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RE: 777X Updated Information And Developments

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BoeingGuy" class="quote" target="_blank">BoeingGuy</a> (<a href="#42" class="quote">Reply 42</a>):<br/><i>Don't those look like 777 tails in the...

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KGAI

RE: 777X Updated Information And Developments

<img border=0 src="http://boeing.mediaroom.com/file.php/88055/twin_aisleK65914_med.jpg" width="450" height="360" border="0"/><a href="http://boeing.mediaroom.com/file.php/88056/twin_aisleK65914.jpg" target="_blank"> full sized version</a> couple observations: 1) we knew previously the new 777s will ...

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RE: CI 744 Touch And Go With Wheel Touches The Ground

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RE: Chinese Airline Serious Engine Problem

Those straps are NOT seatbelts

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RE: Is The A340-500 The Same As The A345?

I'm a bit curious as to how this came about. Most people wouldn't have a clue about what an A340 is. So your coworker obviously knows at least a little bit about airplanes. And I can understand if he knows "A340-500" but not "A345". But to know the NICKNAME yet not the PROPER name.... It's like know...

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RE: FAA Grants 240 Min Etops

According to this article, the new rules aren't ETOPS240. They remove any specific diversion time limits altogether. Seems like a pretty momentous decision to me. <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2007/01/09/Navigation/177/211460/US+FAA+to+end+ETOPS+range+restrictions+for+qualified.html"...

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RE: First "Green" Falcon 7x Pics In The US

Business jets are not all about cruise efficiency. 3 engines afford better short field performance than 2, which IS a big consideration for biz jets.

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RE: Common Core Powers P&W's Vision

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RE: Boeing And A Civilian BWB

However, this whole thread has got me thinking: do airliners even turn much in typical operation? I imagine you'd do some pretty big maneuvering around airports, where the total duration is relatively short and passengers are belted in anyways. In cruise, any turns over waypoints can perhaps be much...

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RE: Boeing And A Civilian BWB

I think people are still not understanding the G vs vertical motion. Aircraft pull Gs when they turn. This G is the same in any plane. However during a roll, whereas in a normal aircraft you only experience a roll, in a BWB you experience up and down Gs. How much it is, I couldn't tell you off the t...

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RE: Boeing And A Civilian BWB

I think the concern with a BWB is not so much G-forces as much as plain old up and down motion involved with sitting so far from the centerline. In turns passengers would be rising or descending instead of rolling. I imagine this is akin to riding the waves in a small boat and can certainly cause ai...

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RE: 787 Accomplishments In 2006

<img src="http://boeingmedia.com/imageView.cfm?id=14675&ResID=4" border=0> I believe this is the first picture of the 787 with flaps extended. Anyone else notice that the high speed ailerons both extend and droop to act as flaps? A bit of a departure from prior Boeing practice, where the high speed ...

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RE: Future Of The 747-8 And 747-7?

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RE: Are Landings At Philipsburg Too Outlandish

Up or downdrafts are good reasons for why the touchdown zone is well PAST the piano keys. The piano keys mark where the displaced threshold starts. Pavement prior to that are not to be used for landing. In effect, the KLM 747 landed off the runway. If there hadn't been concrete there and they landed...

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RE: Video Of AA Flt 77 To Be Released

I don't need to see the videos to know that it was AA77 that hit the Pentagon. I do not even think it's the US government's responsibility to "prove" that 9-11 happened the way it did. However, I do wish the government would release more videos from the Pentagon -- I'm sure they have more. Perhaps t...

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RE: Why Is China Airlines Called China Airlines?

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RE: Why Is China Airlines Called China Airlines?

Heh well I was being a bit ironic. Taiwan's administration likes to point out that China has more than 500 ballistic missiles pointed at Taiwan. With that kind of armament, do you think they need to resort to using passenger planes? Yet the administration often cites security as the reason for the f...

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RE: Why Is China Airlines Called China Airlines?

Wow Chiawei, take it easy there, is "Barbarians" your favorite word or what? <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-left: 1pt #28455E solid;table-layout:fixed;border-spacing:0;padding:0;borde...

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RE: Why Is China Airlines Called China Airlines?

Actually, Taiwanese carriers are now allowed to overfly Chinese airspace on their way to Europe. This actually came about because the Taiwanese government opened up Chinese airspace to Taiwanese carriers, not the other way around. The Chinese government has indicated that they are ready to allow dir...

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RE: Very Cool Bird Eye Aircraft Imagery

WOW
This is even better than Google Earth!

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RE: A380:feeling A Bit More Cramped?

I don't see the problem here. The A380 is longer than the 747, but the main deck will have less people, mainly because the front of the interior is taken up by the stair. As a passenger, you deal with the volume immediately around your seat, and the A380 will have wider seats than the 747. As for up...

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RE: Road Trip Along The Eastern Seaboard

If you've never been to NYC then you should probably do that first. Last time I was up there I got parking near the hotel, and the hotel had vouchers for the parking, so it was <acronym title="CSA Czech Airlines">OK</acronym>. If you're going to Virginia, then come visit DC too! A bit cold to walk o...

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RE: Question For Lord Of The Rings Fans.

I thought elven spirits were supposed to go rest in that place of the gods? I forget the name of that continent. So these ghosts might be "lost" or something. Don't know, don't have the book around. The most annoying departure for me is the "fall" of Aragorn. Seems a bit extraneous considering they ...

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

If anybody is still reading this thread, an interesting chart:

http://www.ott.doe.gov/facts/archives/fotw246.shtml

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I Like Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mr. Straw

Hear hear from me as well.

I'm glad that somebody can articulate the goal of the mission without sounding like he's reading off a list from some Cliffs notes.

