Articles by Rob Vogelaar

Civilian aviation news June 3, 2020

Bell Offers Comprehensive Program for new Commercial Aircraft

Fort Worth, TX (1 June 2020) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today a new comprehensive ownership program for purchasers of…

Space News May 31, 2020

NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon

For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way…

Civilian aviation news May 28, 2020

Crashed Pakistan plane hit runway three times on first approach, minister says

ISLAMABAD/PARIS (Reuters) – The captain of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, killing 97 people on board, approached Karachi airport without announcing he couldn’t…

General Aviation News May 28, 2020

Boeing Resumes 737 MAX Production

RENTON, Wash., May 28, 2020 – Boeing has resumed production of the 737 MAX at the company’s Renton, Washington factory. The 737 program began building…

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with Crew Dragon atop

Space News May 27, 2020

NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Rescheduled to Saturday Due to Weather

NASA and SpaceX have scrubbed today’s launch attempt of the Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley…

Civilian aviation news May 27, 2020

Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands more planned

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co said Wednesday it was eliminating more than 12,000 U.S. jobs, including involuntary layoffs of 6,770 U.S. workers as the largest…

Space News May 27, 2020

Musk’s SpaceX set for debut astronaut mission, renewing NASA’s crewed launch program

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout…

Civilian aviation news May 22, 2020

Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 jet with 99 people on board crashed in Karachi

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – At least 41 people are confirmed to have been killed in a plane crash in a residential area of Pakistan’s largest city,…

Civilian aviation news May 20, 2020

Air France axes A380, Emirates seen cutting deliveries

DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) – The world’s largest airliner, the Airbus A380, took a step closer to the aviation archives on Wednesday as Air France said it…