Anybody heard or read anything substantive, regarding the likely timing of a rate increase? The most recent info I've read on the subject was regarding the harvesting of engines from the finished aircraft inventory, which leads me to believe that Boeing doesn't expect the supply issues to resolve q...
Jump to postOn a side note, the C919 has a great cross section for cargo. That said, I do not know the details and what is the limit of validity? We had a thread where horizontal stabilizer cracks were brought up, so I am wondering on the LOV for the C919: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=143892...
Jump to postUpdate on the presumed wreckage - a University of Washington vessel was able to produce a 3D sonar image that shows the target is the right dimensions to be the aircraft. The recovery effort is being planned: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/floatplane-wreckage-located-in-mutiny-bay/ A “lar...
Jump to postLookin at the Boom website is interesting... https://boomsupersonic.com/overture 600+ profitable routes? The only potential things I can see are TATL routes. With the 4250nm published range, there aren't many options out of LAX/SFO. .... Anyone know what "600" other routes they have in mi...
Jump to postSearchers have identified a target of interest during sonar scans looking for the wreckage. They will be sending ROV's down to determine if it is wreckage from the crash, although a time frame has not been given yet for how soon that could occur: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/whidbey-pla...
Jump to post...legacy business model..." Let me translate that: We are a cool start up that don't need to uphold to realities provided by partners who are the experts and can VC our way to a solution... I would translate it a little more generously as: Boom doesn't have the capital to fund engine developm...
Jump to postBelow is a summary of the data that Flightradar24 posted. I'm giving speed in mph, because the weather data and DHC-3 manual use mph. I used the link above to Dr. Cliff Mass' website for weather data. Note that the altitude data has a precision of 100 feet, so it appears to change in steps in Flight...
Jump to postThe potential consequences are non-trivial, and there might not be a net benefit to Russia's operational safety. That sir, is the understatement of the century! :D I meant that in terms of a very restrained US response, which I think would be the likely response given the posture so far. But yes, t...
Jump to postThanks for your replies. I thought that an aircraft that gathers valuable SIGINT is not, exactly, "peaceful". Russia knows that this thingy is helping the Ukrainians in the turret-tossing business. It may not be neutral, but it also is not belligerent, in terms of how the Hague Convention...
Jump to postAs a pilot, I understand the angst of shutting down an engine that appears to be functioning well. But, as I am continually reminded, the engineers in Toulouse (or Seattle) are a hell of a lot smarter than me. The report references the cockpit voice recorder to discuss their reasoning. Hesitance to...
Jump to postThose concerned about the captain's rest period, please follow the link to the report in the first post and at least look for discussion of this matter. Notice that the investigators did not find any concerns with the fact that a rest period was taken, even with the initial suspicion of a fuel leak....
Jump to postIt definitely seems to be about as routine as planes flying these days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M018DAaNd_E Another successful Starlink launch and 1st stage recovery. They've reached a level of routine that seems like a major step change in the space launch business, but we're still talking...
Jump to postAs a shareholder, I support dividends and buybacks. I take a risk and invest in a company, and appreciate something in return from them, airline or not. With buybacks, the return isn't obvious, though. All the big US companies (not just airlines) were doing buybacks before COVID. If you didn't sell...
Jump to postBuy backs are a better longer term investment than dividends. No actually not. https://www.sandstoneam.com/insight/buybacks-and-insider-selling That article is not about the wisdom of dividends vs. buybacks. It's about the wisdom of buybacks vs large amounts of debt. Taking on debt to fund buybacks...
Jump to postWhy? If I have invested in a company and it is more tax efficient to increase my net wealth by owning more of a company rather than paying punitive tax on a dividend and in some regions the tax on share dividends would make you cry they are so high why not take a share buyback. Preventing a company...
Jump to postAAlaxfan wrote:Looks like it came off a 03-K64-Firefly Mid-bulk transport (Class B).
My hunch is that if Boom can build and fly their demonstrator, they will be bought out by a bigger manufacturer to carry the project to completion. Somebody on Twitter made a similar point - Boom needs at least $8B in capital if it is going to be taken seriously, but then again, the CSeries/A220 wa...
