Inside the Queen of the Skies: Boeing delivers monster ‘stretched’ 747-8 jet to Lufthansa… with a wingspan of over 225 feet

Weighing 442 tonnes and with a wingspan of over 225ft, German flag carrier Lufthansa debuted on Tuesday its largest passenger jet.

Executives gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Everett, Washington that marked the official delivery of Boeing’s 747-8 Intercontinental, scheduled to take its maiden commercial flight on June 1 from Frankfurt to Washington, DC.

The head of Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s fleet management said that while he is not happy with the weight of [...]

Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Close to 7 Year High

by Havakasha

I guess that stimulus has helped to get us back on track. Obviously still a LONG bumpy road to go. Huge problems (energy etc.) that are not being tackled due to ideological stupidity.

Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Close to Seven-Year High
By Shobhana Chandra – Apr 1, 2011 10:49 AM ET

A Boeing 777 jet for Qatar Airways sits on the assembly line at the company’s manufacturing facility in [...]