The 757 is single aisle and was meant to be a follow on to the 727. The 753 was suppressed for over a decade as it would have competed with the 762. The 767 is twin aisle and was meant to be an A300 competitor. why didn't they build the 767 wide enough for 2 4 2 in Y then, to be a true competitor? ...
Jump to postA smaller 757 base model would have eliminated the need to grow the 737 to fill the 727 niche. There was nothing wrong with the 737 growing into the 727's "niche." But there were problems when the 737 grew to take over part of the 757 niche. A smaller 757 could have grown into the the 757...
Jump to postBut the 737 NG and the Max which is based on the NG are heavier planes than the classic 737's. The NG rewinging and landing gear upgrades made the 600 too heavy to be a 200 or 500 replacement. The 737 went from a 100 seat puddle jumper to a 200+ seat mid to transcontinental plane. Boeing won't have ...
Jump to postThe 757-200 was too big to be a 737 killer. It started out as a 727-300 sized aircraft but with long and heavy landing gear designed for the eventual 757-300 stretched version.
Jump to postThe 757 is single aisle and was meant to be a follow on to the 727. The 753 was suppressed for over a decade as it would have competed with the 762. The 767 is twin aisle and was meant to be an A300 competitor. Boeing would have been better off designing the 757 as a direct replacement for the 727-...
Jump to postIceland has a small population, and it's not very far from the British Isles. It's pretty easy to fly KEF-LHR and have a one-stop flight.
Jump to postOuch. Just checked pricing on 2/3-2/6 for non-stop flights: PVD: DL $1039 B6 $1582 WN: Sold Out BOS: DL: $1510 AA: $1511 B6: $1696 UA: $3319 WN: Sold Out ATL: UA: $549 AA: $559 DL: $607 WN: $745 If you can afford Super Bowl tickets, you can afford these airfares. At those prices, it might be worthw...
Jump to postWhy? The only support for the 717 will be from Delta. There will be thousands of 737NG's that will become available for freight conversions after the 737MAX's start coming off the line and into airline service. Is the 737NG as suited for freight ops as compared to say the -200? The -300 and -400 ar...
Jump to postWhy? The only support for the 717 will be from Delta. There will be thousands of 737NG's that will become available for freight conversions after the 737MAX's start coming off the line and into airline service.
Jump to postSince I made my original post, I blocked that number. That same number tried calling me again, and the log says it was blocked both times.
Jump to postDid anyone figure out for sure what the callsign is? I always thought it was a SAM flight but I also heard on TV this morning that they were using "Executive 1". Also what time are they expected into PSP? If anyone is tracking this flight on ATC maybe you can post where they are at so I c...
Jump to postAbout 45 minutes ago I got an unsolicited call from a caller in the country of Vanuatu. I recognized that the call was not from anywhere in North America due to the country code and did not answer it. I'm pretty familiar with where most countries are located in the globe, but I had to look this one ...
Jump to postVenison bugers. They are very low fat and have no added synthetic hormones.
Jump to postI was misreading. The 748I had a stretched 744 upper deck. All the factory built freighters, the 200F, 400F, and 8F have the same upper deck as the 200's
Jump to postblacksoviet wrote:What is the difference between a 747-100 and a 747-100B?
But the improved aerodynamics of the SUD made up for the extra weight. Not really. The old short upper deck was actually better aerodynamically. The best comparison would be the 744F vs. 744pax. The F will always do much better than the pax version at the same GW and fuel flow. My experience was yo...
Jump to postI always thought the 742B had more range than the 743. It did, because the 743 was basically just a 742B with the extended upper deck, and consequently a higher empty weight. Actually, the 743 was, for all intents and purposes, a 742B SUD. But the improved aerodynamics of the SUD made up for the ex...
Jump to post[*]8 747-329SF (EW-465TQ) (msn 24837) is still hauling freight in Eastern Europe for Transavia Export Airlines. The frame is 26 years old. When is it scheduled to be retired? Is the CF6-50E2 engine worth anything? Can this engine be installed on a 747SP? There were no GE powered SP's. Most had P&...
Jump to postOnce the KC-46 enters the fleet in significant numbers, the KC-10 becomes redundant. There are over 500 KC-135's to replace. At 2 per month that's over 20 years of production. There are 59 KC-10's. That's another 2.5 years of production. Are the KC46's going to have the capacity to replace the KC-1...
Jump to postWhere are the CSeries coming into this story? Didn't UA order 40+ 737's at heavily discounted prices and then turn around shortly afterwards and order more? Why would they now order 50+ CSeries? The A321's make a lot of sense especially for the SFO hub as well as EWR. I personally never understood ...
Jump to postIf the KC-135R's are estimated to have a life extendable to 2040, is it possible the USAF might sell some to other air forces as KC-46's come online in the USAF?
Jump to postOnce the KC-46 enters the fleet in significant numbers, the KC-10 becomes redundant. There are over 500 KC-135's to replace. At 2 per month that's over 20 years of production. There are 59 KC-10's. That's another 2.5 years of production. Are the KC46's going to have the capacity to replace the KC-1...
Jump to postI let my wife give a dual SIM 2G phone to her grandmother overseas knowing that the 2G networks in the US would be shut down. T-Mobile still has its 2G GSM network running for now. T-Mobile told me over a year ago that they would be shutting down their 2G network. It was easier to give the phone to...
Jump to postI let my wife give a dual SIM 2G phone to her grandmother overseas knowing that the 2G networks in the US would be shut down.
Jump to postThe title says it all really. BA32 arrives at LHR daily at 04:45 and BA28 follows at 04:55. Why are these flights scheduled so close together? Similarly, flights BA16 and BA12 from Singapore arrive within 20 minutes of each other each morning (though BA16 originates at SYD). The reason is because t...
