# \#boeing
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## [Boeing 777x Woes](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-777x-woes/4852)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [23 July 2026 12:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-777x-woes/4852 "2026-07-23T12:23:57Z")
The latest is failures of a “thrust link”. Thankfully, it appears to be a new part unique to the 777-9 and not implicating the existing fleet:
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## [B-17 Propeller Installation](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/b-17-propeller-installation/906)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 June 2026 18:38 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/b-17-propeller-installation/906 "2026-06-14T18:38:10Z")
This 1944 film was produced by Boeing for the U.S. Army Air Forces to train maintenance crews in the procedure for field installation of Hamilton-Standard variable-pitch propellers on a B-17 Flying Fortress…
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## [Boeing Starliner “Hangar Queen” Crew Flight Test Delayed Again](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-starliner-hangar-queen-crew-flight-test-delayed-again/3256)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [20 February 2026 12:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-starliner-hangar-queen-crew-flight-test-delayed-again/3256 "2026-02-20T12:01:57Z")
A Boeing official said Thursday that the company was “standing down” from an attempt to launch the Starliner spacecraft on July 21 to focus on recently discovered issues with the vehicle. ⋮ The issues …
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## [Weekly Space Report: Busy Launch Pads!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-busy-launch-pads/6027)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [26 July 2025 13:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-busy-launch-pads/6027 "2025-07-26T13:29:01Z")
Highlights: Pad 2 Methane Quick Disconnect Hood mounted. Updated housing design. Followed by Pad 2 Oxygen QD hood mounting. Planned Air Separation plant relocated to other side of the road, nearer…
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## [Space Launch System: The Hits Just Keep On Coming](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/space-launch-system-the-hits-just-keep-on-coming/384)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [4 May 2025 18:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/space-launch-system-the-hits-just-keep-on-coming/384 "2025-05-04T18:34:25Z")
Yesterday, 2021-11-15, the NASA Office of the Inspector General issued a report, “NASA’s Management of the Artemis Missions” \[PDF\]. Here are two key paragraphs from the “What We Found” section. NASA’s three initial Ar…
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## [Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/4603)
**Author:** [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [2 May 2024 07:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/4603 "2024-05-02T07:26:59Z")
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/
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## [Final Boeing 747 Delivery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/final-boeing-747-delivery/2683)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [2 November 2023 11:33 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/final-boeing-747-delivery/2683 "2023-11-02T11:33:12Z")
1pm PST farewell to B747 production: The last delivered is a freighter for Atlas Air: https://www.axios.com/2023/01/31/last-747-boeing
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## [DC-9, the Next Generations: MD-8x, MD-9x, and Boeing 717](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/dc-9-the-next-generations-md-8x-md-9x-and-boeing-717/2934)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 March 2023 19:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/dc-9-the-next-generations-md-8x-md-9x-and-boeing-717/2934 "2023-03-25T19:06:35Z")
For the history of the original DC-9, see the post “The Douglas DC-9 Story” on 2023-03-12. After the merger between Douglas Aircraft and McDonnell Aircraft in 1967, forming McDonnell Douglas, the combined …
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## [Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/transonic-truss-braced-wing-aircraft/2753)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [18 February 2023 18:04 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/transonic-truss-braced-wing-aircraft/2753 "2023-02-18T18:04:05Z")
With a goal of reducing total fuel burn by 30% or more, NASA has contracted with Boeing to develop two full-scale prototypes of narrow-body airliners using the transonic truss-braced wing concept to increas…
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## [Hydrofoils: "Ships with wings"](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/hydrofoils-ships-with-wings/2664)
**Author:** [@magus](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/magus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 21:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/hydrofoils-ships-with-wings/2664 "2023-01-30T21:09:29Z")
This documentary celebrates the hydrofoil, a type of ship that uses underwater foils to lift it out of the water at high speeds. The documentary explores the history of hydrofoils, provides a basic overview…
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## [NASA to Pay Boeing US$425 Million to Develop Transonic Truss Braced Wing Demonstrator](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-to-pay-boeing-us-425-million-to-develop-transonic-truss-braced-wing-demonstrator/2652)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [26 January 2023 00:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-to-pay-boeing-us-425-million-to-develop-transonic-truss-braced-wing-demonstrator/2652 "2023-01-26T00:36:49Z")
Flight Global reports, “NASA partners with Boeing to develop truss-braced-wing demonstrator”: NASA has picked Boeing to develop a demonstrator of a truss-braced-wing narrowbody aircraft, part of a programm…
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## [What If Boeing, Not Airbus, Had Bought the Bombardier C Series Airliners?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-if-boeing-not-airbus-had-bought-the-bombardier-c-series-airliners/2588)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [10 January 2023 17:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-if-boeing-not-airbus-had-bought-the-bombardier-c-series-airliners/2588 "2023-01-10T17:06:36Z")
Here is more about the troubled history of the Bombardier C Series, which became the Airbus 220.
