Top Navy Admiral: “I May Have Found Atlantis!”
Jesse Michels:
Our American Alchemist this week is Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet (ret.), former acting administrator of NOAA and the Navy’s de facto chief oceanographer , and the only flag officer on reco…
How Pratt & Whitney Traded The Widebody Engine Market For Narrowbody Dominance
For decades, Pratt & Whitney was one of the three dominant names in large commercial aircraft propulsion. Its PW4000 family powered hundreds of widebodies, including early Boeing 777s, 767s, and 747s, as well as Airbus A330s.Today, however, the competitive landscape looks dramatically different, and new-generation passenger widebody entering service are powered by either GE Aerospace or Rolls-Royce, leaving Pratt & Whitney absent from an entire generation of flagship aircraft.
North West travel advice issued ahead of busy bank holiday weekend
Rail passengers in the North West have been urged to plan their journeys in advance ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend across the region. Creamfields music festival returns to Daresbury in Cheshire on Thursday 27 and runs to Sunday 30 August, while Manchester Pride will take place from Friday 28 until Monday 31 August. […]