Everybody who’s anybody is short of airframes. From Boeing stuffing it up with the 737, over issues with the GTF, to a market screaming for capacity, right now is a great time to be in the ACMI business with tried and tested previous generation kites. Many ACMI operators are, however, already fully ...
Jump to postThanks. Interesting location. Where will all the energy be consumed?
Jump to postWorld is a big place, mind narrowing the location down a bit?
Jump to postThe horizontal stabilisers (LH and RH) are fixed to a centre box much the same way as wings. It’s installed as one assembly on the FAL. If you rip off one side the ‘box will be well and truly buggered, making the opposite side look all wonky. It takes a rather concentrated effort to reach this resul...
Jump to postApart from the airport and airline, nothing in the headline of this thread is correct. Second example of that within 24 hours. (https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1492653) I do wish members would limit themselves to stating facts, rather than misguided conclusions, when headlini...
Jump to postNo staff conflict is eternal, and it would be silly to suggest these aircraft will never ever be operated by Lingus. Cabin reconfiguration is neither cheap nor casual. It’s a major operation just for the seats, and can be more challenging if the monuments (e.g galleys and lavs) are also changed. If ...
Jump to postI honestly think a moderately well trained parrot has more talent than Ms. Carter. No, scratch that: A pig screams with more soul and rhythm than Ms. Carter, that’s what I think.
Jump to postThe difference between converting a 777 and converting a 787, is that Boeing already did the engineering for the floor & door with the 777F. If no factory new freighter based on the 787 is developed, any conversion would have to do fund their own engineering. As i see it, a 787-10 based freighte...
Jump to postPeople always assume that Newey will move to another team. But what about retirement? The guy is already at an age where he can sit back, relax, and smell the roses. His contemporary Ross Brawn & Rory Byrne is no longer on the grid. What else is there for him to prove? The bloke has bought hims...
Jump to postSo they’re selling the seats instead of giving them away? What exactly is wrong with that?
Jump to postIf the aircraft requires repairs on site which needs to be signed off by Airbus engineering, they’re up the smelly creek sans paddle: Airbus is not allowed to send any kind of technical support staff or parts to Russia. EK could, technically speaking, order the needed parts for delivery to UAE and t...
Jump to postLH doesn’t buy used.
Even if they did, taking over someone’s discarded A380 does not make financial sense. By the time you’ve bought it, reconfigured it, brought it up-to-date with SBs on airframe, wings and engines, the price and time to completion would be impossible to justify.
People who are not directly involved should really find something better to do with their time, and should indeed respect the privacy of her and her family. Particularly so if they’re not a subject of HRH King Charles. I understand that media, US media to be exact, have been trying to bribe NHS staf...
Jump to postGet started on Wegovy.
I’ve been on it for 5 months, haven’t changed a single thing in my diet except not being able to eat very much anymore. Am steadily dropping between 2 to 3 kgs a month.
Exercise? Nah, can’t be arsed.
Back to the racing: A largely mundane race with the expected result. Of note: Brilliant debut by Bearman, who’d been thrown in at the deep end (Qualifying) and had a nice run at it Stroll once again proving that if it wasn’t for daddy owning the team ... Not so fantastic drive by Kmag, earning two p...
Jump to postWe had a Mazdarati 6 wagon, 2.0 165hp, for 120.000km and 6 years. Nothing, absolutely nothing, ever went wrong with it. Perfectly fine for everyday pottering about, and took a couple of trips around Europe in its stride too. Was a bit underpowered traversing the Alps loaded up with 4 people and holi...
Jump to postSermons wrote:B777LRF wrote:
PS
Where did you get the “excellent hot&high performance” numbers from?
Are the large wings or the powerful GE9X engines not convincing enough?
zkojq wrote:Presumably the 777-9X's enormous wing and excellent hot&high performance qualities will allow ET to fly nonstop to NA from ADD?
