For those not old enough to remember, the Dassault Mercure had a HUD (captain's seat). And this was in the 70s!!! Air Inter, who pioneered cat III / autoland in the late 60s, got converted to the HUD when available and ordered them for their A320 (1988) and A330 (1994).
Jump to postOK, just a personal tribute here. I was lucky enough to have my first encounter & flight on the mighty 330 even before it entered service, on a route-proofing flight with passengers, operated by Airbus and the French DGAC between ORY and NCE in the summer of 1993. A soon-to-be Air Inter bird, st...
Jump to postSomehow I want SpaceX to be a company traded at the stock exchange - that would force Elon to reveal significant developments, like the milestones achieved in reusability. On the other hand... I don't want locusts err... investors to decide SpaceX' fate. I'm fully with you regarding the 'locusts'. ...
Jump to post$797 million of abnormal production costs from the temporary suspension of 737 MAX production
At least a 797... oh wait?
PepeTheFrog wrote:Jump to postBoeing took a $797 million charge in Q1:
https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-04-29 ... er-Results$797 million of abnormal production costs from the temporary suspension of 737 MAX production
If I were them I would have gone further: 737-8(00)
Jump to postDoes that mean that we are left again with a SPOF?
Jump to postThis colour scheme is so reminiscent of the one they had during the 80s (although that one was green). Really cool!
Jump to postIt was not a Canadian regulator proposal but an internal message leaked to the net. So, not an official position.
Jump to postMaybe 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.
Jump to postNG 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.
Jump to postPrecooler 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.
Jump to post"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 ...
Jump to postAm 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) ?
Jump to postIn 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...
Jump to postDon't know if airfoils were strictly identical, but if you superpose the L1011 wing with the Il-86's, they perpectly match.
Jump to postMeanwhile, SpaceX just announced they will furlough 600 people (10% of their workforce)...
Jump to postThat thing sure looks like it comes from a 1949 SF comic book !!!
Jump to postThe 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...
Jump to postFOD? 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.
Jump to postHow 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.
Jump to postThe 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.
Jump to postAdd to that that airlines use derated take off settings as often as possible (flex ?)
Jump to postNOTAMs are not here to publish reasons; just to give information and warnings.
Jump to postIn March this year I crossed the atlantic on a 8 hrs trip with Air caraïbes' A350, and the seat was surprisingly comfortable.
Jump to postThat yemeni war is also a communication war. I remain very cautious regarding such news...
Jump to postI think he or she who drew the cockpit view, never step foot in an actual one
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)
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...
Jump to postTomato 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...
Jump to postIt 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...
Jump to postApparently some Airlines (AF) strictly prohibit drinking during layovers.
Jump to postThis picture of the roadster and spaceman, with earth as a background, sure will make history... and feature in tomorrow's newspapers!
Jump to postWhy 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).
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...
Jump to postLike 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.
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...
Jump to postThat'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 ...
Jump to postWhen 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...
Jump to postRalXWB 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
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...
Jump to postThis 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 ...
Jump to postC-130 a T-Tail? I mean, really? OK, an inverted T Tail then...
Jump to postApparently 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...
Jump to postApparently 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...
Jump to postShouldn't this airplane feature CFM engines?
Jump to postMajor 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...
Jump to postDear 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...
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