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NASA and GE Plan Flight Tests To Study Contrails

NASA's Gulfstream G-III will use lidar technology to scan contrails of GE's Boeing 747
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Boeing Bags Multiple Orders at Farnborough Airshow

Widebody aircraft account for nearly all of the orders
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Dutch Authorities Probing Inflight Failure of Another PW4000

An inflight engine failure suffered by a cargo 747-400 involved a smaller version of the PW4000 that failed over Colorado on February 20.
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Boeing Plans for More Voluntary Layoffs

Job cuts at Boeing will exceed 19,000 people as the company readies for a second round of voluntary layoffs.
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British Airways Bids Adieu to First of 31 Retired 747s

Boeing 747-400 registration G-CIVD departs London Heathrow for the last time on Tuesday.
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Second Boeing 747-8 Freighter Completes First Flight

The second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 522, completed its first flight yesterday evening, the company announced today.
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