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Paris Air Show 2011 preview

Added on 29 April 2011 by Tim Robinson

A preview of what to look forward to at this year’s Paris Air Show on 20-26 June

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VIDEO: Captain Frank Santoni - Chief Test Pilot, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Added on 11 February 2011 by Tim Robinson

On 1 February the Flight Test Group Evening Lecture was given by Captain Frank Santoni - Chief Test Pilot, Commercial Airplanes, Boeing on the 787 and 747-8. A former naval aviator, Captain Santoni now heads the civil aircraft test pilot group at Boeing and, as was described in his introduction during the lecture, “is rated to fly anything with a 7 on the end of it.”

We took the opportunity to ask Captain Santoni about the 787 test schedule, his day-to-day job and the challenges of glass cockpit airliners.

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Of Chinese trains and new single aisles - Boeing releases its Commercial Market Outlook

Added on 18 July 2010 by Tim Robinson

Last Thursday, Boeing released its Commercial Market Outlook – a 20 year forecast that attempts to peer into the crystal ball as to how many airliners the world will need over the next two decades. Presented to the aviation media and transport correspondents in London by Randy Tinseth (you can check out his blog here) it is available in full here. (the last 2009 CMO got downloaded some 259,971 times). Boeing has a full-time staff of six people preparing this annual report and uses it to drive its strategy as well as sharing it with customers. Go To Item

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