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2010 is crucial for Spirit

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Published April 30, 2010 at 6:44 a.m.

This year is pivotal for Spirit AeroSystems ... The company has six new development programs in the works. All of them — Boeing's 787, 747-8 and P-8A, Gulfstream's G250 and G650, and the BR725 thrust reverser — are in the flight test stage ... They will be moving into the initial stages of production, said Spirit CEO Jeff Turner ... "They all need care and feeding at the same time," Turner said. "It's like having sextuplets instead of having one (child) every couple of years." ...

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First Flight of Boeing 787 Hours Away

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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 5:10 p.m.

Boeing's long-awaited, long-delayed 787 will make its first test flight Tuesday. Watch the event LIVE ...

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Boeing open to split contract on $35B tanker deal

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Published April 22, 2009 at 2:27 p.m.

Boeing Co.'s top defense executive said Wednesday the company will support splitting a $35 billion contract with rival Northrop Grumman Corp. for new Air Force refueling jets if the Pentagon chooses that approach ... Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to try again this summer to award a contract to build 179 new tankers, the latest attempt after a series of failed tries. Some lawmakers have proposed buying planes from both Boeing and Northrop to speed up production and defuse the heated

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Boeing posts 50 pct decline in 1Q profit

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Published April 22, 2009 at 6:57 a.m.

Aerospace giant Boeing Co. says its first-quarter profit fell 50 percent, partly because of planned production cuts as airlines postpone deliveries of new planes. It also lowered its outlook for the year ... Chicago-based Boeing says it earned $610 million, or 86 cents per share. That's down from $1.21 billion, or $1.62 per share, during the year-earlier period ... Revenue edged up 3 percent to $16.50 billion ... Orders for Boeing's jetliners have plunged this year as fewer people fly and air

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Boeing Wing, exhibit being unveiled today

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Published April 17, 2009 at 10:11 p.m.

An exhibit that focuses on the Boeing Radar Range will be unveiled today at a ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. at the Kansas Aviation Museum ... The exhibit is the first rotating exhibit in the Boeing Wing of the museum. Boeing Wichita worked with the Kansas Aviation Museum to renovate the wing ... Boeing's experimental Radar Range was on 15 acres just to the north of the museum ... The Kansas Aviation Museum is at 3350 S. George Washington Blvd ... -- Eagle staff ...

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Union agrees to contract at Boeing's Wichita plant

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Published March 27, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.

Negotiators for the union representing engineers at the Boeing Co.'s Wichita defense plant agreed Thursday to a three-year contract they don't like very much ...

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