Today I’d like to start with another Hulu video recommendation.
This time, it’s a oldie-but-goodie about the final-round competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The stringent requirements of the next-generation U.S. military strike fighter were well-characterized by Lockheed Martin’s X-35, which beat out Boeing’s X-32. After winning the government contract, the X-35 was renamed F-35.
The F-35 [...]
A few days ago (this past Tuesday), Boeing had to once again delay the maiden flight of the much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It is no surprise that it has harmed the company’s public image stock price as well as had damaging effects on deals with Qantas and Virgin, for example.
According to the Wall Street Journal:
Despite the [...]
While we’re on the topic of airplanes and things related to airplanes, here is an interesting article from The New York Times about a safety board meeting regarding US Airways Flight 1549, which landed safely in the Hudson River earlier this year as a result of an unfortunate rendezvous with some Canada geese (a bird [...]
Greetings! The semester is over now, and we are back. Many thanks to all you loyal readers and casual readers out there, and your patience during our recent “down time.”
We now return to the feature presentation…
It turns out that aircraft wings are specially designed to provide an upward lift force when the aircraft is moving [...]