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Boeing 787 Completes Flight Testing for Type Certification

Boeing just sent out the following PR: “Boeing completed all flight tests required for type certification of the 787-8 Dreamliner with Rolls-Royce engines this weekend….The final flight occurred Saturday onboard ZA102, the ninth 787 to be built.”  With this news…

FAA Forecast Conference

This morning we got to speak with MIT’s Bill Swelbar after he gave his presentation to the conference.  Provocative as always, you may disagree with Bill, but he will make you think. We talk about the changes over the past…

FAA and Separation

This week saw an interesting reversal by the FAA.  Take a look at this story by the WSJ.  Within a week the FAA went from posting new rules about wake turbulence on the 787 and 747-8 to removing them because…