All articles by Jon Ostrower – Page 32
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Boeing 787 programme tempo accelerates towards first flight target
Boeing has accelerated the pace of the 787 programme as it targets a first flight by the end of June. Key milestones required for the maiden sortie have...
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NewsFLIGHTBLOGGER: ANA to take most of China's early Dreamliners, first six test 787s unallocated
As its first flight nears, Boeing has significantly reshuffled the early recipients of the 787, with launch customer All Nippon Airways now set to take delivery of an overwhelming portion of aircraft once slated for Chinese carriers.
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NewsUPDATED: Lockheed test pilot killed in USAF F-22 Raptor crash
The US Air Force has confirmed that a Lockheed Martin test pilot died in a 25 March accident involving an F-22 Raptor near Edwards AFB in California ...
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NewsPICTURES: General Electric GEnx-2B makes maiden flight aboard 747 testbed
General Electric launched its flight test campaign for the Boeing 747-8 GEnx-2B engine in the skies over Victorville, California.
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Boeing to modify landing gear on later 787-8s to speed turnaround times
Boeing is to incorporate a redesign to the landing gear on later production 787-8s to speed gate turnaround operations by improving the thermal performance...
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Shanghai casts doubt over early 787 delivery slots
Shanghai airlines is considering canceling part of its 787 order as Chinese airlines work to renegotiate with Boeing on their early delivery slots. Shanghai...
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Concerns raised over expected 787 range shortfall
As Boeing presses towards a first flight in the second quarter, airline customers have begun to raise questions publicly about the 787s performance. Aeromexico...
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Boeing gears up for 787 series production
After incurring two years of costly delays to its flagship programme, Boeing is set to begin final assembly of the sixth and final 787 flight-test airframe,...
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NewsFLIGHTBLOGGER: 787 Program Update - Part One - First flight looks to June
The first in a two part series of reports detailing the status of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been published by Flightglobal.com affilliate FlightBlogger...
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NewsFlightBlogger: Hawker Beechcraft cancels 450XP jet
The Hawker 450XP light jet was officially launched at the National Business Aviation Association convention in October 2008. First delivery of the aircraft was expected in the first quarter of 2010.
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Boeing powers on first 787 again
Dreamliner One, Boeing's first 787, has been powered on for the first time since before last year's 57-day machinists' strike concluded in early November,...
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NewsFlightBlogger: 787's path to first flight detailed
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program has had five first flight dates set, but a timeline for key program milestones has now emerged that outlines a grueling testing gauntlet to first flight in late April, sources tell FlightBlogger.
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Boeing breaks 900 sales barrier on 787
Boeing has surpassed the 900 order mark for its Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme, the company says.
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NewsAirbus’s Boeing 787 dossier could have wider implications for both airframers
Boeing allies likely to insist rival's parent group untrustworthy partner for future defence work
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Airbus's Boeing 787 internal brief exposed
Highly sensitive Boeing documents detailing problems with the troubled 787 programme are being used by Airbus to craft its response to its rival's widebody....