Monthly Archives: May 2018

Boeing 737 Max On Course To Meet Reliability Goals

A year after its entry into service with launch operator Malindo Air of Malaysia, the Boeing 737 Max has registered a fleet-wide 99.4 percent dispatch reliability rate, a performance Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth pronounced as … Continue reading

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High School students in Maize build an airplane

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‘They smell like it and sound like it’: Model jet planes fly in through Sunday

By Drew C. Wilson dwilson@wilsontimes.com 252-723-9663 More than 125 pilots and up to 400 radio-controlled jet planes are converging on the Wilson Industrial Airport for the eighth annual First in Flight Jet Rally. “We have radio-controlled jet pilots and enthusiasts … Continue reading

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From Snapchat Parent to Tesla: Automaker Gains New VP of Engineering

As Tesla’s upper ranks shed members like a bad tennis club, a new executive is poised to tackle the automaker’s engineering portfolio. Stuart Bowers, formerly the vice president of monetization engineering for social media platform Snapchat’s parent company, Snap, will … Continue reading

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Memorial Day: Remembering a ‘deadly hornet’ who patrolled the skies in World War II

Capt. William Johnson’s war memoir — a long letter to his wife — is haunting and almost dream-like as he recounts sailing past the Statue of Liberty en route to Europe and a short, busy career blasting German planes out … Continue reading

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Inside the Regionals: A Look Inside Mesa Airlines’ Headquarters and Training Center

The tail of a Mesa Airlines CRJ-900 operating for American Eagle. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Tom Pallini) Regional airlines are the backbone of the current hub-and-spoke system employed by the world’s major airlines. For many pilots, their first foray into the … Continue reading

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Sun Country remodels plane interiors, eliminating first class and adding slimmer seats

Sun Country Airlines is remodeling the interior of all its airplanes, a capacity-boosting step and a highly-visible change in the airline’s broader revolution. First class will disappear, seats will become slimmer in profile and updated power outlets will be added. … Continue reading

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