Re: Your view of a pull out from Afghanistan ?

As the saying goes, 'The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend'. Not really up front as cause. Look at who moves all the "Mercenary Nomads of Jihad" around. Afghanistan to Iraq to Syria, ... and back. The majority of conflicts today are synthetic. A nice word here, some rich story dropped there....

Re: Your view of a pull out from Afghanistan ?

It's a double-edged sword. The country is by no means ready for a stable run of government sufficient to keep radical elements from seizing power, but western countries' patience have run out in terms of having people and materiel on the ground there. Perhaps there would have been far more resource...

Re: United States Mass Shooting Thread

The NRA doesn't condone people with suicidal thoughts to own guns. NRA seem to go for everybody should have a gun and use it. That includes the mentally defectives. Additionally the NRA seems to have spent a lot of energy on making any research into the topic at hand difficult. Give me a break. Why...

Re: US presidents dealing with China

c933103 wrote:

It took the previous administration three years and a pandemic to realize that China isn't a partner worth making agreement is as their government isn't one that can keep promise,

Re: Was the V22 tilt rotor the only candidate to replace the C2 ?

The V-22 has a higher MTOW and lower empty weight than the C-2 greyhound. So with the same payload the V-22 can carry considerably more fuel. The V-22 has double the max payload weight compared to the C-2 (9,070kg vs 4,536 kg). The V-22 also has a higher ferry range 2,230 nmi vs 2,000nm. https://en...

Re: Hybrid rocket

Hybrid rockets? You mean, ones with an air intake, so that the rocket doesn't have to carry all the oxidizer? Yeah, you are right. To be more accurate the term ``hybrid`` has been given to this rocket because it combines solid Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene (HTPB) fuel and 90% Hydrogen Peroxide ...

Re: Relationship orthodox and secular Jews in Israel

Theocracy, what's not to like ? It is more insidious afaics. A group with privileges, high birthrate and massive alimentation from the social system. From a secluded fringe group to a loud overbearing "moral majority" sect that can't be bothered with the "worldly" framework of t...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

The XLR clearly is made to be usable on shorter routes. The fuel compartment takes less space now and the final tank, if needed for maxed out long range routes, is modular and can be taken out. It is not your old A321 anymore as they now have the new Airbus cabin flex fuselage new door configuratio...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper for them to created a brand new narrowbody rather than a complex ovoid 7-abreast widebody that would have weird length and width ratio to compete with A321XLR? What people overlook is that the XLR is a niche product. A major niche apparently but the XLR is bojed by...

Re: Was the V22 tilt rotor the only candidate to replace the C2 ?

No, the V-22 was far from the cheapest option. In fact, it was ludicrous, in both capability and cost compared to the others. Yes the V-22 is by far the cheapest option to get cargo to ships. I'm sick of hearing people say that it is expensive. Nothing can come close to the cost. Previously when th...

Re: Strange business names

I was driving through a town in the Irish midlands a few years back and there was a hair salon called "Curl Up & Dye"! Q: In the movie Blues Brothers : what was the shop name of the murderous girl played by Leia ( i.e. Carrie Fisher) ? afair there is one scene were her shops neon sign...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

Lol, what is a hoop stress? circumferential forces in s pressure vessels skin caused by positive pressure differential. ( what you need the iron hoop for on a wooden barrel. :-) Now what he meant was the forces needed to keep that same vessel in a shape deviating from the circular form ( ... and I ...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

< good enumeration> Fred State of the art at Airbus ( and Dassault as prime software provider ) seems to be "a fully parametric complete airplane design system." change something and the software will propagate that change and its fall out over the complete design. That is not just good C...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

Boeing can't offer "just another NB craft" and make it stick that this offer is so much better than an A321xyz. It must be a twin aisle design where you can talk about "never before, best of breed, ... and thus Super". It's more along the lines of Boeing (or any airframer for th...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

If it was all about the engines A330neo would be remarkably successful, instead it is remarkably unsuccessful. 331 ( -800,-900) vs 418 ( -8,-9,-10 ) another 85 A330CEO were sold in the same timeframe. I would not describe that as "remarkably unsuccessful". actually not bad at all and gain...

Re: Strange business names

Not sure what’s so shocking about Jihad... it’s a common Islamic name. I work on and off with a guy in Jordan called Jihad. On the face of it had negative connotations.... but that’s just due ignorance. You’ve travelled an awful lot and this surprises me that you’ve posted it. Probably because some...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

In the end, there has to be a reason/reasons why it appears Boeing feels a twin-aisle works for NMA better than a single-aisle. It is not public knowledge what their internal studies determined or what their discussions with airlines entailed that would have pushed them to twin aisles over a single...

Re: Your Bad Experiences with the Police

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? This is valid in court proceedings. Your are not in court :-) And police hasn't got the full "Street Judges" qualification yet :-) Another domain: Media don't want to hear about it either. guilty beyond any redeeming information or act.

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

seahawk wrote:

The A322 should never compete against the NMA. If it can, even with a new wing, the NMA has no business case.

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

par13del wrote:

Noshow wrote:

Boeing fighting the A321XLR rear center tank via the certification route seems to indicate they themselves plan to go for something like it possibly a tad bigger.

Since EASA dismissed Boeing attempt to fight, how is this relevant?

Re: Your Bad Experiences with the Police

Never had an issue. Turn car off, Put keys on dash, hands on wheel and follow their directions you will never have a problem. Be a white male... Had Floyd or Garner done what he suggested or the equivalent for the situation, they’d be alive today. Fight back and you’ll have a long day or night, I d...

Re: Strange business names

T18 wrote:

Fifth Third Bank will always sound made up to me.
I'm sure if I think hard enough I know a few other really odd ones but none pop up right now.

