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Monthly Archives: July 2019
Boeing’s jet deliveries slide as 737 Max grounding takes a toll
The growing inventory costs of the undelivered planes is draining about $3 billion a quarter from Boeing, estimated Cai von Rumohr, an analyst with Cowen Co., in a July 8 report. Cash generated from 787 Dreamliner deliveries, defense and services … Continue reading
Boeing 737 Max: After crashes, first big order canceled
Flyadeal’s decision to go with Airbus reverses an earlier plan to buy 50 Boeing 737 Max jets valued at $5.9 billion, based on list prices. Some analysts predict this order lost to Europe’s Airbus won’t be the last such loss … Continue reading
FAA orders AOA vane upgrades for Boeing 757, 767, 727 | Airframes content from ATWOnline
Reports of nuisance stall warnings triggered by frozen angle-of-attack (AOA) vanes has led FAA to mandate replacement of the parts on Boeing 757s, 767s and 727s. FAA, in a notice of proposed rulemaking set for publication July 9, is proposing a 36-month window for … Continue reading
Macomb RC Flyers celebrate aviation on a model-sized scale
MACOMB — On Saturday evening, the buzz of propellers and colorful model airplanes filled the sky as the Macomb RC Flyers met up at Veterans Park to celebrate the theme of this year’s Heritage Days: aviation in McDonough County.The Macomb … Continue reading
HAROLD WALTERS: Flying Ace: Errol’s Gander Adventure
Perhaps feeling that the Sisters Fate are yanking the kite strings of my destiny as I scribble is due to some odd convergence of my life’s ley lines. Get this. A century ago, when I was an itinerant scholar, I … Continue reading
SPEEA engineer breaks silence on Boeing’s MAX 737. Read this letter
Stan Sorscher, a Labor Representative at the Society for Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) is the author of the letter, offered to the Seattle Times as an opinion piece. “The cost-cutting culture is the opposite of a culture built … Continue reading
Science of sisterhood: Girls STEM Institute encourages education, ‘authentic selves’
Description of the following video: [Video: A group of young girls, who are attending the Girls STEM Institute, sit in a classroom. One is raising her hand to ask her teacher a question. Each is wearing a lime-green T-shirt that … Continue reading