Jump to postThey don't need 20 of them for those routes, so they must have other routes in mind. Because they Can fly Mach+? It doesn't mean they have to fly Mach+. if they flew .98M they would still be faster than most ANY other jet transcon. Except transonic speeds are ultra inefficient. The transonic transi...
Jump to postThis plane needs a stop to Tokyo or Sydney, so what is the point of the Supersonic plane when its one-stop vs. nonstop. Can't even do DFW to LHR, the flagship route to LHR. Could do Miami to Santiago, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires but is there a market there for such a flight. Sure its going to do man...
Jump to postLooking at the picture, it doesn't look like anything that could just magically fall off a plane that's been cruising for hours already. Maybe something with the gear down, or something that had an uncontained engine failure, but there are no reports of anything like that. Planes don't just shed pa...
Jump to postYou're now talking about 2.5 hours savings on LAX-NRT and if I have the kind of money to burn on a Boom ride, it probably just makes more sense to fly in a premium class on NH or JL subsonic. For LAX-SYD, let's say 5.5 hours savings once we take the acceleration/deceleration into account. That's de...
Jump to postAA really does not have the cash to be throwing away on non refundable deposits. We don't know how big the deposit was, but I am a bit surprised that Boom finds themselves in a position to make such a demand. If I were an airline CEO, and especially having seen how even experienced OEMs like A and ...
Jump to postThis plane needs a stop to Tokyo or Sydney, so what is the point of the Supersonic plane when its one-stop vs. nonstop. Can't even do DFW to LHR, the flagship route to LHR. Could do Miami to Santiago, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires but is there a market there for such a flight. Sure its going to do man...
Jump to postIs there any list what the current inherited collection finally consists of? They still have a list on their website, but based on the Archive.org cache of the page from before they closed, it does not appear any updates have been made. https://flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection.aspx# Here's...
Jump to postUpdate, and good news! The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum will be re-opening within the next year. https://flyingheritage.org/press_releases/FHCAM_WHM_Release_Final_080222.pdf https://www.heraldnet.com/business/flying-heritage-museum-to-reopen-with-new-owner-at-paine-field/ It was previousl...
Jump to postikolkyo wrote:Great video of the 777X arriving at FIA and some airshow footage, good looking bird
https://youtu.be/eRT_cyWDP74
https://youtu.be/n6JqlWC5wb4
Lets assume 50 and $100mil free cashflow of each for ease of calculus. This would to a total $5b free cashflow without the Max. Q3, Q4 & Q1 should show above average/skewed numbers as they are cleaning out inventory… I don't know the value, but expecting Boeing to clear $100 million for each of...
Jump to postAre there published takeoff / landing runway length requirements for this scenario, or is it factored into the margins for the normal runway length and overrun area requirements? Looking at the airport planning manual, I only see requirements for with flaps, but I assume no flaps was considered in ...
Jump to postAre there published takeoff / landing runway length requirements for this scenario, or is it factored into the margins for the normal runway length and overrun area requirements? Looking at the airport planning manual, I only see requirements for with flaps, but I assume no flaps was considered in t...
Jump to post...Boeing just discovered that they have to change all cockpit windows and simply don't have the parts available, so they are pushing the deliveries currently deep into August... Changing the occasional cockpit windshield assy due to distortion or imperfection isn't unheard of on new aircraft, but ...
Jump to postLet's see if that works out. Boeing just discovered that they have to change all cockpit windows and simply don't have the parts available, so they are pushing the deliveries currently deep into August. Maybe the use the first ones for AA. I haven't seen any updates published recently. Can you shar...
Jump to posthttp://kpae.blogspot.com/2022/07/paine-field-july-12.html 787 deliveries to kick of July 30th with American Airlines, quickly followed by August 1st with a second American Let's see if that works out. Boeing just discovered that they have to change all cockpit windows and simply don't have the part...
Jump to postNot getting an exemption incrementally increases the incentives to launch a new aircraft sooner rather than later. So was that the intent of the regulation, being prodded by outside influencers with the thought that it would save US engineering expertise and restore faith etc etc etc? Politicians a...
Jump to postThe end of the year 2022 date was set by a political institution. Not the manufacturer or regulator. As the process to certify the 737-10 has been underway, the arbitrary date, set by the political body looks to be passed. That date, doesn't change the aircraft's safety capabilities. Lets cut to th...
