That's not surprising and it was inevitable. Looking forward to seeing those on the production line.
Jump to postCNBC did a report on South Carolina which Phil LeBeau was at the Charleston plant throughout the day. He's standing in front of I believe Xiamen's plane which is in front of Vietnam Airlines' #4 plane. ANA 345 is in the far distance which is opposite of the line that Phil is standing on. The subject...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#303" class="quote">Reply 303</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> No, it is n...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/theaviator380" class="quote" target="_blank">theaviator380</a> (<a href="#147" class="quote">Reply 147</a>):<br/><i>Just don't get it. </i></fon...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#301" class="quote">Reply 301</a>):<br/><i>If Boeing would be aloud to move more ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CALTECH" class="quote" target="_blank">CALTECH</a> (<a href="#113" class="quote">Reply 113</a>):<br/><i>Checking the 777 United manual , it show...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#57" class="quote">Reply 57</a>):<br/><i>If someone in a maintenace shop orders a par...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#284" class="quote">Reply 284</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Not going t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B777fan" class="quote" target="_blank">B777fan</a> (<a href="#218" class="quote">Reply 218</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> He's free to ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#198" class="quote">Reply 198</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> You're nitpicki...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#187" class="quote">Reply 187</a>):<br/><i>Is it just me or is it that the Maintenanc...
Jump to postOkay, so this particular component may explain why it may have survived for so long. The list of materials states that the skin is made of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic laminate, the bonded parts is a GFRP honeycomb sandwich on the leading edge & skin panel, and the upper/lower skin panel is a ...
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Jump to postKenya Airways posted a $252 million loss for the quarter which might explain why they were not in a suitable position to accept 2 brand new 787's at Charleston for their fleet. They're in the process of selling off aircrafts in order to stay afloat.
Jump to postWhich might explain why Kenya can't take the 2 787's at Charleston. Both are occupying valuable slots which they've had to be creative with where they're putting them. Currently they are occupying the L3 and A6 slots. Eventually the A6 will have to go in front of the FAL building next to the Dreamli...
Jump to post<a href="http://i.imgur.com/wj6HYvfl.png">777 Flaperon</a> This is specific to all MAS 777 frames which this is from a maint manual for MAS. So you can see panel 657 <acronym title="Balair/CTA (Switzerland)">BB</acronym> highlighted in this. Yesterday I linked the one for the left wing which is 557 ...
Jump to postThis is from two different maintenance manuals on the 777. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/OAw6AOc.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://i.imgur.com/OAw6AOc.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://i.imgur.com/OAw6AOc.jpg" target="_blank"><img border=0 src="http://i.imgur.com/OAw6AOc.jpg" width="650" heigh...
Jump to postAll are unlikely. JetBlue? I mean duh! Wouldn't happen. Southwest likes single fleet commonality. What possible incentive is there for Hawaiian? Alaska Airlines is the only most likely one because of their 737 fleet but I seriously doubt they would want to acquire Alaska for the same market space th...
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Jump to posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9L3XAzvYXg At 2:11, you can notice that Boeing started construction on the 777X Static Test Facility a little while ago. The building should be finished by mid-2017 at the very latest. They will not be doing the Static Test in the main factory like they did with the ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bikerthai" class="quote" target="_blank">bikerthai</a> (<a href="#194" class="quote">Reply 194</a>):<br/><i>Hope not, I looking forward to my an...
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Jump to postThere are a varieties of reasons that makes the backlog seem longer over another. For example a customer with a 50+ order on either narrow bodies or wide bodies are not expecting those orders to be fulfilled in the short term. They project all those deliveries over a 5+ year period. For example, Sou...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/qf789" class="quote" target="_blank">qf789</a> (<a href="#173" class="quote">Reply 173</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> There is a media ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/777Jet" class="quote" target="_blank">777Jet</a> (<a href="#51" class="quote">Reply 51</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> No, the 787 was 7...
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Jump to post<a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2015/07/22/2003623587" target="_blank">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2015/07/22/2003623587</a> This was in the Taiwanese news which seems to indicate that they will order either the 787 or A350 and 24-26 of them total. The article ...
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Jump to postAny tsunami affecting Everett or Seattle would have to keep its strength past the Strait (between Washington & Vancouver Island), the San Juan Islands, in between Port Townsend & Whidbey, and then around Whidbey Island going past Mulkilteo towards or south from Whidbey towards Seattle. So th...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/STT757" class="quote" target="_blank">STT757</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Which is not a co...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pek777" class="quote" target="_blank">pek777</a> (<a href="#101" class="quote">Reply 101</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> There is no 757...
Jump to postThis is a patent filed by Zodiac, a seat manufacturer. This doesn't mean that budget airlines will be implementing it. It still has to go through certifications such as evacuation requirements.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mcogator" class="quote" target="_blank">mcogator</a> (<a href="#40" class="quote">Reply 40</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I thought you...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/nikeherc" class="quote" target="_blank">nikeherc</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i>The P&C article mentioned a flight r...
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Jump to postI did a pretty quick job demonstrating the layout of the possible flight paths that's in my head. Since the Cessna took off from Berkeley Airport, they weren't in the air that long which they were ascending in order to fly to Myrtle Beach while the F-16 was descending. I'm going to assume that the F...
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Jump to postThis happened about 10 miles from my house which I found out when I was at work. My assumption is that the Shaw fighter was preparing to land at Charleston Air Force Base (plenty of fighters land at Charleston especially from the Navy like the P-3s and P-8s) from the north while the Cessna was flyin...
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