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unusual facts about Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche


Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

Author Fred Brooks criticized the need for the Comanche to ferry itself across the Atlantic as an example of excess requirements in a project's design phase and their repercussions.


18th Flight Test Squadron

Flying the PT-17 Stearman, B-18 Bolo and B-17 Flying Fortress, the squadron supported Allied actions in Europe during World War II.

Access 5

The cancellation of the program led members of the UAV National Industry Team (UNITE) alliance, which includes Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, AeroVironment, and Aurora Flight Sciences to advocate for a new national plan in testimony before the United States Congress.

Baltic Aviation Academy

Rapid growth of the number of Boeing and Airbus aircraft in CIS region and demand for crews for these aircraft pushed investors in 2006 to establish Baltic Aviation Academy.

Boeing 747-8

In 2000, Boeing offered the 747X and 747X Stretch derivatives as alternatives to the Airbus A3XX.

Boeing E-6 Mercury

The first E-6 made its maiden flight from Boeing's Renton Factory on 19 February 1987, when it was flown to Boeing Field, Seattle, for fitment of mission avionics, being delivered to the Navy for testing on 22 July 1988.

The Boeing E-6 Mercury (formerly E-6 Hermes) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-320.

Boeing Model 1

The first B & W was completed in June 1916 at Boeing's boathouse hangar on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

Boeing Model 40

February 26, 1928: A Boeing Air Transport Model 40B (c/n 891, registration NC280) crashed near Marquette, Nebraska after the aircraft struck trees when flying low to avoid air turbulence; the passenger was killed, but the pilot survived.

Boeing's bid of $3 per lb was much less than any of the competing bids, and Boeing was awarded the San Francisco to Chicago contract in January 1927, building 24 Model 40As for the route (with a further aircraft being used as a testbed by Pratt & Whitney).

China Airlines Flight 358

China Airlines Flight 358 was a Boeing 747-2R7F freighter plane that crashed on December 29, 1991 shortly after takeoff from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan.

Chlorella pyrenoidosa

This algae was used in a 1961 study by Boeing to see about feasibility for the use of algae providing oxygen on space missions.

Copa Airlines Flight 201

A special team consisting of personnel from Copa Holdings, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and the NTSB worked together with Panamanian civil aviation authorities on the investigation, which lasted one year.

Darren Brooks

Brooks was born in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Jacqueline, who is a real estate agent, and Thomas, who works for Boeing.

Donaldson International Airways

One Boeing 707 was used in all-cargo configuration during 1973 and 1974.

Edmund T. Allen

Theodore von Kármán intervened and recommended to Eddie Allen that the Boeing wind tunnel should be designed for airspeeds near the speed of sound.

Flight 16

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16, a 2011 belly-landing of a Boeing 767-300ER in Warsaw, Poland

Flight 214

Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707-121 that crashed in Maryland in 1963

Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777-28EER that crashed in San Francisco in 2013

Flight 705

PIA Flight 705, a Boeing 720-040B that crashed while descending to land at Cairo International Airport

Flight 812

Pan Am Flight 812, a Boeing 707 crashed into mountainous terrain whilst preparing to land in 1974, killing all 107 on board.

Foosackly's

One of the company's advertising campaigns gained national and international attention in 2008 during the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 aerial refueling tanker dispute between Boeing and a Northrop Grumman/EADS partnership.

Harima Province

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, a shipbuilder and major Boeing engine subcontractor gets its name from the province.

Hydrosila

The system successfully functions at such industrial world leaders as Boeing, FIAT, Mercedes, Marconi, Komatsu, Śkoda, Volkswagen, Volvo, Hyundai, KAMAZ, BELAZ, URALAZ and others.

Indian Civil Aviation Airshow

Top honchos of the aviation industry from India and abroad were a part of the event, including Air India CMD Raghu Menon, Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya, former US FAA Administrator Marion C Blakey, AAI chief K Ramalingam, EADS CEO Yves Guillame, GoAir MD Jehangir Wadia, Air Arabia CEO Adel Ali and top-brass of various airport operators, engine, avionics and aircraft manufacturers like Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and Bell Helicopters.

John B. Craig

The Boeing Company appointed Craig to the position of Regional Vice President in the Middle East, based in the United Arab Emirates, with a concentration on the Gulf States.

Jose Calugas

After retiring from the army he earned a degree in Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound in 1961 and worked for the Boeing Corporation.