Jump to postIt's just political posturing to pressure Congress to grant an exemption. I think it's truthful, as Stitch explained in the other thread in this topic. There is no upside for Boeing, since the requirement is political rather than technical. The FAA has already approved the waiver for the MAX, and n...
Jump to postOut of curiosity, I tried to find the fuel leak report. I don't think I can link directly to it, but it can be found by searching for "CALA2021083001452" in the field "Operator Control #" here: https://av-info.faa.gov/sdrx/Query.aspx FUEL LEAKING INTO OVER- HEAD BIN AT ROW 30R AD...
Jump to postThe luggage issue is a vexing one. But who in their right minds is going to prosecute survivors of an aircraft crash. I doubt it doing anything to prosecute those folks is going to matter. Because no one will go after survivors of a crash. On the subject of MIA, interesting how 12/30 is also disabl...
Jump to postVideo from the ramp of the end of the crash and evacuation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ibs7nJU80M I’ve watched this video several times. 1 minute 45 seconds before the L1 door was opened and the slide was activated. This seems like WAY TOO MUCH TIME was wasted to get the passengers seated in ...
Jump to postThe 767-300F has sold 270 copies in 27 years. The 767-300 converted freighter business has more than 100 orders... I didnt include the scant number of 767-2C that were produced. Boeing's orders report returns: ⋅ 271 x 767-300F, of which 209 have been delivered ⋅ 102 x 767-2C, ...
Jump to postThe 767-300F has sold 270 copies in 27 years. The 767-300 converted freighter business has more than 100 orders... I didnt include the scant number of 767-2C that were produced. Boeing's orders report returns: ⋅ 271 x 767-300F, of which 209 have been delivered ⋅ 102 x 767-2C, ...
Jump to postYou really do hope this is just their (very poor) external PR view. If this is truly the internal Boeing view it points that they are still stuywith their heads in the sand. He's the vice president for marketing. It's his job to sell the product, not set the strategy. The fact is Boeing isn't going...
Jump to postIsn't it possible that the hiring is to have enough people to get the current issues cleared sometime in the foreseeable future? Somehow they haven't managed to get the MAX 7 certified yet and it's a simple shrink of the MAX 8. Yes it's possible. The BCA work includes 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10, the 777-...
Jump to postThere's a difference between a depressed person who ends his life and a mass murderer. Not really. People taking their own life in this way and those suffering from illnesses like depression are thinking and acting irrationally. If this is true it's yet another piece of evidence we, as humans in ge...
Jump to postEvery aircraft has to meet the rules for a TC. When a new aircraft is launched at some point in time the manufacturer will apply to the FAA, EASA etc that it wants to design, build etc a new aircraft. From this point in time the rules for certification are taken and frozen for 5 years. If any new r...
Jump to postLike we all know, Boeing says they’re confident that congress will extend the deadline, when are they taking it to congress? Actually, I didn't know if they were confident, so I went ahead and looked up the transcript from the last quarterly earnings call (April 27), on the expectation it was discu...
Jump to postBoeing's market share has eroded vs. Airbus. They should make changes aside from waiting for the FAA's grandfathering permits. Has there been any clear signal that they are aware of a massive turn being needed? I don't remember. Forcing out the previous CEO, stopping the public call outs of the FAA...
Jump to postFor what it's worth, from my armchair, I agree with him. And moving the bigwigs to Washington, DC is NOT the right direction; it implies that Boeing plans to base their future on being a politically influential entity, rather than a leader in engineering or product relevance. The corporate headquar...
Jump to postOn the MAX-10, I think Congress will grant an extension if needed, since the only reason not to would be to punish Boeing. That was not the original intention, so I think they will hold to that. But we'll have to see. The reason not to would be to comply with the law, and which Congress themselves ...
Jump to postAs I pointed out last month, producing over 25 copies of the 779, with zero ability to deliver them until, now, 2025, was an enormous mistake. The carrying/storage/possible future modification of that inventory (to an eventual type cert. standard) is a ludicrous investment for Boeing at a time they...
Jump to postThe regulations are the same, but the requirements to demonstrate compliance are much stricter, as both Calhoun and West acknowledged in the media call. It's a new paradigm and they are learning and adjusting as they go. That's going to be true now for every aircraft certification program, they are...
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