Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding, General Discussion Thread, February 2020

If I were them I would have gone further: 737-8(00)

Re: United Launch Alliance - Tests, Launches, News, Developments

Does that mean that we are left again with a SPOF?

Re: The first Gripen E for Swedish AF in the air

This colour scheme is so reminiscent of the one they had during the 80s (although that one was green). Really cool!

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

It was not a Canadian regulator proposal but an internal message leaked to the net. So, not an official position.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

Maybe Ethiopian got this contract with Boeing for a very cheap price, as a kind of compensation for the Max grounding. Trading-off the compensation fee with the contract value.

Re: The L1011 lives on -- for NASA

NG just bought back 2 Pegasus launchers that were part of the Stratolaunch assets put for sale. Methinks this is a sign there might be 2 more launches.

Re: Flight times from London to Sydney could be 80% shorter by the 2030s,

Precooler technology is intended for SSTO or 'airplanes' that would fly much higher than, say, Concorde. Even a kind of semi-balistic trajectory could be achieved. No or little worries with sonic boom.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q2 2019

"ET had 50% of the Fatal Accidents in the last ten years with Pilot error at least a contributing factor. I am referring to AF447, Colgan 3407, ET409 and ET302." How on earth do you come to that conclusion? You're picking 4 accidents, two of which were ET airplanes, in a 10-year timeframe ...

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

Am I the only one who now wonders if Boeing's decision to slightly stretch the max7 really was linked to increased capacity, and had nothing to do with re-balancing the aircraft/providing better pitch authority after they got all the data from the max8 test campain (i.e. the need to beef up MCAS) ?

Re: First Flight - Boeing Electric Flying Car

Mr Kanban, may I share your enthusiasm?

Re: Hop! end ATR ops, consider merger with Transavia

In the end... Who's going to connect those small cities like Aurillac and others, to the rest of France? - Air France bought Brit Air and Regional, they discontinued Regional's hub in Clermont-Ferrand, ending dozens of connections between small cities (and Paris too), then they merged the two airlin...

Re: Soviet L1011 TriStars.

Don't know if airfoils were strictly identical, but if you superpose the L1011 wing with the Il-86's, they perpectly match.

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments

Meanwhile, SpaceX just announced they will furlough 600 people (10% of their workforce)...

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments

That thing sure looks like it comes from a 1949 SF comic book !!!

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang

The preliminary report show that the MCAS is the cause of the runaway trim situation. Boeing not only confirmed this officially with the Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) Number 2018-23-51, but detailed the unsafe condition that exist in 737-8 and -9 aircraft design, and revised operating proc...

Re: Korean Air A220 Significant Engine Damage

FOD? Why 'foreign'? It could also be that a fan blade broke and shattered, damaging other blades. Or that the fan case slightly ovalized, leading to fan tip friction that shattered metal pieces and damaged the fan.

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang

How do you know that the maintenance was either poorly, or even not at all, done? This is the basis for your demonstration that this is only a human-error triggered accident, while actually, at this point, little to no clue point to this scenario.

Re: Fate of IL-96 RA-96013?

The USAF managed to stretch dozens of C-141 from the A model to the B model décades ago, I don't see why this would not be doable with an Il-96.

Re: Boeing P-8 question.

Add to that that airlines use derated take off settings as often as possible (flex ?)

Re: ORY seems to be down to one runway 8/8/18.

NOTAMs are not here to publish reasons; just to give information and warnings.

Re: Air Caraibes A350 3-4-3 in Y

In March this year I crossed the atlantic on a 8 hrs trip with Air caraïbes' A350, and the seat was surprisingly comfortable.

Re: Unconfirmed: Yemeni forces attack AUH with three drone strikes

That yemeni war is also a communication war. I remain very cautious regarding such news...

Re: UK unveils new Tempest fighter jet model as replacement of the Typhoon

I think he or she who drew the cockpit view, never step foot in an actual one

Re: A400M Update

To me those are two different (although obviously linked by design) aircraft.
3 clues :
- windscreen wippers: size and distance from the nose cone
- main wheels: angle of the fairings relative to the fuselage and ground
- cockpit rear window: different shape (more squarish on the Y-20)

Re: MH17: The missile belonged to a Russian brigade

Well Mr Scorpius, the whole point of this thread is that the joint investigation team (an independant body from a well known an true democracy without any past or present agenda against Russia), released their latest findings which point out to évidences that a russian missile, from a russian brigad...

Re: United Airlines makes big adjustments in onboard food and beverage

Tomato juice happens to be the #1 drink of choice in the airline business: a Survey showed that and scientists if memory serves me well, demonstrated that it was mostly due to the taste keeping strong at cabin altitude compared to other beverages. So what was UA management thinking about when gettin...

Re: Interesting article on what the Concorde was like

It was a great article until this... While Concorde no longer takes to the skies, it can be visited at a number of aviation museums around the world. Here are some of the best: .....with no mention of the absolutely pristine Air France Concorde that is sitting in the Smithsonian. (Steven F. Udvar-H...

Re: British Airways Cabin Crew Behaving Very Badly During Layovers

Apparently some Airlines (AF) strictly prohibit drinking during layovers.

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments

This picture of the roadster and spaceman, with earth as a background, sure will make history... and feature in tomorrow's newspapers!

Re: Embraer re-entering the Turboprop market?

