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Entries for November, 2006
Boeing 787 Dreamliner on a diet - lose 5000 lbs
The head of Boeing’s 787 program said Monday that the company is
confident it can lighten the hot-selling plane by 2 1/2 tons — enough to fulfill
promises that it will be much more fuel-efficient than any similar commercial jet flying
today. Engineers are looking at ways to trim weight from parts throughout the plane,
in some cases switching from aluminum to titanium, Mike Bair, general manager of
the program, said in a quarterly conference call on the plane’s development.
“We know exactly where we have to go to take weight out of the airplane,’
’ Bair said. Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney recently called the 787
’s weight a
Boeing 777 Trent 800 aero engine fails on takeoff - pictures
Nov.08, 2006 in
777, Boeing, News, Rolls Royce Engines
Swedish aviation enthusiasts recording tail numbers at
Stockholm Arlanda airport were shocked at the weekend to see the
failure of a Roll-Royce Trent 800 aero engine.The Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER
(9M-MRI) was en route back to Kuala Lumpur as flight MH091 from New York
Newark on Friday when pilots had to return shortly after takeoff at 13:55 due to
engine problem. Swedish newspaper Expressen published photographs of the
incident yesterday. The aircraft, with 279 passengers on board, suffered the failure
on take-off (pictured below) before continuing to around 8,000ft (2,700m) to dump
fuel. The aircraft landed without problems.
FedEx cancels A380 Freighorders and replaces them with Boeing 777 Freighter orders
FedEx Express has placed an order for up to 30 Boeing 777 Freighters, replacing its
initial order for 10 Airbus A380s. The deal, which consists of 15 firm orders and 15
options, will see the first aircraft join the cargo operator’s fleet in 2009. “We’re
looking forward to working with FedEx on this new chapter in our relationship,” says
Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of sales for the Americas Ray Conner in
a statement. “The 777F will have unmatched capacity for a twin-engine freighter and
is a perfect complement to the existing FedEx fleet of aircraft.” Financial details are
not being disclosed, but estimates place the value at around $3.5 billion
Airbus to cut subcontractors used by 80 percent
European aircraft maker Airbus plans to reduce by 80 percent the number of
subcontractors used by the company as part of a vast restructuring plan aimed at
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