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CHICAGO, IL - MAY 21: Protesters, many affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, shoot aerosol string as they demonstrate in front of the Boeing headquarters on the second day of the NATO summit on May 21, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Sixty heads of state, 2,500 journalists and thousands of protesters have converged on Chicago for the two day NATO meeting which began on Sunday and looks to address the situation in Afghanistan among other global defense issues. Chicago police are preparing for the worst with many officers in riot gear and with their numbers enhanced by police from outside the city.
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If we just get out of this business, companies like Boeing will be unable to sell their airplanes.
The Boeing 747-8 is characterised by lower noise emissions, lower fuel consumption and significantly reduced CO2 emissions. That enables us to combine maximum comfort with sustainability
The Boeing 747-800 is a Code F aircraft, with a wing span of slightly more than the Boeing 747-400 (Code E)More quotes »
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New 747-8 jet arrives in Frankfurt on 1st flight
board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa ; Nico Buchholz, executive vice president, Group Fleet Management, Lufthansa; and Elizabeth Lund, Boeing vice president and general manager of the 747 Program, along with some 30 passengers and crew.The 747-8 Intercontinental Read more »
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Enterprise leaves Washington, bound for NYC
24 mph winds -- and, expected gusts in the mid-30s -- the space shuttle Enterprise, piggybacked onto a specially equipped Boeing 747, and had liftoff from Washington Dulles International Airport at 9:42 a.m. Friday, bound for New York City and the Intrepid Read more »
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Stocks open higher as Apple, Boeing earnings jump
of trading.The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index also rose as other big corporate names like Boeing and Corning turned in strong earnings results of their own Wednesday.The technology-focused Nasdaq jumped 53 points, or 1.8 percent, Read more »
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Smithsonian welcomes Discovery to space collection
Air and Space Museum annex in northern Virginia.Thursday morning, the world's most traveled spaceship will be lifted off its Boeing 747 carrier and towed to the museum near Dulles International Airport . Astronauts including former Sen. John Glenn will help Read more »
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Korean Airlines jetliner diverted after emergency
-- A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver to Seoul diverted to a Canadian Forces base on Vancouver Island because of an in-flight emergency, the military said.The Canadian Forces said in a news release Tuesday night that the flight was traveling Read more »