Why does the newer -600 need more fuel than the older -500?[/quote]


Because itr flies a tad faster maybe ? Consumptions were given on a per hour basis (which is not, I think, the best way to compare a 550 kph turboprop with a 800 kph regional jet).

Re: New Tu-160 first flight

Your white swann deserves its name.

Re: IT A300 low pass with gear down

I was in the crowd and can testify first hand that this picture is real, no photoshop. At that time it was not unusual to have fly-byes much closer to the ground and to the public, than we are seeing today. 1985 was before Ramstein or Habsheim. Nevertheless, this one was seen by many as a close-call...

Re: Air Canada A321 Livery Mistake?

Like it or not, the new AC livery clearly traces its origins on many previous AC and CP liveries... especially that black mask, even though it is obviously different from the one worn during the late 60s and 70s,
Back on topic, I much prefer this new pointy mask, looks more dynamic.

Re: Airbus A330neo Production And Delivery Thread

Leeham 's Bjorn Fehrm has a new piece on the A330-800. Interesting readers' comments about the thrust reversers..... http://leehamnews.com/2017/11/02/airbus-a330-800-not-selling/ Looking at the numbers Leeham provides I find it hard to believe that on the same trip the A330-800 would only burn (tot...

Re: Jet2 flies a 737 with one passenger !

That's an awesome story ITMercure. Any idea why they'd practice opening the doors in the air?[/quote] They practiced for smoke-in-the-cabin evacuation, rushing air through the cabin. I have never seen that stuff anywhere else, but maybe this is common safety measure on airplanes equiped with a rear ...

Re: Jet2 flies a 737 with one passenger !

When I was a child and as my dad was a captain / flight instructor on the Caravelle 12, he would once in a while take me with him when positioning an aircraft for flight training (used to happen in Nîmes / FNI). Of course I would not be onboard during the training, only on the positioning non-revenu...

Re: Airbus and Bombardier Announce CSeries Partnership

RalXWB wrote:

Between all this shade-throwing, bashing and nit-picking please do not forget what counts most in the end: What a brilliant move by Airbus

Re: Eurofighter down in Spain killing Pilot

Why would it be an issue with the type? A bit over dramatic, don't you think. The type has been in service for many years.[/quote] Not meaning this is what happened, but for the sake of bringing a non-dramatic example : might be a problem with a FBW software upgrade. In which cas, past performance s...

Re: Boeing, MRJ affected by falsified inspection report on metal supplied by Kobe Steel

This story kind of reminds me of a certain Japanese seat provider that also falsified tech documents. Two in Japan does not make a trend but I have to Wonder if there si something more systemic in it, like a race for performance with unreachable goals that would lead to shortcuts, and then you hide ...

Re: Largest T-tail, rear engine aircraft

C-130 a T-Tail? I mean, really? OK, an inverted T Tail then...

Re: Boeing targets Bombardier for “price dumping” CSeries

Apparently no decision was released yet by the Commerce dept... but BBD shares suddenly jumped 10% in the last hour. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//globe-investor/markets/stocks/summary/?q=BBD.B-T Me think someome knows something, somewhere. Or... The market is just following a rumour-based trend...

Re: Boeing targets Bombardier for “price dumping” CSeries

Apparently no decision was released yet by the Commerce dept... but BBD shares suddenly jumped 10% in the last hour. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//globe-investor/markets/stocks/summary/?q=BBD.B-T Me think someome knows something, somewhere. Or... The market is just following a rumour-based trend...

Re: Alaska Airlines unveils San Francisco Giants A321 livery

Shouldn't this airplane feature CFM engines?

Re: Water bomber hits boat on takeoff (video)

Major error = yes Reckless = your opinion, knowing nothing about those pilots BTW I would certainly not call aerobatic display teams such as the PAF, Red Arrows, Thunderbirds etc. 'circus' pilots, as those are well-trained displays done by selected pilots (selected owing to their skills and surprise...

Re: Water bomber hits boat on takeoff (video)

Dear all and esp; WaterBomber. You might not have heard of the very low rainfalls in France for over a year, and the state of most of our lakes or rivers that prevent our -415s from using them to refill. You might not know either that tankering in formation is normal procedure, although I admit that...

Re: Orion project may get canceled

So this L2 station would not be permanently crewed?

Re: Orion project may get canceled

"I think it's actually a pretty ingenious plan. It's flexible for many different mission types. It mitigates technology risk by reusing proven elements from the ISS. It's mass efficient. It accommodates international partners. It has lots of opportunities for commercial contracting. It's a nice...

Re: Best Replacement Engines for the B52

The BR-715 for the HGW 717 variant at 21,000 lbs would be ideal, and matches the upgraded variant of the TF-33. In fact, I believe this is the model they were looking at for more recent re-engineing proposals. I never heard anything about the BR-725 being proposed. I wouldn't hold your breath. I th...

Re: Thompson Aero reveals new narrowbody lie flat Business Class

VC10er wrote:
I used to fly over 250,000 international flights a year for work

Gosh!!!... That's 685 flights per day, 28.5 flight per hour, and you made it longhaul? That's the most well kept VIP secret of all times, VIPs fly the new NASP Mach20+ Flagship Stratoramjet

Re: British Airways B788 flies for 9 hours despite lightning strike; aircraft grounded for a week

I think everyone complaining in here that lightning strike is completely normal blah blah blah is forgetting to add "for aluminium aircraft" to their statements. It's still a novel occurrence for composite aircraft, and although the mesh is supposed to mitigate things I would expect cauti...