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## [Boeing 720—The Forgotten Airliner](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-720-the-forgotten-airliner/2412)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2022 20:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-720-the-forgotten-airliner/2412 "2022-12-10T20:15:34Z")
After the introduction of the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 jet airliners, passengers wanted to fly on jets, not noisy piston engine propeller planes that flew through, not over, the weather. But the origina…
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## [Boeing Starliner CST-100 OFT-2 Launch](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-starliner-cst-100-oft-2-launch/1393)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [26 May 2022 13:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-starliner-cst-100-oft-2-launch/1393 "2022-05-26T13:19:11Z")
After eleven years of development, total NASA funding of US$ 5.1 billion, plus company-paid cost overruns of US$ 595 million, a humiliating unmanned test flight which failed to reach the International Space…
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## [Boeing Starliner OFT-2 “Hangar Queen”—One Valve Still Stuck, “Working Toward Launch Opportunities in the First Half of 2022 “](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-starliner-oft-2-hangar-queen-one-valve-still-stuck-working-toward-launch-opportunities-in-the-first-half-of-2022/76)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [5 May 2022 19:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-starliner-oft-2-hangar-queen-one-valve-still-stuck-working-toward-launch-opportunities-in-the-first-half-of-2022/76 "2022-05-05T19:01:24Z")
“NASA, Boeing Update Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 Status”
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## [Boeing Sonic Cruiser—Breakthrough Airliner That Never Flew](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-sonic-cruiser-breakthrough-airliner-that-never-flew/1271)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [28 April 2022 02:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-sonic-cruiser-breakthrough-airliner-that-never-flew/1271 "2022-04-28T02:07:28Z")
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## [Boeing Takes Another US$ 185 Million Charge on “Hangar Queen” Starliner](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-takes-another-us-185-million-charge-on-hangar-queen-starliner/231)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [29 October 2021 11:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeing-takes-another-us-185-million-charge-on-hangar-queen-starliner/231 "2021-10-29T11:53:45Z")
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## [“Orbital Reef”—Commercial Space Station](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/orbital-reef-commercial-space-station/196)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [26 October 2021 14:11 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/orbital-reef-commercial-space-station/196 "2021-10-26T14:11:45Z")
The “team” is led by Blue Origin, founded 21 years ago, and Sierra Space, which acquired the Dream Chaser spacecraft, which was announced in 2004, 17 years ago. Neither has, to this date, attempted or completed an or…
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## [Boeing's Starliner Is a Mess—But What Were the Alternatives?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeings-starliner-is-a-mess-but-what-were-the-alternatives/158)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 14:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/boeings-starliner-is-a-mess-but-what-were-the-alternatives/158 "2021-10-20T14:24:04Z")
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## [NASA Transfers Crew Assigned to Boeing Starliner to SpaceX Crew Dragon](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-transfers-crew-assigned-to-boeing-starliner-to-spacex-crew-dragon/64)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [7 October 2021 15:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-transfers-crew-assigned-to-boeing-starliner-to-spacex-crew-dragon/64 "2021-10-07T15:15:36Z")
With the unmanned orbital test flight of Starliner “Hangar Queen” slipping into 2022, NASA decided the astronauts scheduled to make their first space flight on Starliner shouldn't have to wait any longer.