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

KFRG Who are my? I am me, and I say what *I* think. Those are personal observations and I stick by them. Maybe I didn't say it's an "opinion" in my first post, but I clarified this point already. You obviously also base a bunch of opinions of Europeans just from people who post on this board. Same d...

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

heh, just read your latest post cfalk, posted while I was writing my own. I see I directly contradicted your thoughts.

I never thought of democracy as being slightly misrepresentative in favor of minorities. Good point.

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

KFRG I'm not buying into some "Euro <acronym title="British International Helicopters">BS</acronym>" I immigrated to this country and that's just my observation. <I>"The average Joe is aware for instance that the England is across the pond in Europe."</I> Yah, but can the average joe find it on a ma...

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

Great posts Cfalk! Let me just pick up where you left off: <I>"you imply that the equal weight of one persons vote is not being maintained in modern democracies. i would like to remind you that the new eu constitution is not in effect because this prequesite was not acceptable to poland and spain."<...

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

actually KFRG, Zak's right
The vast majority of Americans, like, oh, 90%, are CLUELESS about the rest of the world.

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

Also, the world's oil market is one SINGLE market. So let's assume the US takes all of Saudi's oil. Then the other suppliers like Russia and Venezuela and Nigeria would sell oil to the rest of the world. This is like how we buy gas. Let's say I get all my gas at this one Shell station. And then Exxo...

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

<I>"We use all of Saudi Arabia's oil. Yes, it would be protecting "The World's" oil supply, but it is in reality used only by America."</I> This comment is neither here nor there. It's just simply not true. What's up with people making stuff up and passing it off as fact. <a href="http://www.cia.gov...

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RE: Unusual Object In The Toilet

The SIM card is where the user's account info is stored. So you stick that in a phone, and it's like programming the phone to be that account. But all the info is still in the card, so you can just take the SIM card out and take your account info with you, independent of the phone. BTW, Jkw777, the ...

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RE: Happy Chinese Year

"what does that mean Airways1 ?"

Wish everybody have a lucky Year-of-the-Monkey, and everything goes well (according to heart).

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

I read the first and 2nd article. Browsed the third. First 2 mentioned oil, but they didn't say, like some have, that the US is invading Iraq to gain "control over iraqi oil production." They said that the US should take steps to ensure that Saddam Hussein does not get out of control (gain WMD) and ...

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RE: Bored? Here's A Very Stupid But Addictive Game!

another 323.4

I guess that's the theoretical high for this game.

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

And let's get some perspective here. Everybody just hears the word "OIL" and thinks free money. In fact, how much money does oil generate? Saudi's GDP is $270 billion US dollars, 75% of which is from oil revenues. So, somebody explain to me why the US, with a 10 trillion dollar economy, would go to ...

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RE: Shiites Play It Mad Smart

Seems to me everyone sees the situation based on their preconceived notions. If you assume beforehand that the US is just starting the war in order to control oil, then the delay of elections reinforces the notion that the US just wants to stay in power as long as possible. But if you think the US w...

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RE: A330-300 Engines

Actually the 777 has a longer wingspan.

I find that, to me, the 777 looks like a "jumbo" while the Airbus widebodies just look like widebodies, similar to the 767.

The 777 sits noticeably higher off the ground than the others.

Also, 777 does have a supercritical wing. As does the 767.

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RE: 728/928 Update

and if you post a Chinese link maybe I can read it

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RE: First PIA With B777 Aircraft!

MITaero (reply 49), nowhere did I say the airline is good or bad. I've never flown it and have no opinion one way or the other. My point was that the livery on a plane is meant to represent your company. The non-effort that PIA obviously put into this new "color-scheme" does not speak well for them....

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RE: 767-400 Failure -- NOT

I believe Boeing's exclusivity deals with American, Continental, and Delta were annulled in a deal with the EU when Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas. Now it's just an informal thing.

Don't know about the relative dates of 767-400 sales vs the merger though.

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RE: First PIA With B777 Aircraft!

I mean come on! It's not even Eurowhite. At least those have painted tails.

This is just White-on-sort-of-White.

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RE: First PIA With B777 Aircraft!

Nice tail design: "P I A"
just enough info for us to know who to laugh at
GENIUSES!

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RE: AA Crew Detained At GRU

1 question to those questioning why US doesn't fingerprint UK citizens: how many other countries is Brazil fingerprinting? none? hm... Seems like a lot of effort to install those machines to just spite 1 country. Have at it. Still discrimination though. The US exempts less than 20 countries, so thos...

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RE: Biggest Airport In The World?

Hong Kong has the largest single terminal.

Also, I think Kansai's terminal is the longest building in the world.

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RE: 'Chemical Weapons' Found In Iraq

I believe that the chemical weapons that were documented while the UN was there was destroyed. The biological stuff, that's harder to quantify. Powell implied they had "tons and tons", but he was actually talking about the growth media that you can find in any biology lab. The problem the US had wit...

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RE: Flight OS111 No Engine Landing: Procedures?

The guy was just asking if you lost engines what would you set the flap. He's not questioning whether the pilots did something wrong. If the plane was in cruise and had glide down then you would only put out flaps and gear when you are certain you can reach the runway, b/c both those things add drag...

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RE: Max Trust Vs Mtow

Sovietjet, Friction is what makes a car move. That's why you don't break it. If you overcome the friction between tire and road, that means the car is skidding. The friction we are talking about here is friction within the plane's mechanism, that prevents the wheels from turning. Break that friction...

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RE: 'Chemical Weapons' Found In Iraq

<I>"Just because you have not found it does not mean that it does not exist."</I> True. But after 8 months of US having free rein in the place, the probability is that they didn't exist. I agree that part of the original UN deal was that he drop the weapons and open up to unconditional inspections, ...

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