Today's Fresh Blogs...

• The Right Stuff: First Flight of X-48B Blended Wing Body Aircraft Prototype

  Published: July 28, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Aircraft, Blended Wing Body, Boeing, Nasa, Plane, Prototype, The Right Stuff, Top, U S Air Force Research Laboratory, Virtual Presence, X 48b

  a pic of the new X-48B, Boeing's Blended Wing Body research aircraft in flight for the first time. The prototype, developed by Boeing Phantom Works with cooperation from NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, flew for 31 minutes, reaching an altitude of 7,500 feet. Check the sexy gallery and jump for more details about the BWB.

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• Cosmin Muffin: Boeing 307 Stratoliner converted into luxury yacht

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:39 am

  Tags: Jeff Gibbs, Dave Drimmer, Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Aircrafts, Cosmin Muffin, Luxury Yachts

  names so, it is a Boeing 307 Stratoliner that has been converted to a sea worthy luxurious yacht. The watercraft is one-of-a-kind fusion of a rare aircraft and a novel vessel. This aircraft yacht, which can reach 32km/h, is being extensively renovated by Dave Drimmer and Jeff Gibbs. The picture below is of the Stratoliner followed by

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• Boeing's Ventures Into Lasers

  Published: July 26, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Interesting Technology, 747, Air Force, Army, Boeing, Contract, Integrated Defense Systems, Laser, Awacs, Noc, Lmt

  I wasn't aware of before: Boeing (BA) is getting into the business of developing high-energy laser weapons systems for the military. According to a Monday release from Boeing, a truck-mounted laser system under development for the Army will demonstrate that a mobile, solid-state laser weapon system can effectively counter rocket, artillery

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• Air Force planning multi-billion dollar GPS upgrade

  Published: August 10, 2007, 2:58 pm

  Tags: Air Force, Airforce, Bidding, Boeing, Contracts, Gps, Gps Iii, Gps Ocx, Gpsiii, Gpsocx, Lockheed Martin, Lockheedmartin

  players Lockheed Martin and Boeing squaring off for the next generation of GPS satellites. The lucky winning bidder will be responsible for construction of eight new GPS III satellites, which will be deployed for use in 2013. Additionally, the Air Force has opened the door for bidders on its ground-based GPS system (GPS OCX, which will utilize

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• Morning Eye has moved and grown

  Published: July 16, 2007, 9:33 am

  Tags: Allergan, Art Money, Blizzard Entertainment, Boeing, Broadcom, Ceradyne, Church Vs Corporation, Conexant, Disney, Downey, Economic Life, Edwards Lifesciences, First American, Futures Predictions From Sports To Politics, Gateway, Health Care Costs, Homebuilding Companies

  OCRegister.com has a new home for up-to-date news that matters to Orange County investors, consumers and businesses. It's Orange County Business News, which expands on what I launched with the Morning Eye blog. I'll still contribute regularly, but now I'll do so along with the team of Marketplace reporters from the Orange County Register. The

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• !! BIOCOMBUSTIBLES Y AVIONES !!

  Published: September 1, 2007, 9:39 pm

  Tags: Boeing, Energ A, Aviones, Combustible, Etanol, Contaminaci N, Gran Breta A, Cambio Clim Tico, Biocombustibles, Cultivos, Comida, Agua, Medio Ambiente

  inform que uno de sus boeing 747 empezar a utilizar biocombustibles en 2008. La meta, afirmaron desde la empresa, es conseguir el primer Jumbo verde'. Por tal motivo se encuentran estudiando la utilidad de m s de ocho tipos de biocarburantes. En el proyecto participan tambi n Boeing y General Electric. El etanol, uno de los

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• Market highlights for next week: Ford (F) to report monthly sales

  Published: August 31, 2007, 12:35 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Adpi, Aeo, American Dental Partners, American Eagle Outfitters, Americandentalpartners, Americaneagleoutfitters, Apple, Boeing, Chico S, Chs, Ford, Hot Topic, Hott, Hottopic, Zumiez, Zumz

  Inc (AAPL), Ford Motor (F), Boeing Co (BA), Campbell Soup (CPB)Monday September 3 Markets closed for Labor Day holiday. Tuesday September 4 Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) to report monthly sales at 1pm; General Motors (GM) at 2pm. American Dental Partners Inc (NASDAQ: ADPI) to discuss acquisition of Metropolitan Dental at 1pm.

