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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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Russian Fighter Jet Encounters US Spy Plane

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Sukhoi Su-27 US military officials said that an US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft encountered with a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea last month. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told CNN on Thursday that the two aircraft came within 10 feet of each other on May 30. US Boeing RC 135 Rivet Joint Reconnaissance Aircraft According to the officials, the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet, flying at high speed, flew alongside the US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft at the same altitude, broke off, and shadowed the plane before leaving the area. ABC News reported that a top defense official described the encounter as "an unsafe intercept" by Russia. The two superpowers are engaged in series of military encounters during the past months. In another similar incident in April, the United States announced that US RC-135U was intercepted by a Russian SU-27 Flanker in an "unsafe and unprofessional manner." Meanwhile, the Pentagon relea...
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Antonov Spy Plane Spotted Over Lancashire UK

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Antonov An-30 Spy Plane A RUSSIAN spy plane has been spotted flying low over Lancashire as tensions between Vladimir Putin and the West mount to near emergency levels. The Antonov An-30, armed with five high-resolution cameras, was spotted by photographer Steve Bradley, 41, who was astonished to see it over his garden in Colne, Lancashire. Russian Antonov An-30 Spy Plane - Photo By Steve Bradley It comes as British Typhoon jets were forced to intercept a Russian spy plane last week and escort it away from UK airspace. In the last month, three Russian warships have been monitored sailing through the English Channel. MPs in east Lancashire have raised concerns about what the spy plane was doing just 30 miles from Menwith Hill, a hi-tech NATO monitoring station, and 22 miles from BAE Systems military aircraft factory at Samlesbury. Mr Bradley said he was shocked to spot the military turboprop while working in his garden on Friday. The semi-professional photographer captur...
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Location: Colne, Lancashire, Storbritannien
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Chinese SU-27 Barrel Roll Over US Navy Recon Plane

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Chinese SU-27   It was this Monday Aug 18, 2014 that an Chinese SU-27 Interceptor Fighter Jet did a barrel roll "very, very close" over an American Navy P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft in International Airspace Near Japan about 135 miles east of China's Hainan Island. The rather reckless maneuver by the Chinese Su-27 pilot was to show that the SU-27 fighter jet was armed with missiles. Chinese Su-27M Interceptor Jet Fighter Armed Missiles The US has lodged a formal protest with Beijing after the Chinese fighter jet conducted the barrel roll over the American Navy plane this week, the Pentagon has said. Rear Admiral John Kirby said the Chinese plane exposed its undercarriage to show that it was armed to the P-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft during the Monday's incident in international airspace near Japan. He said the Chinese aircraft came within 30ft (9 metres) of the American plane, while the wing tips of the two aircraft were just 20ft apart. Ad...
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