The US Department of Defence is a major customer of many private sector suppliers, including the Boeing Company. Although relationships between customer and supplier are mutually beneficial, that is by no means the only reason [more…]
In the 1960’s Boeing designers were years behind the McDonnell Douglas DC9 and BAC 111 and knew they had a problem as these two twin engine aircraft would beat them to market gaining a considerable [more…]
For the first time in decades there is no rocket certified for human spaceflight available anywhere on planet Earth. To make things a little more interesting the astronauts on the ISS have only a Soyuz [more…]
In part two we learned about the highly successful second generation 737, now known as the “Classic”. We also touched on the emergence of a new competitor. In this part we’ll take a look at [more…]
In part one we covered the genesis of the 737 and its troubled early years where at times it seemed as if the 737 was hanging on by its fingernails in a tough market dominated [more…]
I think most of us here don’t get terribly excited at the thought of the Boeing 737. It’s quite mundane, unremarkable, pedestrian even. I suspect more than a few of us here have been herded [more…]
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