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

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Leaders with Seattle for India gathered for a video conference call Thursday to promote the cause. 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. and New Delhi.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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“We want to be active participants in building the kind of future where all of us get to work less, learn more, play more, explore more, express ourselves more…in a way that is sustainable for the rest of humanity and our planet,” she says in a video on FutureThinkers.org. and Sympler: Video Editing, from the Future ”.

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