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The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production s...
The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production stumbles. The Dreamliner's first flight is set for late 2008.
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New space exploration robot takes first steps
Hikers in the upper Arroyo Seco may have felt like they stumbled onto the set of a science-fiction movie this week when they crossed paths with ATHLETE, a new robotic-vehicle designed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for use in space exploration. >>>...Tags: Education, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Space Programs, Arizona, Satellite Technology
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Southwest cutting flights
Southwest Airlines, which accounts for two-thirds of passenger traffic at Bob Hope Airport, will phase out 12% of its weekly flights by September, airport officials said. The carrier's decision to trim 82 flights from its weekly schedule is expected to...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation, Business Trips, Travel, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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Turkey president shops at Brooks Brothers and other NATO sightings
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had dinner at upscale Mexican restaurant Mercadito Monday while in Chicago for NATO. And as you would expect, he had plenty of company. Besides the Prince's table of seven, the large...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, International Organizations, Blackbird, Hillary Clinton, NATO Summit
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SpaceX rocket launch hailed as 'a new era in space exploration'
Los Angeles TimesIn a pivotal moment for private spaceflight, a towering white rocket lifted into space a cone-shaped capsule headed for a three-day trip carrying cargo to the International Space Station and a tricky rendezvous in outer space this week. The launch...Tags: SpaceX, Republican Party, Technology, Travel, Business Enterprises
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Passenger's 'Suspicious Behavior' Forces US Airways Flight To Divert To Maine
A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her triggered the security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jetliner Tuesday, a leading congressman's office said.
Doctors aboard U.S. Airways Flight 787...Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Peter King, Terrorism, Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Passenger's Implant Claim Triggers Flight Diversion
CNNBANGOR, Maine -- A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her spurred authorities to divert a North Carolina-bound jetliner to Maine on Tuesday, federal officials said. Doctors aboard US Airways Flight 787 examined the woman...Tags: Laws, Peter King, Transportation Security Administration, Health, CNN (tv network)
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46.5 seconds vs. 33 months
Halfway up a wee hill, the fuselage had landed in the backyards of Rosebank Crescent. Bob Edgar ... counted 18 bodies in his own backyard, many still in their seats. But the detail that will forever remain in his mind is how most of the passengers had...
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'Security issue' forces US Airways flight diversion
CNN Wire staffA passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her triggered the security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jetliner Tuesday, a leading congressman's office said. Doctors aboard U.S. Airways Flight 787...Tags: CNN (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Security Administration, Lungs and Airways, Air Transportation Industry
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Good riddance
Now that the NATO summit is over, our not-so-friendly visitors can repack their tattered JanSports, and get on the Boeing-made airplanes, which will carry them back to wherever the heck they belong. And the good citizens of Chicago won't miss them....Tags: NATO Summit, Chicago Public Schools
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SpaceX rocket blasts Dragon into space in historic launch
CAPE CANAVERAL – The SpaceX Dragon capsule is on its way to a rendezvous with the International Space Station and possibly heralding a new era of space transportation. At 3:44 a.m. Tuesday, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at last from Cape...
Tags: PayPal, Inc., SpaceX, Business Enterprises, Human Interest, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Protester to Chicago: 'Thank you very much'
Tribune staffAs the last crowd of demonstrators in the Loop dwindled, police on bikes pedaled off, receiving cheers from the crowd. Southbound lanes of Michigan Avenue were opened, and protesters headed to the L platform. About 50 of the protesters went to the Blue...Tags: McCormick Place, Military Equipment, Activism, Occupy Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel
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Summit ends without giving Chicago a black eye
Once again, the whole world was watching. But Chicago didn't devolve into 1968 redux. It wasn't the combustible World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, either. By that barometer, Chicago's turn as host of the NATO summit could be declared a success....
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