Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off from the runway at Paine Field in Everett, Washington on Tuesday morning, December 15, 2009. Boeing finally completed the first flight for its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner on Tuesday. The widebody jet, the first commercial airplane made mostly of lightweight composite materials, is more than two years behind schedule because of Continue reading →
World’s Largest Cargo Ship Get a load of this ship! 15,000 containers and a 207′ beam! And look at the crew size (13) for a ship longer than US aircraft carriers, which have complements of 5,000 men and officers. Think it’s big enough? Notice that 207′ beam means it was NOT designed for the Panama Continue reading →
1 – The world’s biggest bucket-wheel excavator This machine is 984 feet long, the equivalent of about six Olympic-sized swimming pools in length. It weighs about 91 million pounds, the size of about 380 Blue Whales, which is the largest animal on the planet Bagger 288 constructed by German company Krupp for Rheinbraun, is the Continue reading →
The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, within sight of Interstate 10, contains a storage facility known to many locals as the “boneyard.” The facility functions as a holding place to store planes until their ultimate fate has been determined. It’s mostly military Aircraft, from the Air Force and Navy. It’s homes to F-16s, F-15, F-4s, F-18s, Continue reading →
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