A380 or 747 production re-start is impossible economically and thus a non-starter. Neither is anyone going to design a new cleansheet VLA in A380 range in the next 20+ years for one or two customers (EK+BA). I don’t agree with what you are saying, in the aerospace industry if you were to fund a pro...
Jump to posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYcxhQYSzRo Your flight is at 20 minutes 20 seconds :D edit: There's also a similar go around of a 748 at 2:18:40 The videos look to me like positive shear, when there is a gust of wind down the runway in the flare that increases the aircraft indicated speed causing ...
Jump to postThe primary load case on wing is upwards bending moment. Hanging heavier engines only helps to reduce that primary load(assuming same MTOW) What is also not being stated is the more efficient engine will have a lower fuel fraction, and thus lower weights and lower fuel burns for a given sector, thi...
Jump to postWhat is the evidence that Airbus A380 work enabled Boeing to include any of these on the 787? Airbus makes the composite rear pressure bulkhead for the 787, it developed the resin film infusion process to build the rear pressure bulkhead for the A380, https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/an-ele...
Jump to postCan anybody name a single piece of intellectual property that Airbus (or a contractor) developed for the A380 and then transferred to Boeing to help the 787? Composite aft pressure bulkhead, ADFX avionics network, cabin pressure controller, 4xVF Generating System, distributed electrical network, El...
Jump to postSince the A380 was developed, there has been just as much fuel burn reduction on the airframe side as the engine side in my opinion and I'm an engine nut: 1. Wingtip treatments 2. CFRP wings. This is a huge deal vs. the 777x, A350, and 787. 3. Electrical subsystems (maintenance cost reduction and c...
Jump to postseat1a wrote:Was that PrivatAir? They flew a lot of niche routes, like Frankfurt or Munich to Pune?
Does anyone think something might spark back up when things get better? It has to be frustrating spending all that money and time on the project just to pull the plug. They hired a lot of people with experience from overseas to help with the certification and flight testing, some of my friends were...
Jump to postIs the 787 the only airplane that Boeing builds? How much of the 737Max are built in Japan? Same question for the 767s and 777s. Japan is a fascinating and very, very capable country, but it has it's struggles, too (as does every country). A significant amount of all Boeing models is built in Japan...
Jump to postThat’s a pretty big presumption that it was the passenger and not the employee that escalated this. I was through DFW on Aug 10/11. The 10th saw severe wx that caused an afternoon 3 hour ground stop. My AA flight diverted to LIT. I got to DFW almost 5 hours late and went to the AA FL for dinner bef...
Jump to postHi all, What are your opinions on this landing? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uDGtwhHj07I There is work being done at the other end of the runway, the threshold markings were moved to the start of the pavement, landing distance has been reduced by 300m. The precision approach for the airport have b...
Jump to postHaven't seen this posted yet. I'm kind of in his corner at the moment. Getting real tired of the lack of respect that people feel they can get away with. I don't know if he called for DFWPD. Spirit Airlines employee suspended after fighting woman in viral video https://www.foxnews.com/us/spirit-air...
Jump to postHardware workarounds with their AMS hardware to not infringe on MS and NAS hardware standards Owned by BOEING. This is utter hogwash, these standards are not owned by Boeing, they are in the public domain. In reality Airbus tends to do everything metric, and Boeing uses a mixture of imperial and me...
Jump to postPolot wrote:
They want a new plane, but EK does not want to spend the billions your suggestion would take. They want Airbus to spend those billions.
But how much would development cost? Would EK share the risk? If not, I don't think Airbus would develop such an airplane. Most airlines would want to see such a new kind of A380 fly revenue service before considering an order IMHO. If EK really want the aircraft, don’t see why they could not engag...
Jump to postStarlionblue wrote:Does the Trident Three's fourth engine count?
So much impatience over where 6E's used A320neo's land up. Jeez! And I hear this elsewhere too. It's most likely going through a D-check which could take up to two months. Add to that the time lag due legal hurdles of moving plane between countries and their registries. Also, the new operator would...
Jump to postChaostheory wrote:A little over 2000 cycles for our 777s I believe.
No idea about the rest.
That doesn’t really change the market value of planes. It just means airlines “lucky” enough to get brand new 787s at a heavy discount stand to make quite a bit of money in sale-leaseback deals. I was clear saying there was more to the transaction costs, industry knows the “airlines “lucky” enough”...
Jump to postFor a type with a relatively modest order book, the decline in A339 values is concerning considering how new the global fleet is. These transaction costs are only part of the picture, we know from the Boeing results that they took a charge of over 4 billion on the 787, that is compensation and disc...
Jump to postI've seen several posts on the supposedly prohibitive cost of the flight crew's salaries to the total cost of a given flight. But is it so? Salary is a direct cost bound to seniority, airplane size, working hours, airline and union agreements, and so on. But total cost is also related to other dire...
Jump to postI could not find a topic about this, please redirect me if it has already been discussed. Can APUs produce any meaningful thrust? And would it have any effect on an aircraft’s ETOPS certification? Short answer is the APU will not produce propulsive thrust to move the aircraft forward, however the A...
Jump to postNever heard of such thing , can you provide us a link for this claim ? What he was saying is correct “ To win the freighter order, Boeing agreed to convert a third of Qatar's existing order for 60 777X passenger planes, for which there is currently less demand, to the cargo version.” From https://w...
Jump to postBut those things already well thought out, and it all turns out to overwhelmingly favour EVs. Still not convinced, just did a plan on with a standard 2022 Tesla Model Y from JFK to LAX, it would take around 52 hrs, bit over 7 hours of that is spend at one of the 24 charging stations. ABRP Plan http...
