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Paper Airplane Designed by Boeing Engineers Breaks World Record–Nearly Flying Length of Football Field

A duo of third-generation Boeing engineers aimed a little lower than a 757, and designed the world's best paper airplane. As one would expect from...

Boeing Employee Buys Winning Ticket on Hunch When Lottery Hits ‘747’ Million–Just Like the Jets She Helped Make

A 36-year Boeing employee noticed at a local grocery store in her home of Auburn Washington that the Powerball jackpot had reached $747 million. In...

Boeing’s Flying Air Taxi Has Just Completed Its First Test Flight – And It’s Electric!

The company's “air taxi” could be commercially available to the public as soon as 2023.

New Era of Electric Planes Begins as Startup Backed by Boeing, JetBlue Gets Its First 100 Orders

Zunum Aero just received their first order of electric-hybrid passenger planes, and critics are saying that it's a sign of the new generation of American air travel.

Boeing Airline Partnership Grows Desert Superplants for Green Jet Fuel

As the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions, the aviation field is making major advancements. A new research facility the size of four football fields...

Boeing Preserves Thousands of Acres of Wetlands

Boeing received federal approval on a comprehensive wetlands mitigation plan to preserve 4,000 acres of land in South Carolina, including more than 2,000 acres...
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Dreamliner’s Maiden Voyage for Boeing; Saves Money, Adds Comfort

The Boeing Co Dreamliner, the world's first carbon-composite airliner, flew to Hong Kong from Tokyo carrying its first paying passengers on Wednesday in a...
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Boeing Rights a Wrong: the Flight Attendant Button Next to Light Button

In the long history of bad industrial design, the flight attendant call button on commercial airlines takes top prize. Usually located next to the...
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New Boeing Factory 100% Powered by Renewable Energy

Boeing recently announced that their new 787 jet assembly plant in South Carolina will be completely powered by renewable energy. The new facility will...
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She Lives In a Boeing 727 Treehouse

How about recycling an old aircraft into a new home? What a creative idea: Joanne Ussary bought a used Boeing 727 for $2,000. It cost...
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Boeing, Virgin Join Group Committed to Biofuel for Commercial Jets

Boeing last week joined Virgin Atlantic and eight other major air carriers, along with Honeywell's energy arm, in an organized effort to develop new...

Boeing Flies First Hydrogen-Powered Plane

US aircraft giant Boeing claimed a world first Thursday flying a manned airplane powered by a hydrogen-cell battery, the first time in the...
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Recycling at Boeing Paid Huge Dividends in 2006

Every day is Earth Day at Boeing!... Why? Because it puts money in their pocket. "The aerospace company said it earned more than $60...
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Boeing 747 Transformed to Fight Fires

A Boeing 747 aircraft that has been transformed into a fire fighting prototype is on a mission to win approval from federal aviation authorities....

Good News in History, February 18

Happy 70th Birthday to John Travolta, star of such films as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Hairspray, and Swordfish. His accolades...

Good News in History, January 22

56 years ago today, the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks were awarded franchise licenses by the National Basketball Association, creating teams for the...

Space-Loving Schoolgirl Gets to Send Time Capsule Into Lunar Orbit on Recent Rocket Launch

A British schoolgirl who is passionate about space was chosen to contribute to a time capsule headed for the lunar surface—on the first US...

Good News in History, January 8

49 years ago today, Ella Grasso became the first woman to be elected to serve as a state governor in the US. A member...

Oklahoma 13-year-old is Believed to Be the First Person Ever to Beat Tetris Game

Among the oldest video games in society, Tetris had never been 'beaten' before by a human: until now. Nearly 40 years after its development, an...

Virgin Atlantic Flight from London Makes History as First Transatlantic Jet Using 100% Sustainable Fuel

It's one thing to power green aviation in Europe where flights take 30 minutes to 3 hours; it's another thing to send a jetliner...