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Onion Dings Boeing for latest 787 Delay
A story a few days ago about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in The Economist pointed out: “When The Onion starts making fun of your company’s problems, you’re in trouble. It means that those problems are well-known enough to be funny to …
The `67 Camaro Comes Home
A week ago, I did something uncharacteristically impulsive...or stupid: I bought a 1967 Camaro Sports Coupe at the 33rd annual Owls Head Transportation Museum auction in Maine.
Turning in my FAST LANE transponders
You'd think FAST LANE makes life easier getting you through tolls faster. But if you're account does not stay current which can occur quite innocently, FAST LANE makes
A Marvel of Railroad Track Laying Technology
If only the track gangs building the trans continental railroad in the 1860s had this kind of technology!
Mass. FAST LANE Tom Foolery
The bureaucracy and rules behind the Massachusetts FAST LANE could well be termed the HACK LANE. That's because it punishes good customers (me!) and then makes them jump
787 flies in formation with Spitfires, leaves Farnborough
This one gives me goosebumps....nice video, Flightblogger.... Follow me on Twitter.
787 Lands at Farnborough as does $13B in Boeing Orders
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner steals the show at Farnborough International Air Show. This video offers glimpses of the 787's interior and is narrated by Randy Tinseth, VP of
Many Questions Surround Toyota Driver Error Findings
After closely following Toyota's unintended acceleration problems for SmartPlanet.com in late 2009 and for the first three months of 2010, the joint government-Toyota tests saying drivers were
787 Dreamliner number five lifts off
The fifth Boeing 787 Dreamliner (ZA005) took its maiden flight yesterday from Paine Field. Here's the video as it leaves its birthplace at the Boeing plant in Everett,
ANA crew gets behind controls of Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Airline crews just flew the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the first time, according a post in Randy Tinseth's Journal. Tinseth is VP of marketing for Boeing




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