The new Boeing 747-8F is one majestic aircraft. Along with all the majesticness (yes I just made that a word) comes a lot of weight. The 747-8F can take off weighing nearly one million pounds and for the flight tests, Boeing needs to make sure the aircraft can successfully complete an aborted take off, fully […]
Stories by David Parker Brown
Click any photo for larger version. Back in February, Alaska Airlines held a contest for customers and fans to design a special Portland Timbers (Portland’s soccer team) livery. Surprisingly my livery design did not win. I guess it makes sense since the three finalist’s liveries were a tad bit better. The judges actually liked two […]
This is the second part to my interview with Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi. Here is the continuation of our exclusive interview: AirlineReporter (AR): What do you think the best decision Boeing has made? Michael Lombardi (ML): I think the best decision was building the Dash 80 (the first Boeing 707), which was a huge risk. […]
When I look back at some of my photos when I first started this blog, it is very embarrassing. I started with passion and no photography skills what-so-ever. Over the years I have been able to pick up a few tricks and learn from some wonderful people, but still needing to learn some of the […]
Here is the long awaited part 3 of my inside look at the Boeing Archive. I apologize it has taken so long to get this published. In part 1 I took a look at what is inside the Boeing Archive. Then part 2, I took a closer look at some of the models in the […]