Mon, Mar 09, 2015
The 26th Annual International Women In Aviation Conference that took place last week was a rousing success that will have a continuing effect on the thousands of attendees.
The fact that the usually sunny Dallas, Texas location was covered with a blanket of snow when attendees arrived did not put a chill on the conference. The Boeing South Carolina facility has now been approved by the FAA to produce the 787-9 Dreamliners. This was achieved through the addition of this facility to the company’s production certificate. The certificate is issued once an airplane manufacturer has demonstrated to the FAA that its facilities and quality management system meet the agency's safety and reliability requirements. The McDonnell Douglas MD-80, once the staple of the American Airlines Fleet, will see its last service with the carrier in 2017, according to information on financing filed by the airline. The MD-80 have largely been replaced by the Boeing 737-800, which the filing calls the backbone of the American Fleet. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 03.09.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Monday, March 9th, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- WAI2015 Wrap-Up
- SC-Built 787-9s Added To Company's Production Certificate
- American To Phase Out MD-80s In Two Years
- Dawn Makes Historic Rendezvous With Dwarf Planet
- AVW: Spin Test Flights in the WACO 2T-1A-2 for a new Hartzell Aerobatic Propeller
- The Only Ice Runway In The Lower 48 Is Open
- NTSB May Reopen Investigation Into 1959 Accident
- FreeFlight Systems Launches New Part 29 Radar Altimeter
- Final Assembly Of Second S-97 Raider Underway
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