Take it easy, even if sections of the ‘Bahn you’ll be traveling at has no speed limits. And with that in mind, keep on eye firmly on the rear view mirror at all times; regardless of how fast you’re going, there’ll always be someone way faster than you. You might have been conditioned to think 100 mp...
Jump to postLast trimotor was in 2005. 727-200F, OAI-BAH. 4 crew members and a stack of empty pallets made for a sporty ride.
Last quad was in September 2023, an -8I from IAD to FRA. Seated upstairs, savouring what might be my last ride on a Jumbo.
QR 77W BAH-DOH (in C): 80NM as the crow flies, but the Boeing ain’t a crow so it took us around 25 minutes.
Jump to postWhen it was at it’s worst, I boarded a flight on average twice a week on company business trips. Roughly one third of that would be intercontinental in C. The amount of miles I earned was ridiculous, but the mere thought of spending a second of my own time onboard an airline was vomit inducing. Whic...
Jump to postNo, none what so ever. Doesn’t matter one iota what I do, and even as a cohort what “we in the west” does travel wise is but a drop in the ocean. There is nothing stopping a growing middle class in emerging markets growing into the billions, and they’ll want the same creature comforts and travel opp...
Jump to postI can't believe that. Is there an Accountant behind a desk dictating how much fuel they take on board before departure. No, but there is management overview of fuel load and -consumption, and with some airlines that can lead to a conversation with skipper(s) who regularly take extra fuel and doesn’...
Jump to postAA took US ordered 321s with fences while simultaneously taking their own sharklet 321s, so they certainly were an option Right, I meant were they always an option or was there ever a point where you could only order a ceo with sharklets, no fences? They were always an option; the fences were stand...
Jump to post1991 with Conair from CPH to CIA. Was producing a monthly magazine with a mate, aimed at the employees at CPH airport, and managed to blag a cockpit ride on Conair’s brand new A320. The crew had previously been on the B720 and were very keen to show off all the bells and whistles their new toy came ...
Jump to postAnother consideration for the 787-10 is its cargo capacity. It can carry 40 x LD-3 or 13 x 96" x 125" pallets. That compares to 32 x LD-3s or 10 x 96" x 125" pallets on a 747-400. Think about that on a North Atlantic route where range performance is not a consideration. Or eastb...
Jump to postAnother consideration for the 787-10 is its cargo capacity. It can carry 40 x LD-3 or 13 x 96" x 125" pallets. That compares to 32 x LD-3s or 10 x 96" x 125" pallets on a 747-400. Think about that on a North Atlantic route where range performance is not a consideration. Or eastb...
Jump to postAnother consideration for the 787-10 is its cargo capacity. It can carry 40 x LD-3 or 13 x 96" x 125" pallets. That compares to 32 x LD-3s or 10 x 96" x 125" pallets on a 747-400. Think about that on a North Atlantic route where range performance is not a consideration. Or eastb...
Jump to postTo oversimplify: increasing the MTOW on the 787-10 mainly enables it to fly further with the same payload, or fly the same distance at higher payload. Not quite. If it’s only the MTOW getting a bump, maximum payload will remain as-is but you’ll be able to carry it a bit further. To up the maximum p...
Jump to postSTC must refer to some as-yet untold issues with the manufacturing of the 777X, since they took delivery of their last 777-300ER in 2019. Or he’s just having another moment of enjoying seeing his face in the press. My money’s on the latter. PS It’s absolutely normal to have airline representatives p...
Jump to postThink it's worth pointing out that Airbus finding vacant slots, for instance by agreeing with other airlines to delay their deliveries, does not necessarily translate into a new order from United. It’s perfectly possible that Airbus and United are merely looking into reshuffling the sequence of thei...
Jump to postPeople travel to New York for a large number of reasons; food, culture, history, entertainment etc. I might just be that, since it’s there anyway, they’ll venture up a tall building to catch a glimpse. Having personally been at the top of the Empire State on a clear winters night, I can testify to t...
