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Continental Airlines (Houston) has selected AAR (Indianapolis) to install Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets on 16 Boeing 757-300s.
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/AAR-Selected-by-Continental-prnews-1904331751.html?x=0&.v=1
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EgyptAir (Cairo) has ordered eight more Boeing 737-800s (total now 20). The carrier currently has seven in service.
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Press Release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Boeing-NextGeneration-737s-prnews-3753257767.html?x=0&.v=1
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Piper PA-31-350 C-GIKA (msn 31-8052130) of Canadian Air Charters taxies at Vancouver before the crash on July 9, 2009. Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.
News link:
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The second of six, Boeing 777-F1B B-2702 (msn 37310) takes off from Everett in the modified color scheme. Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.
China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou) is getting ready to take delivery of the first new Boeing 777F freighters. The new type is also ushering in a modified all-white fuselage.
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Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) was forced yesterday to totally shut down all flights in and out of Anchorage due to ash from Mount Redoubt. AS hopes to reopen ANC this morning if the ash cloud moves away.
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G-FDZR taxies at Seattle (King County-Boeing Field) in the 2001 TUI "smile" livery. Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.
Thomson Airways’ (London-Luton) new Boeing 737-8K5 G-FDZR (msn 35145) will be delivered with the new Thomson titles. Thomson Airways was created on November 1, 2008 with the merger of Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways.
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N526FE was a frequent visitor to Anchorage. N526FE is pictured arriving at ANC on an overcast day. Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.
FedEx Express (Memphis) has lost a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F freighter (N526FE, msn 48600, ex Delta N813DE) on landing in gusty winds at Tokyo (Narita) on Monday, March 23 (Tokyo time) (March 22 U.S. time). The aircraft, operating as flight FX 80 from Guangzhou, crashed in a fiery crash and is totally destroyed. Video shows the aircraft bounced at least twice, veered to the left and flipped on its side before bursting into flames. Unfortunately the two crew members died in the crash.ย
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Here is the dramatic crash video link on the fiery crash from CNN via YouTube:
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Air China's future B-5422 is pictured at Seattle (King County-Boeing Field) on a test flight. Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.
Air China (Beijing) will soon take delivery of a new Boeing 737-89L registered B-5422 (msn 36741). The new airliner is painted in this very vivid two-tone blue waves and red peacock motif at the factory.
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