Jump to postAccording to their July figures, Airbus still have a QR order for 38 -1000s on their books. Maybe the big cancellation was in the first days of August. Or maybe it never happened ... Not sure which site you looked at, I didn’t see anything on the Airbus site for the July 22 figures which indicates ...
Jump to postIf the aircraft aren't owned by QR, but QR are paying leasing fees on them, then the argument that QR are trying to cut capacity because they've over ordered (which they're not, as they've returned grounded aircraft to operation and leased other aircraft in) or trying extort money from Airbus as so...
Jump to postWell, if you believe the Qatari version of the story the QCAA will gradually remove the remainder of the A350's from service and ground them for safety reasons. Then the aircraft likely will rot away in the desert unless some miracle happens. The miracle likely being Airbus to buy all these planes ...
Jump to postIt takes 1.3kWh of electricity just to refine a litre of petrol, btw. This isn’t actually true, refineries generally use oil based products like waste fuel gas in an on site combined heat and power (cogeneration) facility, refineries are often nett electricity exporters. What people are doing are l...
Jump to postI agree this is a simplistisch view without takıng infrastructuren into consideration. But this will be the view that the public and policy makers will; EV's don't producer gassen, planes do... EVs do generate pollution, it is just the pollution is distant from the vehicle. A teslta with a 100 kWh ...
Jump to postHowever, it's not actually impossible that the two sides have reached some kind of agreement to terminate the rest of the undelivered order (as it's in both sides interests to do so) while agreeing that the dispute over the delivered aircraft is best settled in the pending court case. There has alw...
Jump to postYes, but is vastly less efficient then a EV. So, in 10 years time planes will be one of the biggest pollutants. Probably still after cruise ships, but efficiency compared to cars will be a losing battle… I simply don’t agree with those comments, when looking at the the true costs of running cars an...
Jump to postRight, but my main point was that the A330NEO wouldn't be a completely new type in the sense that current A330 pilots would be able to fly both versions as far as I know, whereas the 787 would be a completely new type altogether. Whether the airlines actually choose to purchase the A330NEO, on the ...
Jump to postmig17 wrote:It is not explicitly said the A330ceo replacement "is restricted to" 78X and A330neo
I can be a bit more precise regarding "the most economical plane, which is undoubtably the 78X" - 78X has lower unit cost (per seat, per m^2, etc) - 78X has higher revenue potential -- both passenger and cargo due it's extra space - 78X and A339 operating costs are nearly similiar. Does i...
Jump to postHow can the 78X be "too big" if there is room for a startup to suceed and sopihen traffic? If the startup is entering the market because there is excess demand, then the best thing China Airlines can do is get the most economical plane, which is undoubtably the 78X. Trying to compete with...
Jump to postWhat are the regulations in Canada? Seperate type ratings https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/acts-regulations/list-regulations/canadian-aviation-regulations-sor-96-433/standards/standard-421-flight-crew-permits-licences-ratings/standard-421-appendix-aircraft-type-designator-tables-includes-...
Jump to postikolkyo wrote:No one is talking about the A350.
They are never going to be payload weight limited regionally, again another useless metric for people who don’t understand the role the A330 has in their fleet.
Jump to postAt about 5500nm, the 78X carries ~1-2T more payload than a 251T A339, based on the competing payload-range charts on respective ACAPS. Winds are a different story, but the 78X cruises faster as well. At shorter ranges (<4000nm) the 78X carries ~12T more payload. Personally I think this is hogwash, ...
Jump to postPlease note that YVR/SEA-TPE block time in winter is 12:30-13:00 and in this season especially departing from North America, the A339Neo would not be able to operate this sector with a full payload. In summer season the block time is 45 minutes shorter. All this talk of long sectors is nonsense. Th...
Jump to postThere have been other customers complaining about the 'peeling paint' issue. Messages show Finnair (FIA1S.HE), which operates in the colder north, raised paint concerns as early as 2016, and reported in October 2019 that damage had spread below to the anti-lightning mesh. Cathay Pacific (0293.HK), ...
Jump to postI'm assuming there is a regulation about pilots/passengers wearing a parachute when dropping skydivers, not just because of open doors but also because the aircraft can become unairworthy due to a collision with a skydiver, chute, etc. Not that I am aware of, and the aircraft in question was design...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:He unbuckled, opened the door and leaned out.
Surely there had to be a safer way.
Also fewer injuries when loaded by containers. Could you provide a reference. I think it would be interesting to see the stats re: injuries sustained bulk load vs. container load. Thanks. e38 Container loading does not require anyone to be bent over inside a hold lifting bags. https://www.researchg...
Jump to postThis looks like a evolution of the system they have on the C295.
Jump to postThe B-2 bomber has only 308kn of combined thrust. So the B-21 has 83% of the thrust of the B-2. Taking into account single engine out performance it should be around 70-75% of the weight of the B-2 bomber. The B-2 bomber has a 170t MTOW and carries 75t of fuel and 18t of bombs. So 93t of fuel/paylo...
Jump to postI think I know the answer to this, and it has to do with cost, complexity and weight. However, a contrarotating propeller setup on a single-engine GA aircraft would it much easier to fly. Anyone who's driven dual-prop and single prop boats knows what I'm talking about. As a bonus, it would save CFI...
Jump to postI’d like to add that most airlines rewrite the FCOM to tailor it to their operations. The excerpts from the company A320 AOM on the NTSB docket for this investigation look pretty vanilla Airbus, a few words different like minimum crew changed from the standard “two pilots” to “one captain one first...
Jump to postAcey wrote:The big difference I see in bulk vs cans is in manpower. At YYC, 3-4 guys can do the front and back of a can-loaded 321 in about the same time as 6-7 guys on a 737.