The B-21 will replace the B-1B and the B-2 if I'm not wrong. The F-35A will probably displace most if not all the F-16s. The F-22 replacement is on the horizon. I'm not sure what's the plan for the KC-135: is the KC-46 intended to replace all of them or is the USAF going to launch another tanker pro...
Jump to postI mis identified a SU-27 as a Mig-29, a rather stretched out image is my excuse! In any case, more details on types using the French weapons; https://daxe.substack.com/p/a-bunch-of-40-year-old-sukhoi-su?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true I surely don't want to s...
Jump to postI mis identified a SU-27 as a Mig-29, a rather stretched out image is my excuse! In any case, more details on types using the French weapons; https://daxe.substack.com/p/a-bunch-of-40-year-old-sukhoi-su?r=7jgcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true I surely don't want to s...
Jump to postI've been here for more than 20 years and I hate when a valuable contributor stops posting. We're left to wonder what happened to him.
Jump to postThe example, as I take it in post #1, is the building instead of individual metering, has one meter and the cost of electricity is divided up. What incentive is there for some dwellers to save electricity, if any the cost wastage will be divided up by all the residents? I take it as you still pay f...
Jump to postI’m trying to think of an economic reason why sharing the bill results in lower costs. Try going out to dinner with 9 friends, you order the chef’s salad and iced tea while the couple at the other end order a bottle of wine and filet mignon and ask to split the check. Tragedy of the commons Your co...
Jump to postWhy does Indigo bother with 77W leases for their DEL / BOM - IST flights ? It's easily doable with their own A321Neo's which they could then offer several flights spread out across the day on. Those flights operate in close partnership with TK. They are timed to take advantage of TK connections at ...
Jump to posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/31010 Assuming the Greek plans are confirmed and these deliveries occur throughout this year and next, that would be 87 aircraft. Potentially by the time those are delivered, Belgium will also be making deliveries. In the meantime, consideration of contributions of oth...
Jump to postAmid all the doom & gloom on internet, something super positive: Adani Green Energy has operationalised a 1000 MW solar and wind energy park. The park has a area of 60 km^2, and will generate enough power for upto 17 million homes. Over the next 5 years, Adani will invest a cumulative $19 billi...
Jump to postI was under the impression fuel burn wasn't that far apart. However reliability is important as aircraft cost money if they are aog. Maybe as demand for cfm is higher getting a good price and delivery slot was difficult . However for a small airline like icelandair poor reliability could be disastr...
Jump to postI was under the impression fuel burn wasn't that far apart. However reliability is important as aircraft cost money if they are aog. Maybe as demand for cfm is higher getting a good price and delivery slot was difficult . However for a small airline like icelandair poor reliability could be disastr...
Jump to postTo this point NATO has deterred an attack on the US or its Article 5 allies from Russia. Is it not true that the US arsenal is calculated to fight a two war scenario? i mean if the total Patriot arsenal is calculated to ballance the total number of Russian and Chinese jets/missiles, then as Russia ...
Jump to postDo you think that the western allies are setting aside a comprehensive air defense capacity which would be donated together with the F-16s in order to ensure the defense of their base? Why would they set it aside, if they have them why would they hold them back now? If the inventories are fairly lo...
Jump to postTatarigami presents himself as a former UA officer and provides his comments on the war at regular intervals. His last comments about the battle for Chasiv Yar paint a gloomy picture about the state of the current Ukrainian defense capabilities: - the approach to the city doesn't seem to have been m...
Jump to postAt the moment they get the parts without owning these factories, it is obviously possible. But what are the possible scenarios (IMHO): - Option 1: Airbus/Spirit/Boeing agree on a price and Airbus buys the factory. Apparently, this is what's currently being discussed for Belfast and Kinston. - Optio...
Jump to postDoesn’t spirit make things for Airbus as well? So Airbus is working with Spirit as well and there are no major/big problems (that I know of) while Boeing is working with them and the quality is poor and they have MAJOR problems. Why doesn't anybody ask the obvious question? So the question is why A...
Jump to postSeems like Airbus is mostly worried about proprietary information shared across Spirit and Boeing getting their hands on it. And about the wing plant, Airbus might need it for building a wing for a new aircraft like an A322 or similar. Well Airbus needs the wing plant to continue to build the A220....
Jump to postI'd say Airbus needs the parts but not the factories, or as a minimum, Airbus is in no rush of taking over these factories. On the other hand, Boeing needs Spirit Wichita asap to get out of their current troubles. This latest report says Belfast is losing money, I'm not sure any other Airbus contra...
Jump to postAirbus needs those parts, so they can't play hardball too much. Spirit is losing money on a number of Airbus supplier contracts, per reports, so Boeing likely won't be playing hardball, either. I'd say Airbus needs the parts but not the factories, or as a minimum, Airbus is in no rush of taking ove...
Jump to postFirstly, I wonder which leverage Boeing has to force Airbus to agree on a price anywhere greater the 1 dollar for Belfast, or any other part of Spirit that would go to Airbus. After all, it's Boeing which has a problem to solve and Airbus isn't in the charity business. Airbus needs those parts, so ...
Jump to postMore news about a potential deal. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/boeing-airbus-exploring-framework-divvy-up-spirit-aeros-operations-sources-say-2024-04-04/ Exclusive: Boeing, Airbus exploring framework to divvy up Spirit Aero's operations The last part of the article refers to the Airbus sid...
Jump to postClose to 70 BS posts. Anet… At least I tried to point out that this was possibly a low energy impact, but it looks like Anet is more interested in Armageddon kind of scenarios :-). It is clear that the aft portion of the belly fairing is damaged. If they are lucky, the fuselage skin hasn't been dam...
Jump to postThis interview of the Estonian Defense minister is about a week old and the main news is that Estonia has found about another million of shells on the market, of both Soviet and NATO standards. Apologies if this was already discussed here. Those shells can be delivered within 2 months, but the lead ...
Jump to postThe sanctions of the democratic countries keep delivering their effects, slowly but surely. This time it's the production of newly fielded LNG facilities which is put on hold. Novatek, Russia’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has suspended production at its Arctic LNG 2 project due ...
Jump to postWhat about the whole "composite planes aren't as easy to incorporate cargo doors into, vs. metal ones"? I tend to remember that was one of the factors, back in the day, when 787 was being born, that lead analysts to say that "market now decouples -- 787 will be flying pax, and 767 wi...
Jump to postIberia is not going to get into a dominant Star Alliance territory, it would be a waste of money and its terrible OW connections. Realistically, Iberia will never fly to Singapore with the low demand there is, if they want to come, they should do so with Singapore through BCN But isn't the goal of ...
Jump to postAccording to Flightradar, Emirates A380 A6-EDM was damaged after what appears to be a collision with a ground vehicle in DME. Anyone have any more information on this? (https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1773027973160927241 link for the FR source). It's hard to tell but the damage looks like ...
Jump to postThere was really no need to reduce production rates due to Covid. Working in a FAL with lots of air volume, work could have continued safely with some extra precautions such as daily rapid testing and masks. There was just this little inconvenience of having a sufficient cash flow to finance the ma...
Jump to postThis increase in the production rate was made possible thanks to an improved supply of black powder. France will actually re-cycle the black powder of old shells as a go-around of the current limitations of black powder production. Smokeless powder. Modern guns don't use black powder. To be fair to...
Jump to postAccording to Flightradar, Emirates A380 A6-EDM was damaged after what appears to be a collision with a ground vehicle in DME. Anyone have any more information on this? (https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1773027973160927241 link for the FR source). It's hard to tell but the damage looks like ...
Jump to postSome news from France: - the financing for the 78 CAESARS to be delivered this year to Ukraine is complete and France confirms the 78 SPGs will be delivered this year. - France will manage to produce 100,000 155mm shells this year, of which 80,000 will be supplied to Ukraine. This is a significant i...
Jump to postWhat I have read from the analysts is that Spirit makes basically zero, or is in effect cash flow negative off the Airbus business as it is too low volume (220 and 350) and Boeing would essentially just give it to Airbus for very little if any compensation. I doubt they would have any interest in k...
Jump to postThere are suggestions in the press that Boeing is looking to cut Spirit's ties with Airbus, if it takes over Spirit. https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1043599/boeing-to-cut-spirit-aero-s-ties-to-airbus-in-potential-takeover-reports-1043599.html How would that work? Spirit is a maj...
Jump to postNoshow wrote:Not sure how fast all those engines needed will become available?
It's good to see Ukraine continuing degrading the command and logistics of Russia in Crimea, but to what end? Do you expect any tangible results in the short to medium term? By tangible results, I mean that either Ukraine would be shaping the field for a more ambitious assault on Crimea, or expects ...
Jump to postIndeed, it's not only smart to listen to the customers but it's actually how a new aircraft is specified by the OEMs: by listening to the potential customers needs and expectations. This is how any company goes about designing a new product - not just aircraft manufacturers. Companies engage in mar...
Jump to postAbout the alleged influence of UA on the 777 design, which I doubt is an exact account of what exactly happened, I don't see what's wrong for an airline to ask for a more conservative design. Or do you mean that adding an anti-icing system to an aircraft is actually an issue? Note that all the airl...
Jump to post. $1.3 billon a year is less than peanuts in relation to whatever metric one can use: Russia oil trade value, US refined products consumption, India refined product output,... So either India doesn't refine much Russian crude, or more likely, it doesn't export much of these refined products. You go...
Jump to postAnywhere in the world, increased fuel prices mean people get upset, at least in the short term. The increase fuel price may not be uniform. Russia will force to sell more crude because they don't have the refining capacity. Those with refining capacity will benefit. As excess capacity does not mean...
Jump to postThere are suggestions in the press that Boeing is looking to cut Spirit's ties with Airbus, if it takes over Spirit. https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1043599/boeing-to-cut-spirit-aero-s-ties-to-airbus-in-potential-takeover-reports-1043599.html How would that work? Spirit is a maj...
Jump to postThe above posts are very interesting from the perspective of real airline operations. I've seen flights cancel because a meteorological assessment was made that could not 100% guarantee that no icing conditions would be encountered for 100% of the flight. Some want a 100% guarantee of only one elem...
Jump to postFollowing the sucessful strikes on oil infrastructure, the US has asked Ukraine to please stop, as diminished production risks global price increases with adverse affects on both domestic and international politics. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-has-urged-ukraine-halt-strikes-russian-ener...
Jump to postToday the French navy intercepted 3 ballistic missiles with Aster 30 missiles: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/03/french-navy-air-defense-fremm-intercepts-3-ballistic-missiles/ It's still not clear to me how an area seeing ballistic missiles being shot down at whatever altitude by Asters o...
Jump to postA French helicopter (probably an AS565 Panther) shot down a Houthi drone over the Red Sea on March 20. https://www.navalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/French-Navy-Helicopter-Shoots-Down-Houthi-drone-in-Red-Sea.png https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/03/french-navy-helicopter-shoots-down-h...
Jump to postThere are several convenient things about petroil targets: they are stationary, they are costly and time consuming to replace, and they are loaded with fuel ready to burn. Railways aren't as convenient a target. We've seen once a rail facility is taken out it's usually a small number of days before...
Jump to postIf it's that easy, once Ukraine will have crippled most of the petrochemical complexes in western Russia, how long before they start hitting the railway lines supporting the Russian army in occupied Ukraine? These drones would not make serious damages to the railway infrastructure, but they could s...
Jump to postIt seems like Czechia is really good at finding artillery shells around the world. They have found another 700,000 shells according to the WSJ. Some of these shells will come from nations which are officially Russian allies. Czech officials said the country’s past as a former Soviet satellite was an...
Jump to postA6-EUM and A6-EUI are ready with Premium Economy retrofit. The next one seems to be A6-EUR as it hasn't made any flights for 2 days already. P.S. A6-EUM even flew to Moscow today which means the first PE-flight there. In the current political situation this route wasn't really expected to feature i...
Jump to postA Mi-8 just got destroyed by a drone in Transnistria:
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1769376730806923676
Time will tell is this is the beginning of a new chapter in this war or if it is a non-event.