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• Option update: AAPL volatility up into 'The beat goes on' event

  Published: September 5, 2007, 8:26 am

  Tags: 787 Dreamliner S, 787dreamliner S, Aapl, Altria, Announcement, Apple, Boeing, Option Implied Volatility, Optionimpliedvolatility

  (AAPL), Altria Group (MO), Boeing Co (BA), OptionsApple (NASDAQ: AAPL) volatility Elevated as AAPL near record high into expected announcement during today's event. AAPL is recently up $0.89 to $145. AAPL will be making an announcement today and speculation has recently focused on AAPL launching a new family of iPods. AAPL September option

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• Kali Ma Kali Ma: Nepal Airlines Sacrifices Goats to Fix Plane—and It Works

  Published: September 6, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Boeing, Kali Ma Kali Ma, Kathmandu, Nepal Airlines, Top

  with one of their two Boeing 757s, Nepal Airlines decided to sacrifice two goats in front of the plane in order to fix it. And guess what? It worked.It happened at Kathmandu airport, Nepal. The plane was refusing to start its engines before a flight to Hong Kong. At that point, senior officials of the state-run airline decided to sacrifice

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• Get ready! Cheap used' Boeing 747s coming your way

  Published: September 14, 2007, 6:45 am

  Tags: Private Jets, Boeing 747 8, Airbus A380, 747 200 Models, Aircrafts, Boeing 747

  Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747-8 are already here. Although, some of the vintage 747-200s will continue to soar in the sky and some will be converted into technology test beds and private jets. But, a large number will be broken up and recovered for scrap. We have already seen the Boeing 747 house project and the Boeing 727-200 Home

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• Boeing 767-200 Parked at NASA 's Moffett Field -Whose that plane

  Published: September 14, 2007, 6:59 am

  Tags: Moffett Field For Google Founders, Larry Page Larry Page Sergey Brin Deal Nasa, Boeing 767 200 Cost Pics Photo Picture

  & land thier re-modelled Boeing 767-200 for a fee of $ 1.3 million .The NASA had installed some scientific devices in thier Boeing for scientific research of the atmosphere . So NASA wants to project that each time the jet take off from NASA air strip it has some scientific value .Google founders have the advantage of having access to Muffet

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• Airplane: Boeing Dreamliner Could Be Unsafe, Dan Rather Reports

  Published: September 19, 2007, 7:09 am

  Tags: 787, Airplane, Boeing, Carbon, Composite, Dan Rather, Dreamliner

  this time claiming that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner could be "unsafe." The report says that due to its "brittle carbon compounds, [the aircraft] is more likely to shatter on impact and may emit poisonous chemicals when ignited." Rather's report is based on a former Boeing engineer and other "industry exper" testimonies. Instead of pointing fingers

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• Followup: Dreamliner's Carbon Composite Body Unsafe? Wired Science Calls Bullshit

  Published: September 21, 2007, 9:42 am

  Tags: 787, Aircraft, Boeing, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Bullshit, Dan Rather, Dreamliner, Followup

  TV blather about how the Boeing 787 Dreamliner "could be unsafe" because of its carbon composite airframe, but now there are lots of experts disagreeing with that report. Aaron Rowe at Wired Science calls it "a cheap shot at Boeing," and chides the mainstream news media for following along like sheep without questioning Rather's

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• Dreamliner's Carbon Composite Body Unsafe? Wired Science Calls Bullshit

  Published: September 21, 2007, 9:32 am

  Tags: Vehicles, Aircraft, Boeing, Dreamliner, Safety, Vehicles

  TV blather about how the Boeing 787 Dreamliner "could be unsafe" because of its carbon composite airframe, but now there are lots of experts disagreeing with that report. Aaron Rowe at Wired Science calls it "a cheap shot at Boeing," and chides the mainstream news media for following along like sheep without questioning Rather's

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• Ground-Based Missile Defense More Effective than Jack Bauer, Boeing Says

  Published: October 9, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Random Stuff, Boeing, Clips, Military, Missiles, Weapons

  action: this video shows Boeing's successful test of their Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system. They launched a long-range ballistic missile from Alaska to destroy it minutes later using an interceptor missile from Vandenberg AFB in California. It's the second test of this kind, but according to Boeing, this one gives them "greater

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