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Boeing isn’t a bank, but it’s the ultimate ‘too big to fail’ company
By Jon Talton Three things struck me as hair-on-fire points in my colleague Dominic Gates’ superb examination of Boeing’s prospects to right itself after four challenging years. First, the company’s net debt has increased to nearly eight times from where it stood at the end of 2018. That’s nearly $40 billion. Half of this comes from the -
Honeywell Flight Test Boeing 757 Taxiing at Sea-Tac Airport with SAF Campaign Livery
A Honeywell Flight Test Boeing 757 aircraft taxis at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (taxiway sign T4, runway 22-04 visible). The fuselage displays a campaign message reading 'THE FUTURE IS JET FUEL MADE FROM MUSTARD SEEDS' with the hashtag #futureshaper, promoting Honeywell's sustainable aviation fuel research using their test engines. -
Look at how the Boeing 747 has changed since 1968
Jan. 29, 2023 at 4:00 am Updated Jan. 29, 2023 at 12:09 pm By Mark Nowlin Seattle Times lead graphic artist After 54 years in production, Boeing’s last 747 will be handed off to its new owner later this week. This timeline captures all the ways the iconic plane has changes since its first flight. FOR MORE ON BOEING’S -
The last 747: Boeing workers reflect on an iconic plane like no other
an. 29, 2023 at 4:00 am Updated Jan. 30, 2023 at 3:16 pm By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter On Tuesday, Boeing will wave a final goodbye to the 747 jumbo jet. In the years after its launch, the 747 elevated the Puget Sound region to the world’s premier airplane manufacturing site and boosted Boeing -
Maiden Flight of the Boeing 707
DALLAS – 12/20/1957 Today in Aviation, the original 707-120 developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as its first jetliner performed its maiden flight in 1957. Boeing derived the 707-120 from the Boeing 367-80 prototype that flew in 1954. Boeing 707 service started regularly on October 26, 1958, with Pan American World Airways, up until 1979. The long-range narrow-body -
Boeing 747 first flight
A four-engine wide-body jet aircraft, consistent with a Boeing 747, is photographed on a runway with landing gear deployed and engine exhaust/tire smoke visible. The image appears to be from the early 1970s based on photo quality and aircraft livery style, but specific airline markings are not clearly legible. -
2022-11-03Boeing CEO: No Clean-sheet Aircraft This Decade
By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor November 3, 2022 Boeing CEO David Calhoun explicitly erased any notion that the company will launch the development of a new commercial airplane this decade during the company’s 2022 Investor Conference Wednesday, explaining that it needs to see the availability of technology capable of generating a 20- to 30 percent operating cost -
2022-08-27High court upholds county OK of Boeing building near Sea-Tac
Washington's Supreme Court unanimously upheld King County's approval of Boeing's plan to build corporate headquarters on a 30-acre site near Seattle-Tacoma Airport, rejecting challenges from a local citizens' group. The court ruled the approval was a legislative action rather than a quasi-judicial rezone, meaning the appearance-of-fairness doctrine did not apply, even though two County Council members had accepted campaign contributions from Boeing employees. The ruling also addressed a separate Snohomish County case, allowing environmental-impact statements for two large residential developments to be submitted piecemeal. -
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Pension deadline could speed retirement of experienced Boeing engineers
Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:48 pm A new Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Everett in 2020. Some experienced engineers who designed this plane are weighing retirement as a big cut to their lump-sum pension payout looms later this year. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times