeing Moves to Speed 787 Production

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 29, 08 1:12 PM CDT

      Boeing Moves to Speed 787 Production

      (Newser) - Seeking to stem mounting delays in the production of its breakthrough 787 jetliner, Boeing is getting more involved in the early steps of the assembly process, the Chicago Tribune reports. Boeing said yesterday it will buy out a partner's share of a South Carolina plant that assembles two rear sections of the Dreamliner's fuselage, allowing them to get the company's assembly line and 300 workers back on track. More »

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      airline industry  • Boeing  • airplane  • manufacturing  • 787 Dreamliner  • delay  • jet

  • February 2008

    • Virgin Tests First Biofuel Plane

      BBC  |  Feb 24, 08 12:35 PM CST

      Virgin Tests First Biofuel Plane

      (Newser) - A Virgin Atlantic jet powered partially by a coconut- and Brazilian babassu nut-based biofuel made it from London to Amsterdam today in the first commercial flight to do so, the BBC reports. Virgin topdog Richard Branson hailed the flight as "pioneering" in the development of "fuels of the future," but environmentalists denounced the experiment as a publicity stunt. More »

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      London  • biofuel  • Richard Branson  • Amsterdam  • jet  • Virgin Atlantic  • Boeing 747

  • November 2007

    • Thompson Co-Chair Quits Over Crooked Past

      Associated Press  |  Nov 5, 07 5:41 PM CST

      Thompson Co-Chair Quits Over Crooked Past

      (Newser) - Old drug and bookmaking charges felled a co-chair of Fred Thompson’s presidential bid today, the AP reports. Philip Martin stepped down as head of Thompson’s fundraising group after his criminal record surfaced, including charges of conspiracy and cocaine trafficking in the 1970s and '80s. “I deeply regret any embarrassment this has caused,” Martin said. More »

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      Fred Thompson  • taxes  • drug dealing  • jet  • Philip Martin

  • September 2007

    • Dreamliner Delayed Again

      Seattle Times  |  Sep 5, 07 3:14 PM CDT

      Dreamliner Delayed Again

      (Newser) - The maiden flight of Boeing's next-generation jet, the 787 Dreamliner, has been delayed until November or December, the manufacturer announced today, blaming problems in the supply chain and flight-control software. Nevertheless, the Seattle Times reports, Boeing remains on schedule—with much less room for error—to deliver the first aircraft to a Japanese airliner in May. More »

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      Boeing  • airplane  • plane  • Dreamliner  • jet

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