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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Flying High: 3D Printed Parts in Real Planes!
The day is almost here! Large corporations in the aerospace and defense industry are building real airplane parts that are fully functional. The aerospace industry is gravitating towards 3D printing not only because of the associated government funding, but because … Continue reading
Desktop device brings laser-cutting home
There was a time when the only 3D-printed items that most of us ever saw were created at places like universities or industrial design houses – now, thanks to the plethora of consumer 3D printers out there, that’s no longer … Continue reading
Utility Aircraft Role Expansion Drives China Growth for Textron
At a time when much of the talk about business aviation growth in China has focused on larger, long-range jets, Textron Aviation’s greatest sales success has come from smaller jets and, even more so, from its turboprop-powered Cessna Caravan and … Continue reading
Iran says Boeing offers aircraft on Tehran trip; company mum – Chicago Sun
TEHRAN, Iran — Boeing Co. offered Iranian airlines three models of new aircraft to replace the country’s aging fleet during the first visit by the Chicago-based manufacturer in decades, the Islamic Republic’s state-run news agency reported Monday. Boeing declined to … Continue reading
Iran: Boeing offers new aircraft in Tehran trip
Iranian airlines have some 60 Boeing airplanes in service, but most were purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamists to power. Out of Iran’s 250 commercial planes, about 150 are flying while … Continue reading
Drones are the new threat to airline safety
You’re landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on the “expressway” approach – so called because you come in low enough to buzz the Grand Central Parkway and Mets’ Citi Field before quickly dropping down on a runway perched over a … Continue reading
If only health care had Henry Ford
By chance last week I tuned in to a TV newscast as the announcer said, “A study has concluded 30 per cent of MRIs contribute nothing to the treatment of a patient.” I was stunned. An MRI (or magnetic resonance … Continue reading