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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

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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

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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

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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

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Boeing Loses a 737 MAX Order to Airbus

Saudi Arabian airline Flyadeal over the weekend canceled a provisional order for up to 50 737 MAX jets, and instead chose to go with an Airbus model, according to reports. This is the second cancellation of a MAX order since … Continue reading

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Environmental Monitoring Continues At Old Las Cruces Landfill

On June 20th, more than 30 residents came out to Desert Hills Elementary to hear Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) present the Assessment of Corrective Measures Report (ACM) on what is known today as the “Old Foothills Landfill” (OFL) at 555 … Continue reading

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Modelers take to clear morning skies in Rush Township

ELYSBURG — Dave Hughes’s passion for piloting radio-controlled model aircraft set in more than 40 years ago. His fiancé, Diana Yarlet, essentially married into the hobby — and she did so Saturday. Hughes and Yarlet wed on a grassy airstrip … Continue reading

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