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Grounded United Airlines 787 Dreamliner Finally Takes Off Today
05/20/2013, United Airlines has announced that its Boeing 787 Dreamliner service starts up again on domestic routes from 20th May.
Boeing X-51A WaveRider Could Be A Primer To Mach 20 Planes
05/13/2013, There is nothing quite like the military to push the boundaries of what is possible in the world of technology, and once again, there is a new air-breathing engine in town which could very well prove to be the baby [...]
Ethiopian Airlines First To Start Boeing 787 Dreamliner Commercial Flights
04/28/2013, Back in January Boeing’s latest airplane, the 787 Dreamliner, was grounded because of fire related incidents caused by its battery system. Last week the flight ban was finally lifted after nearly three months of the global fleet being grounded. On [...]
FAA Finally Lifts Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flight Ban
04/25/2013, Boeing CEO said yesterday that he expects deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner to resume in mid-May. Only recently the Federal Aviation Authority had cleared the new battery system Boeing designed and had given the go-ahead to install said system on [...]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Deliveries To Resume In May
04/24/2013, We’ve covered the whole Boeing 787 Dreamliner saga here. The jet was grounded earlier this year after its faulty battery system caused emergency landing of one flight and filling up of smoke in another. Since then Boeing has developed a [...]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Modifications Approved By FAA
04/21/2013, It has been nearly four months since the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet was grounded due to troubles with its battery system. Overheating of the 787′s battery had lead to an emergency landing and an incident of smoke filling up in [...]
Boeing Finishes 787 Dreamliner New Battery Certification Testing
04/07/2013, Boeing’s troubles with the battery system on its latest 787 Dreamliner aircraft have been well documented. Back in January the global fleet of 50 Dreamliner aircraft was grounded due to incidents caused by the batteries overheating. The manufacturer had been [...]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Might Be One Test Flight Away From Being Ungrounded
03/25/2013, January was when the global fleet of 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliners was grounded after a couple of incidents that lead to emergency landings and smoke filling up in the cockpit. All of that had been due to an issue with [...]
Boeing Receives OK To Test New 787 Battery
03/12/2013, The Boeing 787 Dreamliner that has been grounded (causing many pilots who were specially trained to fly this technologically advanced plane to hang out at home and being an irritant to their wives) because of a battery issue has yet [...]
Boeing 787 Conjures More Than 500GB Of Data Per Flight
03/07/2013, We do know that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner did runs into battery and electrical issues recently, but that does not detract from the fact that Boeing’s latest attempt at a commercial jet is chock-full of technology, ranging from windows that [...]
Boeing In-Flight Wireless Test Uses Potatoes
12/19/2012, We have crash test dummies for use in vehicles, but what about being halfway up in the air as you cross continents, flying at a breakneck speed? Boeing decided to enlist the help of the base material that one uses [...]
United Spent Money To Remove Safety Equipment From a Brand New 787 Jet
10/26/2012, When Boeing delivered its new 787 airplane to United Airlines back in September, it was a moment for celebration. However, the Air Line Pilots Association has a problem with last-minute changes to the jumbo jet. Apparently, a key piece [...]
Boeing missile disables enemy electronics, makes for the ideal first wave
10/24/2012, Offense is the best defense, and when it comes to war, making sure that your enemies’ communications are knocked out is a pivotal first step towards victory. With so many armies and their weapons relying on sophisticated electronics these days, [...]
