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What it was like to fly — and land — in Alaska Airlines’ first commercial 737-MAX 9 flight

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Sunrise as viewed from the Alaska Airlines Flight 482 in Seattle on a 737-MAX 9 flight, with Mount Rainier and an Amazon Prime cargo jet in the distance. As the first airline to bet on the 737 MAX’s return to service , Alaska has thrown its support behind Boeing, which manufactures planes in Everett and Renton, Wash. “We

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon Prime Air leader lands at Torc Robotics; Microsoft vet joins Meta

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Berlinberg led program management, business intelligence, and more for Prime Air, the drone delivery division of Amazon. ” Berlinberg previously was a director at Manhattan Creative Group and a product manager at Coca-Cola.

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Why two astronauts are stuck in space

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“We don’t understand the issues enough to fix them permanently, and the only way that we can do that is take the time in this unique environment and get more data, run more tests,” Mark Nappi , vice president and program manager of Boeing’s commercial crew program, said in a June press conference. Misdrilled holes.

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This new Seattle VC firm raised a $10M fund to back women-led startups

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The Graham & Walker team, from left to right: Amanda Eldridge, vice president of business development; Rohre Titcomb, COO; Leslie Feinzaig, founder & managing director; Es Famojure, program manager; and Divya Kakkad, vice president of marketing. Graham & Walker Photos).

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Radian Aerospace comes out of stealth and raises $27.5M for orbital space plane development

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Air Force’s Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in the 1980s — and went on to become a program manager at Boeing, focusing on reusable space systems. “Over time, we intend to make space travel nearly as simple and convenient as airliner travel,” said Richard Humphrey, Radian’s CEO and co-founder.

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Stand By For Reporting From the Intelligence and National Security Summit 18-19 Sep 2014 #Intelligence2014

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Managing Director Security. United Airlines. Deputy Program Manager. Office of the Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment. Program Manager, Office of Smart Collection. Program Manager. Director Program Management Office. Tom Conway. FireEye, Inc.

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Seattle-area tech leaders join forces to try to raise $10M to aid India’s COVID-19 battle

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OxygenForIndia has established partnerships with United Airlines to carry supplies on every flight going to India and is also setting up special charters directed at four hubs across the country to carry oxygen cylinders. The increase in the number of cases has soared 46% over two weeks, accord to the Times, while deaths are up 120%.

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