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Hey folks, check out this interesting YouTube lecture on the aviation history of El Segundo, California, presented by the well-known aerospace historian Tony Chong. :cool: Video: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRKhUm9qEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRKhUm9qEI

A placeholder since the main 737 Max news thread is currently locked at the moment: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2025-06-26/ntsb-faults-boeing-training-2024-737-9-door-failure

Today it marks 90 years of the first flight of the Boeing Model 299 (dubbed "Mistery Ship") that represented the true forerunner of all the other Flying Fortress that came later. Here it is my tribute, let's celebrate!!

Hello! I'm not sure what the usual rules are for this stuff, but I wanted somewhere to share my progress and get feedback on a model I'm making. Mods feel free to move / rename / delete as appropriate. I chose the MRF-24X mainly because I wanted to model that intake! I love how weird it looks...

Updates on link below. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/12/air-india-flight-ai171-plane-crash-ahmedabad-india-latest-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/14/boeing-qatar-trump-plane-deal.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/that-big-boeing-plane-order-british-airways-operator-iag-has-ordered-32-of-its-jets-739614b9

So a 3rd 747 might be modified to serve as an interim presidential transport until the definitive airframes arrive ? https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/01/trump-air-force-one-l3-harris-boeing-delays.html

https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/04/21/boeing-looks-to-existing-production-lines-for-golden-dome-pitch/

working off the artist renderings, we can get a general idea of the visible platform and shapes. I'm not exactly sure how swept the tailing edge of the canards are. Or of any anlges used here (I assumed 42deg a la f22). In reality, it may be stretched WAY further to accomodate a higher mach...

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/pentagon-set-award-us-air-000948648.html

U.S. Giant Bombers

Hello everyone, new here, created an account to post this since I don't see many other places discussing the 2707. I was at the local thrift store(Cleveland, OH, USA) the other day and came across this pretty cool wall art. It's about 5 feet wide and features a blueprint of the 2707 along with a...

embedded links: Hart-Smith paper on Boeing Outsourcing 2003 reaction to Hart-Smith Paper

A 737-800 flying from Thailand to Korea has run off the runway and hit a wall during a belly landing at Muan International Airport. Reported to be 173 Korean, 2 Thai passengers and 6 crew. 47 confirmed dead so far with 2 confirmed survivors (a passenger and a flight attendant). Early reports...

Boeing: The Golden Age of Aviation Before Corporate Ruined It [DOCUMENTARY]

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/dd/cc/f987a42f97d1c0/US20050211827A1.pdf

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/11/boeing-layoffs-factory-strike.html

I have been smitten with this little guy for a lllooonggg time. Cooked up a CAD model and 3D printed out a 1/72 scale model and a RC model...the RC model did not work well. Intake sucked and not in a good way! Wing planform contributed to some significant tip stall tendencies that led to the 4...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97N3B_-BTpY https://www.boeing.com/defense/ah-6-light-attack-helicopter https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=131493 https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/thailand-ah-6i-helicopters