First Boeing 747 being manufactured in late 60’s was able to conquer the air space for nearly four decades as the ‘Queen of the Sky’ until Airbus A380 stepped in with a higher passenger capacity. Boeing’s newest 1500th 747, Boeing 747-8(officially announced in 2005) being the longest and greenest of all has given the airliners a new thought in deciding what they really need.Coming off the world’s largest manufacturing plant in Everett, Wash., Boeing 747-8 has a whole new story to tell….
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Sri Lanka to Build Monorail...
As a measure to cut traffic
congestion and improve mobility in the city of Colombo by facilitating smooth
access to the public, to the Colombo metropolitan area, it is expected to construct
a US $ 1.3bn monorail mass transit system with Japanese financial assistance.
According to Eng. Rohan Seneviratne, additional secretary (Technical) of
Ministry of Defense and Urban Development, a monorail system would incur a
building cost of about US $ 55 to 57 million per kilometer.
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