4 posts and columns on aircraft

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UTC Deal Reached to Acquire Goodrich

in News on September 22, 2011 at 5:55 am PT

United Technologies Corp. agreed to buy aircraft-components maker Goodrich Corp. for $16.4 billion in cash, the company’s biggest-ever acquisition and a signature deal for Chief Executive Louis Chênevert.

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Throttle Back Those Hypersonic Dreams

in News on August 11, 2011 at 10:48 am PT

This morning, DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 was successfully launched over the Pacific on its second test flight. It separated from its booster, went into glide mode at the edge of space, bound for Mach 20, and … nothing. Sadly, much like the first test flight in April 2010, the aircraft stopped sending back data and headed to a watery grave. Hey, if it were easy, it wouldn’t require advanced research.

DARPA: That’s Mach 20, Baby

in News on August 10, 2011 at 6:50 am PT

The Defense Department’s secret project agency is launching an aircraft today that does 13,000 miles per hour, or 20 times the speed of sound. Sweeeet.
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Friends and Family Fly for Free, Frequently

in Media on March 24, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

Google’s new 2008 proxy statement looks a lot like Google’s proxy statements from previous years: It tells us that the company’s top executives received nice bonuses, though slightly smaller than last year’s. And Google’s ruling troika–CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page–all took home salaries of $1. One smallish change: Eric Schmidt’s friends and families spent a lot more time with him on the company jet last year.
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