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Boeing’s Latest Problem: A Cargo Plane’s Exploding Engine
Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has been in the news a lot lately but not in a good way. Safety incidents involving the company’s planes keep cropping up and this week brought yet another example of that unfortunate trend. On Thursday, an Atlas Air 747 cargo plane was forced to make an…
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Boeing’s New $5 Billion Air Force One Is Two Years Late
President Biden’s pricey remote office has hit yet another roadblock. Recent factory disruptions and other issues have forced air industry behemoth Boeing to delay the release of its next Air Force One jet, known by some as The Flying White House, until at least two years after its original 2024 release date according to news…
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I Had No Idea How Much Fuel Airplanes Actually Burn Until This Week
My husband texted me earlier this week as he was about to board a flight from Dallas to San Antonio to tell me one of the pilots had mentioned the plane had taken 2,268 kg of fuel. Over two tons of fuel for about 50 minutes in the air.
