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Boeing 737 MAX Gets New Orders

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Boeing easily beat rival Airbus in orders for new planes last month, but Chicago-based Boeing trailed its European rival in delivering planes to airline customers. Boeing said that it took orders for 31 planes in July while 17 others were canceled, resulting in a net gain of 14. That compared with two orders for Airbus. It was Boeing’s sixth straight month of positive net orders after seeing cancellations exceed orders for most of 2020. Boeing has reported 270 net orders so far in 2021. Brazil’s Gol ordered nine 737 Max jets last month and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines ordered six. Boeing delivered 28 planes in July, including nine 737 Max jets sent to Irish airline Ryanair. That fell short of Airbus, which delivered 47 planes last month. For the year, Boeing has delivered 184 planes, more than all of 2020. This despite the halt in shipping its 787 jet because of production flaws in the fuselage and nose. Last month, the company said it will cut production of 787s. Deliveries are cri
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US Spy Plane Flew With Transponders Off

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Transponders Off  Moscow is furious after an US spy plane endangers civilian planes on the Russian border over the Sea of Japan. Russia said it summoned the U.S. defense attache on May 23 after an American military aircraft flew into civilian airspace during a reconnaissance mission near Russia's far-eastern border. US Reconnaissance Plane Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint The spy plane flew into the civilian airzone with the transponders turned off and could not be tracked by civilian traffic control. Russia's defense ministry said that the U.S. Air Force RC-135 surveillance plane risked colliding with passenger planes as it flew over the Sea of Japan on May 22 because it had turned its transponders off and could not be detected by civilian radar, although it was flying at an altitude typically used by passenger jets. The U.S. crew did not inform regional authorities of the plane's route, said the ministry. "The U.S. plane crew's unprofessional actions creat
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The Story of The Northrop YB- 49 Flying Wing

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Concept from 1930s  The Flying Wing was the brainchild of Jack Northrop, who started work on the concept in the 1930s. Jack Northrop also desigened the wings on the Douglas DC2 and DC3's and had also a scaled down wing flying in the early 1940's. That model is on display and flying at the Planes of  Fame Museum in Chino California. Back then Northrop advocated "The Wing" as a means of reducing drag and structural weight. The Story of The Northrop YB- 49 Flying Wing It may be hard to believe today, but the original Northrop Flying Wing's innovative design was often used against it by detractors from competing aircraft companies ("An airplane that doesn't have a tail") Because of this Northrop Aircraft produced this information film to extol the Wings virtues and answer her critics. The result is a film that gives a compelling overview of the principles of advantages of the Wing design, delivered by Northrop's Director of Enginee
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Batik Air Runway Collision With ATR-42-600

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This accident happened a month ago Apr 2016. There were no injuries, but both aircraft received substantial damage. Even with the fuel on fire the firefighters managed to put out the flames on both the aircraft. From the photos we can see the aftermath of the damage and on the video we see the firefighters put out the fire of the burning wing on the Boeing 737. The photos have been taken by TunasKelapa and the video of the accident is from Youtube user Ippi Thyssen . And the excellent write up was done by Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Apr 4th 2016. A Batik Air Boeing 737-800, registration PK-LBS performing flight ID-7703 from Jakarta Halim Perdanakusuma to Ujung Padang (Indonesia) with 49 passengers and 7 crew, was in the takeoff roll on runway 24 at 19:55L (12:55Z) when its left wing tip entangled with the vertical tail and left wing of a Transnusa Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-600 registration PK-TNJ crossing the runway under tow and separated the most of the vertical ta
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