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A Dream Goes On Forever...We're Back! 30th Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show, April 30, 2023!

A Dream Goes On Forever...We're Back! 30th Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show, April 30, 2023!

This year’s spectacular show will be held on Sunday, April 30, a one-day mega-show, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Half Moon Bay Airport's Eddie Andreini Field, located in the picturesque seaside town of Half Moon Bay, CA about 20 miles south of San Francisco. ... Continue reading

Boeing, United Airlines Finalize 737 MAX and 787 Order, Including Record Purchase for 100 Dreamliners

Boeing, United Airlines Finalize 737 MAX and 787 Order, Including Record Purchase for 100 Dreamliners

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 13, 2022 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] and United Airlines [NASDAQ:UAL] today announced the carrier is investing in its future fleet with an order for 100 787 airplanes, with the option to purchase 100 more. ... Continue reading

United Airlines Unveils Historic Order to Purchase Up To 200 New Boeing Widebody Planes

United Airlines Unveils Historic Order to Purchase Up To 200 New Boeing Widebody Planes

Firm order for 100 new 787 Dreamliners - plus options to add 100 more - represents largest widebody aircraft order by a U.S. carrier in commercial aviation history Airline now expects to take delivery of about 700 new narrow and widebody aircraft by 2032, including an average of more than two every week in 2023 and thr ... Continue reading

Final Boeing 747 Airplane Leaves Everett Factory

Final Boeing 747 Airplane Leaves Everett Factory

EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 6, 2022 -- The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. ... Continue reading

STARLUX Takes Delivery of First A350-900

STARLUX Takes Delivery of First A350-900

STARLUX Airlines (SJX) took delivery of its first A350-900 today at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse, France. ... Continue reading

30 Giga-Watt Hours of Electric Vehicle Markets Beyond Cars, Reports IDTechEx

30 Giga-Watt Hours of Electric Vehicle Markets Beyond Cars, Reports IDTechEx

BOSTON, Oct. 28, 2022 -- Electric vehicle markets are growing globally – in total IDTechEx's latest master electric vehicle report "Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042" finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to over 74 million by 2030. ... Continue reading

Alef Launches The Alef Flying Car, First and Only Drivable Flying Car with Vertical Takeoff and Landing Fitting Today's Road Infrastructure

Alef Launches The Alef Flying Car, First and Only Drivable Flying Car with Vertical Takeoff and Landing Fitting Today's Road Infrastructure

Set for Production 2025 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2022 -- Alef Aeronautics, an advanced technology company creating alternative transportation solutions for surging traffic trends, today introduces the Alef "Model A", the only flying car with street driving and vertical take-off. ... Continue reading

Keeping-up With Relevant Transportation News Releases You Need to See

Keeping-up With Relevant Transportation News Releases You Need to See

With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. ... Continue reading

GM Defense to Provide Battery Electric Technology to Defense Innovation Unit

GM Defense to Provide Battery Electric Technology to Defense Innovation Unit

WASHINGTON, D.C. 2022-10-06; GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, was selected by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop a battery pack prototype for testing and analysis on Department of Defense platforms. GM Defense will leverage GM’s most advanced battery technology, the Ultium Platform, as it works t ... Continue reading

Boom Supersonic Signs SAF Offtake Agreement with AIR COMPANY

Boom Supersonic Signs SAF Offtake Agreement with AIR COMPANY

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, optimized for speed, safety, and sustainability, announced at Climate Week NYC that it has signed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreement with AIR COMPANY, which creates carbon-negative products from CO2. ... Continue reading

SkyDrop Releases "The Kitty Hawk Moment", Episode One of Documentary Series

SkyDrop Releases "The Kitty Hawk Moment", Episode One of Documentary Series

RENO, Nev., Sept. 23, 2022 -- SkyDrop (formerly Flirtey) has released episode one of a documentary series "The SkyDrop Story", to tell the historical story of the first FAA-approved drone delivery on US soil. ... Continue reading

The North American International Auto Show - Or is it? Purdy and Cannell Duck-In On Detroit Show

The North American International Auto Show - Or is it? Purdy and Cannell Duck-In On Detroit Show

Show boss, Rod Alberts of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, slept in the temporary offices at Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Center) the night before media preview day because the new, very new, version of the “Detroit Auto Show,” still known also as the North American International Auto Show, was about to get ... Continue reading

FTC Asks, Should we trust online reviews?

FTC Asks, Should we trust online reviews?

Many of us use reviews to see the honest opinions of other buyers — but how do we know the reviews really are honest? Or from real buyers? Read on for ideas about handling fake reviews. Companies rely on reviews to stand out from the pack. ... Continue reading

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