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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...

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...

Super Drone MQ-4C Triton Bigger Than a 737

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MQ-4C Triton Drone   This is the Huge Unmanned Navy Drone MQ-4C Triton that is bigger than a Boeing 737, and it now takes to the skies for flight across America. Scroll down for the transcontinental flight video. The new Super Drone is supposed to be used in fleet operations in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, as well as the Atlantic. It is part of the Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance program. The airliner-sized Super Navy surveillance drone made it's first transcontinental flight on Wednesday night, when it flew 11 hours across the United States from Southern California crossing the Gulf of Mexico and Florida before landing Thursday morning at a Navy base in Maryland. The unmanned super drone flew above 50,000 feet (above 15 km) to avoid commercial air traffic and  after 11 hours it had covered 3,290 miles and landed safely in Maryland. The massive MQ-4C landing on Thursday morning in Maryland after flying overnight from California In comparisson the ...