King5: Boeing 747-8F completes first flight
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Bloomberg: Boeing’s Biggest 747 Begins Flight Testing Program
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Beautiful day for first flight here in Seattle:
Boeing Co.’s 747-8, the biggest jumbo jet it’s ever built, flew for the first time today, joining the composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner in delayed flight-test programs the company now aims to complete by the end of the year.
The 747-8’s first takeoff comes just a day short of the [...]
Bloomberg: Murtha, Backer of Troops, Earmarks in Congress, Dies
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John Murtha, a former Marine drill instructor turned congressman who unapologetically wielded his power to benefit his Pennsylvania district, died today. He was 77. Murtha, a Democrat, died at a hospital in Arlington, Virginia, of complications after undergoing gallbladder surgery in late January at another hospital.
During 36 years in the House, the Vietnam [...]
Les Echos: France agrees to provide Mistral Class BPC to Russian Navy
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France’s DGA has authorized the export of at least one Mistral Class BPC to Russia. We certainly anticipate backlash on the Hill and may be some impact on the Tanker program.
AFP:
La France a accepté de vendre à la Russie un navire de guerre Mistral, capable de transporter une quinzaine d’hélicoptères et de chars, [...]