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B-1 Flight Vs C-1 Flight

rw774477 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1028 posts, RR: 0
Posted (8 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4285 times:

Why the different designations ?

is b-1 first flight -what about delivery flights ?

rw774477

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RobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3932 posts, RR: 19
Reply 1, posted (8 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4279 times:

B = Boeing. C = Customer. Delivery would be a 'C' flight obviously.

cargolex From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 1153 posts, RR: 9
Reply 2, posted (8 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4076 times:

B1 is the first flight.

C1 is the first customer acceptance flight.

Delivery flights are operated by the airline after they have taken possession of the aircraft - almost always under a special flight number for the ferry flight. For example ANA9397 is a number used commonly on the delivery flight of ANA wide bodies. Technically it isn't a "delivery" so much as the customer coming to collect the aircraft and fly it to their base of operations with their own crew.

It's a little more confusing for BBJ's and military aircraft as those don't go through the same process, but this is how it goes for Airlines.

aircellist From Canada, joined Oct 2004, 1418 posts, RR: 9
Reply 3, posted (8 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4009 times:

Who pays for the fuel on a C flight?

Roseflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8737 posts, RR: 52
Reply 4, posted (8 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 3925 times:

Quoting aircellist (Reply 3):
Who pays for the fuel on a C flight?

Boeing. The C-1 flights are still operating under Boeing's Production Certificate and not the airlines' operating certificate. The flight is conducted according to Boeing rules, with Boeing pilots on board in addition to pilots (sometimes) from the airline. Some airlines designate Boeing to conduct the C-1 flight without them.

If you have never designed an airplane part before, let the real designers do the work!

RobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3932 posts, RR: 19
Reply 5, posted (8 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 3920 times:

Quoting cargolex (Reply 2):
Delivery flights are operated by the airline after they have taken possession of the aircraft

Not necessarily. Some airlines use an aircraft delivery contractor to get the plane home. Up until a few years ago all the HNA Group aircraft were ferried to China by Global Aircraft Delivery at Seattle. I think HNA use their own crews now, though.

Ronaldo747 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 308 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (8 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 3450 times:

What means "EWA" flight, read it somestimes on Matt Cawby's blog. It that kind of "troubleshooting" during flight? Thanks for clarification.

tdscanuck From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 12709 posts, RR: 81
Reply 7, posted (8 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 3353 times:

Quoting RobK (Reply 1):
Delivery would be a 'C' flight obviously.

Generally not. Delivery flights take place after delivery...so they're not Boeing flights anymore.

Quoting Ronaldo747 (Reply 6):
What means "EWA" flight, read it somestimes on Matt Cawby's blog.

It means they're doing a flight test beyond the production checkout. They come up really commonly whenever a new cabin configuration or IFE upgrade comes out.

Quoting Ronaldo747 (Reply 6):
It that kind of "troubleshooting" during flight?

No. Troubleshooting a problem with a specific airplane falls within the B-x and C-x flights (that's what they're for). An EWA flight is a pre-planned flight test for some purpose beyond the production flights and squawk resolution.

Tom.

RobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3932 posts, RR: 19
Reply 8, posted (8 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3279 times:

Quoting tdscanuck (Reply 7):
Generally not. Delivery flights take place after delivery...so they're not Boeing flights anymore.

Umm, isn't that what I said...

Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26681 posts, RR: 83
Reply 9, posted (8 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 3186 times:

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A customer delivery flight would be operating under the airline's Operating Certificate, not Boeing's, correct? So per Roseflyer, it would not be a "C" flight.

tdscanuck From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 12709 posts, RR: 81
Reply 10, posted (8 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3024 times:

Quoting RobK (Reply 8):
Umm, isn't that what I said...

You said delivery was a C flight:

Quoting RobK (Reply 1):
Delivery would be a 'C' flight obviously

A C-x flight is operated by Boeing under Boeing procedures before delivery. A delivery flight is not counted as a C-x flight.

Tom.

Roseflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8737 posts, RR: 52
Reply 11, posted (8 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 2868 times:

Quoting Stitch (Reply 9):
A customer delivery flight would be operating under the airline's Operating Certificate, not Boeing's, correct? So per Roseflyer, it would not be a "C" flight.

Yes Stitch you are correct. Delivery flight is not under the Boeing Production Certificate. In general, Boeing can't fly an airplane after the ticket has been transferred from Production to Operating without temporary registration.

C flights are Boeing flights under the production certificate. The production certificate allows customer airline pilots to fly the airplane. The term customer flight is a bit of a misnomer. The airline's operating certificate typically does not allow Boeing pilots to be in command of the plane without special approval. Tom can probably correct me.

If you have never designed an airplane part before, let the real designers do the work!

tdscanuck From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 12709 posts, RR: 81
Reply 12, posted (8 months 3 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2755 times:

Quoting Roseflyer (Reply 11):
The airline's operating certificate typically does not allow Boeing pilots to be in command of the plane without special approval. Tom can probably correct me.

Nothing to correct...I'm not aware of any ops spec that would allow a Boeing pilot to be PIC when operating under the airline's operating certificate.

That said, being the PIC of record and being the functional pilot in command aren't really the same thing...there is nothing to stop an airline putting up a flight under their Ops Spec with an OEM pilot actually doing the flying. This is pretty normal for post-delivery flight testing.

Tom.

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