Boeing Unveils 787 for First Flight `Moment of Truth' (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. today unveils its 787 Dreamliner at an event hosted by former television news anchor Tom Brokaw before 15,000 people and broadcast live by satellite in nine languages....more...Aerospace Scholars program takes off (Seattle Times) Space. That's where Ao Ding pictures himself one day. Sunday, sporting a sky-blue NASA jacket, the 17-year-old from Burien almost got there......more... FOTON-M3 Team Completes Flight Simulation Tests (SpaceRef) The NASA Foton-M3 team visited Moscow May 14-25, 2007. Flight Simulation Tests (FST) of 4 biology experiments were completed and all scientific procedures for the Foton-M3 flight experiments were completed....more... Rescue crews hone their skills (Deseret Morning News) The cliffs around Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon were teeming with neon-clad search and rescue personnel Saturday morning....more... Simulation Stimulated Strafing Revival (Strategy Page) July 7, 2007: Strafing is undergoing something of a renaissance, thanks to new, and much more effective, fire control systems for F-16 and F-15 fighters, and more training in this form of close air support (CAS). The new F-35 will have similar capabilities....more... Boeing's Dreamliner opens Indo-US opportunities (The Times of India) Seattle: Its formal name is the 787 Dreamliner. Its manufacturer says it will be the ''game changer'' that will alter the economics and pleasure of flying....more... 'Great time to be a pilot' (Battle Creek Enquirer) In the summer of 2003, Capt. Dave Powell was enjoying the retired life, sipping Dr. Pepper and coconut rum on a boat in the Bahamas, when he got a phone call from his former United Airlines colleague Capt. Rick Maloney....more... Horner, Coulthard applaud 'Hamilton plan'. (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport) Red Bull hoping to emulate star-finding prowess shown by McLaren....more... Space invaders (CNews) When your girlfriend is gourmet domestic maven Martha Stewart, eating Spam-like food from a can makes you realize just how far you are from home. Charles Simonyi recently traded the comforts of life on Earth for a two-week trip of a lifetime exploring outer space....more... |