LAN Chile Flight 160

Flight 160 took off from Ministro Pistarini International Airport at 23:56 GMT (20:56 local time), but when nearing Santiago the Boeing 727 descended below the minimum height of 2829 feet and kept on descending until it struck the ground in farm land north of Colina, Chile.

Lockheed YF-22

A request for proposal (RFP) was issued in July 1986, and two contractor teams, Lockheed, Boeing and General Dynamics, along with Northrop and McDonnell Douglas, were selected on 31 October 1986 to undertake a 50-month demonstration phase, culminating in the flight test of two prototypes, the YF-22 and the YF-23.

Long Beach Studios

Long Beach Studios is an American film studio under development at the former Boeing factory in Long Beach, California

Mackie

Mackie Designs, Inc. was founded in Woodinville, Washington by Greg Mackie, an ex-Boeing worker who began making pro audio gear and guitar amps in his spare time.

MCA Solutions

MCA Solutions customers have included: Bobst Group, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, Briggs & Stratton, Brocade Communications Systems, Cymer, KLA-Tencor Corporation, Lam Research, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Sysmex Corporation, Tellabs, U.S. Navy and Varian Semiconductor

McDonnell Douglas YC-15

Proposals were submitted by Bell, Boeing, Fairchild, McDonnell Douglas and the Lockheed/North American Rockwell team at this stage of the competition.

Melville Clyde Kelly

This resolution, the Airmail Act of 1925 was signed into law on February 2, 1925, prompting many companies to venture into the aviation field (e.g., Boeing, Douglas, and Pratt & Whitney).

NASAspaceflight.com

NASASpaceFlight.com is dedicated to expanding the public's awareness and respect for the space flight industry, which in turn is reflected in the many thousands of space industry members on the site, ranging from NASA to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, United Space Alliance and the commercial space flight arena.

Pablo Carrillo

The investigation lead to a major corruption scandal which lead to successful prosecutions of Boeing's CFO Michael M. Sears and senior air force personal Darleen Druyun and Boeing being forced to deduct about a half-billion dollars in payments required under a global settlement agreement with the Justice Department.

Poly Technologies

Poly has established business relations with hundreds of enterprises and governmental organizations of nearly 100 countries and regions, including many world famous multinational corporations such as Boeing of the United States, Bombardier Inc. of Canada, Chevron - Texaco of the United States, Benz of Germany, Ferrari of Italy, State Corporation 'Rosoboronexport' and Japanese Sagawa Logistic Co., Ltd.

Project Scorpion

Larger defense companies serving as lead-system integrators for Project Scorpion include Northrop Grumman/EADS, Raytheon/Thales and General Dynamics, SAIC, SAGEM, Lockheed Martin Marietta and Boeing.

SBInet

Boeing, holding the primary contract, has subcontracted many portions of the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the program, with Boeing handling the majority of the management aspects.

Shane Lundgren

Lundgren flew as a captain for Air Berlin from 1982 through 1998, and remains current on the Boeing 737NG.

Smithsonian Theaters

John Glenn hosts a lecture each year, and series by GE, Boeing, and others draw hundreds and sometimes thousands of attendees.

SUGAR Volt

SUGAR Volt is a hybrid aircraft concept proposed by a team led by Boeing Research & Technology, a division of Boeing.

Systems Tool Kit

AGI states that STK has more than 40,000 installations at more than 800 global organizations such as NASA, ESA, CNES, DLR, Boeing, JAXA, ISRO, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, EADS, DOD, and Civil Air Patrol.

Titan Airways

Titan Airways' Boeing 767 operated to the Falkland Islands on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence for two years until September 2012; with twice weekly flights departing from RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, to RAF Mount Pleasant via RAF Ascension Island.

Turkish Aerospace Industries

TAI is in various partnership arrangements with Agusta, Alenia Aeronautica, Airbus, Boeing, CASA, Eurocopter, IAI, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, MD Helicopters, Sikorsky, Sonaca and numerous other companies in aeropsace sector.

U.S.-Russia Business Council

There are over 300 members, including Alfa-Bank, Boeing, Cargill, Chadbourne & Parke, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Ford, Procter & Gamble, and other leading businesses, banks, law firms, accounting firms and organizations.

Walter Dorwin Teague

The privately held, Seattle-based company is most commonly recognized today for its work in consumer electronics and aviation, with clients such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Panasonic, and Boeing, and projects such as the Xbox and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Xiamen Airlines

This order was part of a larger 70 plane purchase agreement between CASGC and Boeing, which was signed during a state visit of then US President George W. Bush.


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