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Boeing's 747-8 Freighter receives flight certification

Just two days after it completed flight testing for the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing has received flight certification from the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency for its new 747-8 Freighter aircraft. The announcement, which came today, means Boeing can deliver the first airplane to launch-customer Cargolux early next month for revenue flights.

Also called the 747-8F, the aircraft is the latest generation of Boeing's iconic 747 family, which has been in production under various forms since 1969. Powered by General Electric GEnx-2B engines, the 747-8F is 16 percent longer than its most immediate predecessor, the 747-400, … Read more

Boeing 747-8F to cross Atlantic on biofuel

Boeing today said one of its 747-8 freighters will be the first commercial jetliner to do a transatlantic flight on "biologically derived fuel."

According to the aviation giant, Boeing's Keith Otsuka and Rick Braun, along with Sten Rossby of Cargolux, will pilot the new plane to the Paris Air Show on Monday using a 15 percent camelina-based biofuel mix. The remainder of the fuel will be traditional Jet-A kerosene.

In a press release, the company described camelina as a plant grown in Montana and processed by Honeywell, and said that the freighter doesn't require any modifications … Read more

'Watchmen' movie to get 'pirated'

If you've never read the Watchmen graphic novel, stop reading this and do so right now.

Done? OK, stop lying, I know you didn't, so you're mostly likely unaware that within the panels of the novel lies another story. In short, throughout most of the story, one of the characters from the Watchmen universe is reading a comic book, and we get to see most of what he's reading.

The comic book--called Tales of the Black Freighter-- is a pirate story that somewhat parallels events taking place in the Watchmen universe.

For the movie adaptation of Watchmen, The Black Freighter has been cut from the theatrical release for purposes of runtime. However, Watchmen director Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. have come up with an excellent compromise. … Read more