Daily Archives: August 7, 2012


It's quite remarkable how long some aircraft are staying in service 8

 Back in the 40s, 50s and even into the 60s, many planes and helicopters would come and go within a decade or at most two. The Boeing Chinook has now been in service for 50 years and the B-52 bomber has been going strong for 57 years now with no end in sight. The F16 has been going since 1978 and the F15 went into service in 1976 and both are still in production today. 

IN FOCUS: Can the 50-year-old Chinook hit a century?
This month brings the 50th anniversary of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook’s service entry – and it is entirely possible that the venerable tandem-rotor helicopter…

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One quarter of all the shoppers that built a 2013 Ford Fusion using the early configurator… 4

One quarter of all the shoppers that built a 2013 Ford Fusion using the early configurator survey site opted for the Driver Assist Package. It will be interesting to see what actual take rate is for advanced driver assist systems when the #2013FordFusion  goes on sale in the next few months. 

2013 Fusion Shoppers Show Significant Interest in Driver Assist Features « 2013 Ford Fusion Story
Back in early May we launched a preliminary configurator for the all-new 2013 Fusion so that we could get an idea of what equipment combinations customers would be most interested in. That information…

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