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Boeing 2707
A rendered or artistic depiction of a Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) supersonic transport aircraft bearing registration number N7003, shown flying above cloud cover with afterburners lit. This appears to be a concept or promotional illustration of the American SST program, for which Pan Am held early options in the 1960s-70s before the U.S. government cancelled the Boeing 2707 program. -
NASA and Boeing chase jet contrails with science of climate impact in doubt
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Scientific debate is getting heated over what to do about airplane contrails — the wispy lines of water vapor you often see trailing behind a jet. Those harmless-looking vapor trails sometimes spread out to form thin cirrus clouds. Environmental activists and nonprofits focused on climate change routinely assert -
The secret dispute behind cleaning Seattle’s only river
By Lulu Ramadan Seattle Times staff reporter This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network and The Seattle Times, with support from the Investigative Journalism Fund. Sign up for Seattle Times newsletters and alerts and ProPublica’s Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Times Watchdog stories dig deep to hold power accountable, right wrongs and -
Birthplace of William Boeing 1101 Woodward Ave 1875 FARMER (1884) Detroit p495
An engraved illustration depicting the mansion of William Boeing at 1101 Woodward Avenue, built in 1875, showing a large Second Empire-style residence with a mansard roof and corner tower. A horse-drawn carriage is visible in front of the property, with a picket fence along the street. -
2023-06-30Aviation Industry Display at Air Show
Multiple commercial aircraft are on static display at what appears to be a major aviation trade show or airshow, including a Boeing 737 in Boeing's blue livery and a JetBlue-liveried aircraft. Also visible is a tail with an 'R' logo (Rioja or similar operator) and registration N8572C; an air traffic control tower is visible in the background. -
Environmentalists and industry weigh in on how to decarbonize aviation
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Under intense political pressure, the aviation industry has set itself a daunting challenge to decarbonize flying by 2050 and laid out a road map to get there through technological innovation. For environmentalists, especially in Europe, that prolonged switch to clean energy technology is not good enough. “It takes -
2023-06-22Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Facility with Completed Aircraft
Multiple Boeing 737 aircraft in green zinc chromate primer are parked on the tarmac adjacent to the waterway at Boeing's Renton, Washington manufacturing facility. At least one aircraft displays a LOT Polish Airlines tail livery, and others show partial airline color schemes, indicating they are in final stages of production. -
The new engine design touted to power the successor to Boeing’s 737 MAX
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter PARIS — Airbus and Boeing are each helping with tests of a radical new engine design with an open fan being developed by CFM International, making it a prime candidate to power the next generation of all new airplanes in the mid-to-late 2030s. The new engine with a -
Boeing sees $8 trillion jet market as climate reshapes travel
By Julie Johnsson Bloomberg Boeing Co. predicts airlines around the world will add 42,595 jets valued at about $8 trillion over the next two decades, even as concerns over climate change affect the way consumers travel. The U.S. plane-maker’s latest tally of industrywide deliveries over the next 20 years takes into account growing activism over -
2023-06-16Boeing VB-8 Aircraft in Flight Formation
Computer-generated renders of two Boeing concept aircraft designated VS-1 (foreground) and VS-2 (background), featuring a transonic truss-braced wing configuration and Boeing livery. Both aircraft display the Boeing logo and model designations on their fuselages, shown flying above mountainous terrain and clouds.