USATODAY.com - Today In the Sky:
Here is Friday's news round-up. It includes recent aviation-related stories posted on USATODAY.com. The stories listed below include only those ...
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Work has officially started on building Boeing's $750 million aircraft assembly plant in South Carolina the largest industrial ...
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Wall Street Journal:
Boeing on Friday broke ground in North Charleston, S.C., on a second assembly facility for its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- With more than a month to go until 2009 ends, companies have already sold more debt this year than in any previous year, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a report released Friday. In (Read More)
Wired: Autopia:
It turns out the Boeing 787 isn’t the only new airplane design maneuvering around the company’s factory north of Seattle awaiting a first flight. Boeing’s largest airplane ever, the 747-8 just left the paint shop in preparati (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Boeing has successfully tested their new Matrix laser over airborne targets, which is a world's first. In total, they shot down five drones at various ranges. That's a lot of pew pew in a day. The Air Force and Boeing achiev (Read More)
Gizmodo:
There's been a lot of pew pew at the USAF's Naval Air Warfare Center in China, California: Boeing successfully tested their new MATRIX laser over airborne targets. That's a first. In total, they shot down five drones at vario (Read More)
Wired: Autopia:
Much of the aviation industry is sweltering at the Dubai Air Show this week, but one plane everyone’s talking about is sitting in a hangar north of Seattle. The Boeing 787 has yet to make its first flight, but both flight tes (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Boeing's $1 billion contract to maintain the Air Force's fleet of aerial-refueling tankers. (Read More)
Reuters:
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. planemaker Boeing said on Tuesday it had won orders for 11 737-800s from Algerian airlines Air Algerie and Tassili Airlines.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
AP - The South Carolina House will formally receive an impeachment resolution on Gov. Mark Sanford.It's the first bill that will be pre-filed Tuesday as the House opens the door to new legislation ahead of its January session (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Today In the Sky:
Boeing has scored its first new aircraft orders at this year's Dubai Airshow. The orders -- announced today -- came from two Algerian carriers ...
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Wall Street Journal:
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Boeing, the Chicago aerospace giant, said on Tuesday from the Dubai Air Show that it received orders from two Algerian airlines for its model 737-800 jets. Terms weren't disclosed. Air Algerie order (Read More)