Jump to postSimple answer is the 747-SP has longer range than a 747-200. However ten years after the 747-SP was released there were a small number of 747-200s which could fly almost as far, but with payload restrictions and of course the 747-200 weighed more, so not an especially economic proposition. It was t...
Jump to postJFK has to be at least as bad as LAX. There is no airside transportation between terminals. If I had to make an international connection in the NYC area, I would fly United to EWR to connect to their hub to point routes in western Europe. There is no need to change terminals. Some of the corridors a...
Jump to postIt's the same kind of thing with one or two European airline/services too. Air France for example LHR-CDG ...AF1081 A320 departs 06:20, AF1381 A319 departs 06:40 Slots are key these days. Obviously nothing to do with time zones on this route, but interesting none the less. Both 06:20 and 06:40 are ...
Jump to postI had back surgery performed by a very prominent neurosurgeon in Houston back in 2001. He had numerous international patients who would fly to Houston, have spinal surgery, then fly back home on the third day after surgery.
Jump to postAnother decision to kill the AF/KL/MP cargo department. Seen the low fuel prices (also predicted in the next years) it would IMHO more economical to keep operating the combi's, providing main deck cargo capacity at multiple destinations. Lower deck cargo can never replace the seven 10 feet pallet p...
Jump to postI wouldn't be surprised if the C-5 replacement is a BWB. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a civilian model of the same plane for freight airlines.
Jump to postHere's a comment from a pilot friend of mine: For starters: Here is a photo showing the wind farm obstructions south of Baffin Bay causing "severe thunderstorm ⛈ " weather radar returns. This visibly identifies just some of the issues with wind turbines. http://i65.tinypic.com/ic1p1y.jpg
Jump to postPosted: Jan 13, 2017 3:49 AM CST Updated: Jan 13, 2017 3:49 AM CST http://www.kristv.com/story/34252329/rep-farenthold-introduces-bill-to-limit-wind-turbines-near-military-airfields TEXAS - Congressman Blake Farenthold has introduced a bill attempting to limit the number of wind turbines near milit...
Jump to postTime zone differences between the origin and destination and curfews at either airport.
Jump to postHonestly, I think option 5 would be very expensive for the value received. Both the rental car facility and and the remote parking are quite far from the terminal complex. It's funny to me this topic came up, as I used the subway for the first time in many years just this month to meet a friend who...
Jump to postI like the idea of replacing the systems in the original tunnels. I like not having to go outside to connect landside between terminals plus the Marriott hotel. Houston has lots of rain and from April to October it gets pretty hot and humid.
Jump to postI'm not fond of conspiracy theories, but I would't be suprized if Airbus waits for the point of no return of this 737-10 and then presents an incremental A321 improvement. Assuming Airbus feels a threat that they need to do so. And if they do, and it proves to keep the A321 just as popular, then be...
Jump to post.... since any good coup d'etat starts with ignoring those pesky details and laws regarding elections and hand over of power, exactly nothing will come from it though. best regards Thomas The democrats got their asses handed to them in a landslide election. The american people (real Americans, not ...
Jump to postso since Republicans hold the majority, they would just give the presidency to Trump.. To bad, they don't go with the popular vote when both candidates don't reach 270. It wouldn't be an ordinary vote by individual members of the House. Each state delegation to the House would have 1 vote. A candid...
Jump to postIf you look at all the elections nationwide, the country is definitely swinging to the right, after 8 years. Not it's not. The country looks the way it does because of gerrymandering. The country is absolutely moving to the left, which is why the GOP has to resort to voter suppression and gerrymand...
Jump to postI'm glad my wife flew from FLL Thursday night rather than Friday! My wife wife has had weird timing with regards to airports in the last year. She was scheduled to fly through Istanbul a week after the terrorist bombing of that airport. Then she rescheduled to the end of July. Then there was the cou...
Jump to postWhat? Immediate termination without severance for merely being under investigation for crimes? No indictment, no conviction? He wasn't just under investigation, he was under a RICO investigation. There's a reason they showed him the door as soon as the investigation became public, because guilty or...
Jump to postPart of the money was probably hush money. More accurately, I think it was "Please go away quietly" money. They wanted him gone with as little fanfare or scrutiny as possible; to sever ties cleanly and immediately. Without a big payday, he could have easily made a scene. What troubles me ...
Jump to postSomeone should have recorded the exchange so that we would really see what happened. But at the end of the day, the passenger here is in the wrong no matter what her circumstances. Now...the added comments the article says the FA supposedly said afterwards "leave your personal issues at the do...
Jump to postWhen America Air West bought US Air and rebranded as US Air, they changed the black US Air livery to white due to heat issues especially at PHX.
Jump to postWhat media attention? Who's running stories on JL's seating configuration? An airline removing 30 seats for no financial benefit isn't going to happen. 99% of economy passengers don't take the seating configuration into account when buying a ticket. Heck, I bet if your average economy passenger con...
Jump to postDemolish new terminals? What for? What's needed is nonstop train service from a terminal to downtown and midtown Manhattan. Add in airside connector trains between terminals. Also build 2 new runways. I think President Trump might be interested in making the EPA and other federal agencies streamline...
Jump to postThere definitely would be demand for a modern A300/310-200 specifically designed for short to medium routes, but I doubt there would be enough demand to make the project financially attractive to Airbus All the subsequent widebodies have big heavy wings, and are designed for much longer routes. Why...
Jump to postI think Boeing had to add an additional pair emergency exits to be certified for 200 passengers.
Jump to postWell... Hawaii. :biggrin: The island of Niʻihau was considered as a possible location for the United Nations headquarters in 1944 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt had visited Hawaiʻi in 1934.[21] Under Cordell Hull, Roosevelt's Secretary of State, the State Department seriously studied the propo...
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