Re: Your Bad Experiences with the Police

The place i went to Uni also hosted the regional police school. One night, driving my Heinkel Scooter turning left at a traffic lights ( separate left and ahead lights ) into the street where a police car was waiting for "green". 20m past them they switched on their siren and started a cha...

Re: Strange business names

General Motors & General Electric are strange names in my ESL book. What's so general about the cars GM make , or the appliances GE make? On GM: created a s holding for various automobile/motor related companies: Durant formed the General Motors Company in 1908 as a holding company, with partne...

Re: Strange business names

General Motors & General Electric are strange names in my ESL book. What's so general about the cars GM make, or the appliances GE make? Hehe: " International union of engineers" covering the US and Canada. Catholic Church ( with "catholic" ’= most common ) ... and at the ti...

Re: TUI 737 weight incident traced to ‘Miss’ interpretation of female passengers

So the terms "Ms." and "Miss" were used by flight critical W&B software in the determination of final W&B (subject to captain's approval)? How did that happen? The reservations software might as well have asked passengers if they are "big" or "small,"...

Re: Boeing CEO's Comments On Their Next Airplane

People seem to conveniently forget that the A320neo has outsold the A321neo People conveniently forget that times change ( capabilities too ). Airbus expects to grow A321 output to 50% in the reasonably near future. Now that the A321NEOxyz reaches that magic range customers will buy the larger bird...

Re: TUI 737 weight incident traced to ‘Miss’ interpretation of female passengers

Weight and balance has always been and forever will be a guessing game. Especially, in the airline industry. If my 777 actually weights within 5,000 lbs of what is listed on the paperwork, I’d be stunned. As long as your paperweight is higher than the real weight there isn't even an issue, is there?

Re: Belgian police seizes 27.6 tonnes cocaine in 40 days.

Duterte: Drug war failed PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has admitted his administration’s war on drugs was a failure. https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/04/04/news/headlines/duterte-drug-war-failed/535127/ So, thousands killed (not an insignificant number found to be innocent later) for basically nothing....

Re: Need pic´s of an A320 Pylon with CFM56

There should be mix of pylon pictures in this link: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fairbus-h.assetsadobe2.com%2Fis%2Fimage%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Flocations%2Ffrance%2Ftoulouse%2FFrance_Toulouse_St-Eloi_Interior_1.jpg%3Fwid%3D1000%26qlt%3D85%2C0&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airbus.co...

Re: TUI 737 weight incident traced to ‘Miss’ interpretation of female passengers

This does have passenger service implications beyond weight and balance of the aircraft, which is not a trivial issue or something to be made light of. IMO, it would be best to require the date of birth of all passengers be included in all reservations, domestic or international, both to ensure tha...

Re: Airport Neighbors Unhappier Than Ever About Noise, Despite Quieter Planes

I have seen babies kept before the TV to get used to the noise.. upside down you have it. Radio TV turned louder to "tune out" the baby noise. If everybody would angst ladden look at me I'd scream my lungs out too. :-) Many years back on the Hamburg to Harwich boat: next table sat a young...

Re: Would US Military Ever Sell C-5 to the Civilian Cargo Market?

Also the An-124 is almost 20 years newer than the C5. how long would a C5 take the hard use that the An-124 get? and capabilities aren't the same. Internal infrastructure and the demand on external infrastructure are far apart, aren't they? C5 is a box carrier, The Antonov a tramp freighter with he...

Re: Former NFL player kills five in latest US mass shooting

The title of this thread is not correct. It isn't a mass shooting. CNN is using this tactic of now calling all gun crime a mass shooting. It was a murder suicide and I would wait for the facts to come out I bet it wasn't random. Explain why Children and the HVAC employees were killed. Deflection? W...

Re: The most advanced private space company of the present time

Blue Origin is the best company on the ground. Take a look at just their facilities on/near CCSFS, and the rocket engine plant in Huntsville. SpaceX - doing experiments in real time. Got re-use to actually work. Starlink has a bright future. Kinda hacked together. ULA/ Boeing /Lockheed (and Ariane)...

Re: A350F. Airbus looking to launch: Looking for customers

MZFW has gone from 237,683 Kilos on the 77W and 248,115 on 77F to 254,918 on the 779. It's gone up a lot. No idea if they can get the same delta on an 778F vs 779 as they did on the 77F vs 77W but you would have to guess they will get something more. Forced to preserve payload. The 777X airframes a...

Re: A350F. Airbus looking to launch: Looking for customers

would need long runways though... like all the way from departure to destination :biggrin: Interesting that Boeing was driven to offer this for the already ULH 777-8 ... The 77W does not gain from longer runways. It reaches wheelspeed llimits before the runway runs out. With the new X-wing the spee...

Re: WN - A220 vs MAX "Never A Competition"

The real question is can you make more money by having two fleets rather than one. Hmm and "not quite". the cusp is when to accept a two type fleet ( for a while?). at some point in time they will have to ween themselves of the 737 family. It will go away. that is certain. established man...

Re: A350F. Airbus looking to launch: Looking for customers

would need long runways though... like all the way from departure to destination :biggrin: Interesting that Boeing was driven to offer this for the already ULH 777-8 ... The 77W does not gain from longer runways. It reaches wheelspeed llimits before the runway runs out. With the new X-wing the spee...

Re: A350F. Airbus looking to launch: Looking for customers

It also does have a completely new gear so it may have been designed for much higher landing weights. The wingbox is new/stronger as well. The full set of newer 777 versions all run up against limits in runway loading. They already are the highest loads in the market. 4 axle bogie, much wider splay...

Re: Exclusive- Airbus floating concept for A380 combi