srgalahad
April 16th, 2012, 15:16
A couple of days of severe weather have affected the aviation industry in the Wichita area:
"At the Boeing Co. in Wichita, Kan., spokesman Forrest Gossett said the plant "took a direct hit." He said the damage to the plant is extensive, according to a report in the Wichita Eagle. Another Boeing spokesperson said damage assessments have revealed that a number of buildings were damaged, but that no one on site was injured.
Spirit Aerosystems, which manufactures fuselages for all Boeing 7-7 planes in production, took major damage to two buildings with six buildings significantly damaged and four others with major damage, the Wichita Eagle reported. "
http://www.komonews.com/news/Severe-weather-bears-down-on-Midwest-Plains-147475865.html?m=y&smobile=y
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"As a tornado ripped across southeast Wichita Saturday night, causing heavy damage at the Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems plants, it also caused significant damage at the Kansas Aviation Museum.
Several planes outside the museum, which sits near 31st Street South and George Washington Boulevard at the site of the original Wichita Municipal Airport, were damaged."
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Tornado_Damages_Kansas_Aviation_Museum_147485795.h tml
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On another front....
Air Force Reopens Light Air Support Contract
"The Air Force will formally reopen the bidding process for a light air support aircraft contract on Tuesday with the release of a draft request for proposals. The decision will presumably allow Hawker Beechcraft to re-enter its AT-6B in the competition for the $1 billion deal..."
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2186-full.html
Strangely, the very next news item on the same AvWeb page was:
Hawker Beech Warns Shareholders
Hawker Beechcraft has warned shareholders it may not be able to stay in business in its current form. "Management has concluded that there is substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern..."
One might ponder whether that means: " If we don't get a nice contract we'll go broke"
or might it mean: "Even if we get a nice contract we'll go broke and be unable to build the planes anyway"
Seems like there's all sorts of debris flying around the Kansas skies...:isadizzy:
"At the Boeing Co. in Wichita, Kan., spokesman Forrest Gossett said the plant "took a direct hit." He said the damage to the plant is extensive, according to a report in the Wichita Eagle. Another Boeing spokesperson said damage assessments have revealed that a number of buildings were damaged, but that no one on site was injured.
Spirit Aerosystems, which manufactures fuselages for all Boeing 7-7 planes in production, took major damage to two buildings with six buildings significantly damaged and four others with major damage, the Wichita Eagle reported. "
http://www.komonews.com/news/Severe-weather-bears-down-on-Midwest-Plains-147475865.html?m=y&smobile=y
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"As a tornado ripped across southeast Wichita Saturday night, causing heavy damage at the Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems plants, it also caused significant damage at the Kansas Aviation Museum.
Several planes outside the museum, which sits near 31st Street South and George Washington Boulevard at the site of the original Wichita Municipal Airport, were damaged."
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Tornado_Damages_Kansas_Aviation_Museum_147485795.h tml
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On another front....
Air Force Reopens Light Air Support Contract
"The Air Force will formally reopen the bidding process for a light air support aircraft contract on Tuesday with the release of a draft request for proposals. The decision will presumably allow Hawker Beechcraft to re-enter its AT-6B in the competition for the $1 billion deal..."
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2186-full.html
Strangely, the very next news item on the same AvWeb page was:
Hawker Beech Warns Shareholders
Hawker Beechcraft has warned shareholders it may not be able to stay in business in its current form. "Management has concluded that there is substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern..."
One might ponder whether that means: " If we don't get a nice contract we'll go broke"
or might it mean: "Even if we get a nice contract we'll go broke and be unable to build the planes anyway"
Seems like there's all sorts of debris flying around the Kansas skies...:isadizzy: