AFAIK what typically and primarily gets formally baked into aircraft order contracts is some guaranteed payload on defined routes an airline customer will want to operate his new aircraft on through all seasons.
Jump to postWould aerodynamic braking make any sense for bigger, heavier aircraft? Fighter style nose high attitude rollouts to shorten the stopping distance?
Jump to postThey like the Max 7? Because they’ve flown so many?
Is this even a real issue
If you already have a big 737 fleet and pilots and need short field performance and range but not capacity you might see it different. The A220 is a good aircraft but sort of an orphan and exot within everybody's crowd.
Jump to postEither way, sounds like blown tires, significant brake overheating, and excursions seem to be a substantial risk with such parts. This. :checkmark: And you dont want to wear out your expensive engines with increased thrust reverse use or bend -under embargo hard to replace- gear struts due to wild ...
Jump to postThe max 8 is attractive for high density configurations seating 200 passengers (the maximum for 4 flight attendants) at a good weight and performance and with commonality to existing 737 fleets. All families have "sweet spots". The A321neo now has both range and capacity due to the new eng...
Jump to postA flight simulator game is not more realistic if you don't eat or sleep pretending to be needed "up front" all night crossing your virtual pacific.
Jump to postWasn't there an Irak or Kabul surprise visit (thanksgiving, Christmas or similar?)were a president (Bush sr. or Bush jr.?) arrived suddenly and unannounced with his 747 in almost a hot war zone onboard AF1 to visit troops? On a VC-25A that was said to have been quietly inflight refueled to avoid any...
Jump to postIt's the next best MAX thing to compete with the sold out for years A321neo. And it's cheap for high demand routes that don't require a full range. The long fuselage is helpful to install some business class up front while not losing too many total seats. I consider it to be one of the more promisin...
Jump to postI seem to remember the final mission of F/A-18 was to nuke some dam. But the sim was great and of unheard "pro" quality and frame rate. Still more about systems and weapons than eye candy.
Jump to postForward mounted: Better prop clearance at high alpha. Think about super high diameter future configurations, electric or whatever as well.
Jump to postI never noticed what were they about in early MSFS? I know them as famous real world video-instructors and school owners - by name only. Back to topic: Sort of embarrassing was the fact that I could "perfectly" sim fly with no joystick or pedals but just with a mouse (that early roundish d...
Jump to postIt sounds like some key aircraft have been sold separately already? Is there any list what the current inherited collection finally consists of? Will those early buyers maybe leave their landmark planes based at Everett as well?
Jump to postScherer would be the diplomat guy to handle this perfectly. Faury might be more passionate vs. AAB I'd guess.
Jump to postBelow the line it is not good to estrange from a key customer like this. Both side's CEOs should be able to negotiate anything instead of parting ways. The red line for Airbus seems to have been to be called flight safety compromised in public. I agree that Qatar might have ordered too many A350s. B...
Jump to postThey don't want to retire them. They store the STs just in case they need them. These are like only half way through their service life. They even build a 6th Beluga XL as a reserve. Belugas are the backbone of the european Airbus production system of separated highly specialised sites and needed to...
Jump to postJust look at how Wall St. reacted to the newspaper.
At least we might finally have the hard fact event with a signed document and some official FAA statement instead of spin and hearsay.
So is this about saving tyres or brakes? Carbon brakes need to be used with a few heavy braking actions to use them most efficient not with a lot of light braking.
Not sure if switching off the auto brakes is better to conserve the tyre material compared to manual braking?
Russian airspace availability in fact is a new aspect and quite relevant.
Jump to postThe future success of a hub airport in this particular location depends a lot on the rebuilding of traffic to/from Ukraine and Russia as well as overflight rights to Japan, Korea and China. Nevertheless, such plans are made for decades, not a few years ahead, so who knows. I totally agree. If the t...
Jump to postThey delivered a helicopter from France to Japan by Beluga as well.
Jump to postThey are offered on the commercial market for outsized cargo. The A300 based Beluga got too small for pairs of A350 wings so they developed the bigger XL based on the A330.
Jump to postIt will only be a minor nuisance until they learn to live with it and as with the rest of the sanctions - 'that what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger'. I don't agree. They will lose a lot of their capacity and quality -finally flight safety- over time. What home built russian type of com...
Jump to postSo who gets the first delivery? When is it happening? What does it take to get the final FAA-stamp?
Jump to postIf you arrive at Frankfurt airport from a long haul flight with baggage you will find out how difficult it is to reach most destinations by train. Only a very few routes are competitive by high speed train yet, like Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mannheim or Stuttgart, maybe Amsterdam. On others you won't rea...
Jump to postMany sanctions can be bypassed through backdoors it seems. But this makes getting stuff much more difficult and expensive. The normal flight operations finally receive not enough parts required even with bypassing the problem just takes a little longer to pile up. Western style high pressure aircraf...
Jump to postBut crippled, paywalled links in english language are welcome anytime? Even if no further details are explained by the posters so nobody not paying can know what they are about?
Jump to postLufthansa is said to be planning a new airline for operational start in 2023 rumoured codename "Cityline 2" that would operate up to 60 a/c within Europe, possibly under the LH brand or very close to it but with lower paid pilots. This might affect former agreements with the pilot's union ...
Jump to postIt has crossed many borders already so containing it by travel bans would not work anymore or never did it seems. If it can in fact be transmitted by droplets as well mask wearing in aircraft cabins might be advisable for another reason.
Jump to postYes I am. They clearly went back to put pressure on the FAA. I wonder if this is a wise move before the next key no-EICAS extension is needed?
Jump to postIf true and not just another spin doctoring element wouldn't it be better to let the FAA announce this first? Is Boeing returning to put pressure on the FAA like before? First the MAX EICAS extension pressure on congress combined with big MAX order announcements, then all those 787 customers wanting...
Jump to postHow about the FAA? What exactly is missing or still needs to be done before an aircraft can be handed over to the customer?
Jump to postBoeing must still make required fixes and get FAA inspectors to approve each aircraft, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information hasn’t been publicly announced. This seems to be more about the production quality improvements but not about deliveries. The quoted article seems t...
Jump to postI still don't get the practical effects of this change? Can Boeing deliver 787 right away or not? It sounds like all 787 still need individual aircraft examination by the FAA? So Boeing still needs to wait for whatever time it takes the FAA. And Boeing cannot schedule deliveries.
Jump to postIf deliveries still depend on the FAA's schedules and individual examination results Boeing can still not schedule delivery dates but just hope for them?
Jump to postWSJ is paywalled. Does this mean Boeing can now clear those aircraft for delivery on its own or is the FAA still needed to check every single aircraft before delivery please?
Jump to postWho'd know how long that line will work with all those -10 troubles?
Jump to postA stealthy tanker would certainly make sense. But this is nothing to be developed on the sidelines. More like another B-21 program. Expensive and not ready within some years, not by 2026. There will be a need for the next AWACS platform coming up sooner or later maybe it could be used for that as we...
Jump to postThank you my friend. I am not a space person.
Jump to postGreat news at this time in Asia.
Jump to postHave the French ever displayed nuclear weapons (or mock up bombs shaped like them) on Bastille Day as air parade bomber payload?
Jump to postHow will the ISS be made to come back? Will it be separated and guided down in parts or sections or will the entire station be steered to reenter? How will the practical deorbiting work? What will be the biggest parts that likely make it through reentry? Anything dangerous, nuclear batteries maybe?
Jump to postLH is not after U2. They are said to be interested in ITA next, possibly in TAP or SAS one day.
Jump to postEngines are hard to get these days. So rate hikes become trickier.
Good to see that Boeing could compensate for 787 deliveries with more 737s. But the military profits went down and the MAX-EICAS deadline is approaching.
The Dutch can be pretty eco radical. Taking natural North Sea seafloor and converting it to permanent non-natural land. Developed with friendly co-funding from the European Union. From my outside view being radical one way or the other seems to be part of the dutch mentality? They are wealthy enough...
Jump to postI don't understand why the most modern types of aircraft like with geared turbo fans and latest generation engines are treated all the same by this slot limit. If this is about the environment they should encourage the use of the most modern, quiet and clean types not ban them. This feels emotional ...
Jump to postWill the Dutch government fight Rotterdam harbor vessel movements as well?
Jump to postThe 80 meters by 80 meters "box" (including length) was used to plan for the A380. Airports had stands and taxiways etc. sized for it. You could still go beyond that, see An-225, but this will be the typical, expected size for very big aircraft on most big airports. It creates all kinds of...
Jump to postI have to agree it is pretty strange to have a global trade nation like the Netherlands fight their own hub airport and airline in a way like this. They could limit flights to cleanest aircraft types or quietest or both. But they seem to want to intentionally destroy the entire feeder system by just...
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