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The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense corporation founded by William E Boeing in Seattle Washington Boeing has expanded over the years merging with McDonnell Douglas of St Louis in 1997 Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago Illinois Its stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Boeing was incorporated in Seattle Washington by William E Boeing on July 15 1916 as Pacific Aero Products Co following the June 15 maiden flight of one of the two B amp W seaplanes built with the assistance of George Conrad Westervelt a U S Navy engineer Many of Boeing's early planes were seaplanes On May 9 1917 the company became the Boeing Airplane Company William E Boeing had studied at Yale University and worked initially in the timber industry where he became wealthy and acquired knowledge about wooden structures This knowledge would prove invaluable in his subsequent design and assembly of airplanes In 1927 Boeing created an… Read More about boeing at WikiPedia
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This is probably a waste of time typing this put hey... my mate said that he saw a boeing plane really low (very unusual) of worthing uk heading towards the sea? Is this normal. He said it flew over at about 9pm last night. Was the plane in trouble. What was it doing so low?
Answer:Large aircraft tend to look a lot closer than they are. They might seem only 200 feet off the ground when in fact they are 2000 feet off the ground. The height at which they fly often depends on air traffic control, especially near airports.
When flying a boeing 747-400, what is the general speed that the aircraft must be travelling as it approaches the runway for landing?
Answer:About 160 knots just before touchdown. 220 knots earlier in the approach.
I tried going back to work at my old job while this strike continues. However i was denied access back to work at my old job because i'm in the Union??? The only way i can get another job is by quitting boeing? Is this true? Just because i'm in a union i can't work for anyone else but Boeing?
Answer:Contact your union representative. The Boeing strike has a tremendous impact where I live (KS), hope it does not go on long.
Making a whole plane out of what is basically plastic? Is it a good idea? Plastic is brittle, it can shatter easily. If a normal plane is in a relatively low velocity crash the aircraft can bend and absorb some of the energy. Boeing's new plane with shatter into a million pieces. Would you fly on one?
Answer:The choice of an all-composite fuselage is good from a weight perspective, thereby cutting down on fuel costs(perhaps by 3% due to fuselage alone). But the composite is brittle, less shock absorbent and omits toxic gases when burning. It sounds like cracks and fatigue are harder to detect. But Boeing has something in place to take care of this. They claim that composites have already been used in wings and other aircraft parts and should not pose any issue. They apparently can model an air crash scenario and have demonstrated it by dropping a 787 fuselage recently. So looks like they have their bases covered. The other news is that carbon fiber does not handle lightning strikes better, leaving cracks and failures. I happened to see a crash on TV involving a helicopter over the Brent sea. The chopper went down after getting hit by a lightning and the rotor blade was made of composite. Unless they have already done it, they need to do more tests on their new plane soon in order to win their customers' hearts.
What were all the reasons Boeing canceled it? Couldn't Boeing just have tweaked some aspects? Oh, ok Nigel M. Thanks, I didn't know that. Why aren't more airlines phasing out the 757, and purchasing the new 737 instead? Oh, and one more thing- what year was the 757 program canceled?
Answer:Boeing kind of sabotaged the 757 with the 737NG aircraft. The great thing about the 757 is nothing in its class comes close to it. It can fly from Atlanta to Orland in the morning and the Atlanta to London in the evening. The 757 is the most capable narrow body aircraft in any fleet. If the orders were there the program would have continued the -300 has some of the lowest seat mile costs in the industry.
What is Boeing mission and what is its vision?
Answer:International Carriers have focused on hubs like, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Amsterdam, New York and others. The idea was to transport people in large aircraft like the 747, then distribute them to their final destination like spokes on a wheel. Airbus bought into this idea and created the more massive A 380. Boeing on the other hand figured it was better to have smaller, faster and fuel efficient aircraft like the 787 to fly direct to the final destinations. For instance in Asia, they would fly direct to Manila, Bangkok and other destinations that today gave few direct international links.
Whats the slowest speed a boeing 747 can land Thanks, whats a knott?
Answer:in the moment of landing the 747 speed is 150 nudes or 270 km/h
On a boeing 747 how long does it take to cover 1 mile?
Answer:It depends if it's flying or taxiing.
I've always wounderd how does boeing the airline company deliver their planes off to the Airlines that buy them. Do they fly it to the hub then get a ride back? how they do it
Answer:When our airline receives a new Boeing, a team is selected to go to Everett for three days and give it a test flight. It is an honor at the airline to get to be on this team, and I'm proud to have done it a few times. The team is comprised of engineers, ergonomists (seat guys), analysts, inflight entertainment specialists, and usually 2 pilots and 6 or so flight attendants. The airline employees meet on day one and undergo security clearance to get into Boeing. Last time I was there, James H. at Boeing gave us a great guided tour of the plant, complete with complimentary earplugs. We saw a 747 being strung with electrical wire while its wings being assembled about a quarter mile away inside the same plant. We divided into teams responsible for different parts of the aircraft. We have a meeting where each team receives a massive checklist. We review the checklists and ensure that everyone knows what they're doing tomorrow. Day two is "Kick the Tires Day." We get up super early and head to Everett and board the aircraft. It was outside on the concrete with all kinds of other brand new planes. They have a rule at Boeing that you are not allowed to take pictures in the plant or on the field because some of the planes have a new "livery," that is a paint scheme. The kitchen team makes sure all the compartments in the galley are functional and they slide our airline's equipment into the racks for the first time. The entertainment team sits in every seat in the premium cabins and watches each channel with sound while testing the lights and call buttons at the seats. The equipment team ensures the emergency equipment is all in the right place for our airline's specifications. The pilot team makes sure all the buttons and screens in the cockpit are working and they do the walk around outside inspecting the metal, kicking tires, etc. It was cool to walk around the outside, I got a picture of me inside one of the engines! We mark up the aircraft with red tape wherever we find something sticky, sharp, wrong, broken, hanging, mislabeled or malfunctioning. This is our chance to fix everything before accepting delivery. After that, most of the cosmetic things would be the airline's issue if we didn't find the problem! Day three is "Fly Day." Fly day is the day that you look forward to the most, of course. If the aircraft passes all of the pilot's tests the day before, then it is time to take her up for a spin. Sometimes, you go and do all the ground work and they have to put off the flying part because there's something that needs fixed before the plane should go up. I don't know about other airlines but for mine, this is a chance for the pilots to have fun ... they warn you it's not going to be a smooth ride... They abort the first takeoff, get all the way up to speed and then slow back down. They take off and angle the plane 30 degrees to the left and then to the right. They make a circle then come in for a landing but instead of landing they shoot straight back up into the air. They depressurize the cabin, letting out the nice airplane air and the oxygen masks drop from their compartments. My water bottle sucked itself in, this guy lost his lunch on his pants. The best place in the plane to be if you ever get just one chance to do this, is laying down in the aisle in coach when they do the false landing...but, of course, that's against the regulations, so you wouldn't want to be doing that. The plane stays at Boeing while they repair anything that was reported as an issue. Then two of our airline's pilots will fly out to Seattle as passengers and they fly the plane home to our hub.
I want to know when the Boeing 787 coming into service. I know it is aready built but when are they going to come out?
Answer:was gonna be may 08 now its pushed back to november 2008 first one is for ANA