Boeing Unmanned Little Bird landing on moving trailer

Whoa! I like this.  If it can land it can take off and you can probably fly it from your iPad.

Think of what you could do to BMW drivers with all that firepower!

I feel the need the need for speed (and a little birdie).

Boeing's biggest jet takes flight

Boeing has flown its new big’un at last, the 747-8.  Bigger than the B747-400 and even more graceful the airliner will offer the lowest seat-mile cost of any commercial airliner.

The Airbus A380 might be bigger but the 747 is still Queen of the Skies.  Which do you think is more beautiful?

This:

or this:

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USAF selects Boeing for KC-X contract

Flight International posts the result: [UPDATED]: USAF selects Boeing for KC-X contract

Those of you with good memories will recall that in my post Aussies Steal a March on the USAF I bemoaned the fact that the USAF couldn’t seem to make up its mind on who should get the KC-X contract.

Well now it has and, surprise surprise, its Boeing with a modified B767 to enter service as the KC-46A, mostly because it was cheaper than the EADS A330 offering and has a lower T/O weight (see the main article for details).

The contract is worth $USD 35 billion and General Norton Schwartz the USAF Chief of Staff says “I’m pleased at how this produced an outcome … that we will get about delivering a capability that’s long overdue and we’ll stop talking about it.”

Meanwhile the RAAF is expecting delivery of its first Airbus A330 MRTT very soon.