Jump to postTry Salzburg or Chambery for size. During the summer both airports are more or less desolate, but during the winter they regularly exceed capacity. As an example, last time i flew to SZG for a spot of skiing holiday, the ramp was filled to 100% capacity and the baggage belts couldn’t keep up. As a r...
Jump to postIt’s exceedingly rare that I agree with much of anything Richard Aboulafia pens, but just for once I find myself in complete agreement. He has hit the nail firmly on the head: The leadership at Boeing are only interested, for purely self-serving purposes, in making the company looking attractive to ...
Jump to postA preliminary report is, for those engaged or even mildly interested in the incident, about as informative as a blank page. It’s a legally and politically governed document, which by intent only states what is known with complete certainty. In the information age anybody who’s been following the inc...
Jump to postWe have a history of a company continually failing to meet their own quality standards across multiple platforms We have a company which had lost the faith of it’s regulator, supposedly working hard to restore it We have recent incidents involving unsecured hardware attaching a main flight control W...
Jump to postIf this ends up being Boeing's fault 100%, and they even find the exact machinist/mechanic who messed this up, and let's assume he/she belongs to a union, what would his union do? Defend their member to death or give their blessing that he/she gets fired? I'm not in a field that's unionized, hence ...
Jump to postNot only the greatest German player, but one of the greatest players in history. His exploits after his active career are also of the highest caliber, albeit he - as with most other football leaders - wasn’t entirely clean. But I think he should first and foremost be remembered as the elegant, techn...
Jump to postWhatever I feel like, which nearly always include meat products. Going veggie is not healthy, unless it’s supplemented by a phalanx of pills to provide what the veggies don’t. I prefer getting my nutrients the natural way, not chemically. Besides, veggies are some of the most intolerable people I ca...
Jump to postThis evening HRH Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announced in her annual live broadcast, that she’ll abdicate the throne as of January 14, 2024. That date marks her 52nd anniversary as Queen of Denmark, making her the longest currently sitting regent in Europe. This is quite a departure from normal pr...
Jump to postOkay… and what are your benchmark ICE vehicles? The ones you say are light, responsive, and fun to drive? Benchmark? That would probably be a Caterham, Lotus Elise, Mazda MX-5 or (an older) Porsche Boxster. For something a bit more practical, it could be a small hot-hatch such as a Hyundai i20N, Fi...
Jump to postQuestion: what EVs have you driven? Because this post does not mirror my experience at all. EV acceleration curve is pretty even from 0 until it gets near its top speed. Mach-e excels from 0-60 (mph) and it ALSO excels from 50-80. I can pull G's at any speed. It far outperforms my A4... which I bel...
Jump to postPerhaps he simply forgot to mention it, but I haven’t seen anywhere that his goal of having people work 80 hours a week will be rewarded by a doubling of their salaries. Or is he expecting people to work double the amount of time for the same pay? I suspect it’s the latter, further undermining the f...
Jump to postBut as to sportiness, what’s not to like about 0-60 in 4 seconds? EVs across the board offer better acceleration that similarly sized ICE cars. The Taycan does 0-60 in 2 seconds, for crying out loud. This is what makes EVs so fun to drive: the only one faster off the block when I’m driving is anoth...
Jump to postI’m sure EV’s are all fine and dandy, if you like driving an electrically powered skateboard. To me they’re utterly boring, offers poor handling and are the automotive equivalent of your hollier-than-thou millennial who has a severe overweight problem. I actually like driving; I like the feeling of ...
Jump to postTo my knowledge, the longest domestic flight in Europe might something along the lines of CTA-TRN (if such a flight even exists), and that’s less than 600NM. The longest theoretical domestic flight I’ve been able to guess at, would be MMA-KRN at 763NM. But no service exists between those two airpor...
Jump to postYes there are a few secondary airports here and there in Europe with short runways, but in particular relation to domestic flights that’s not a factor at all. In fact, if you could find a place to park the thing, you could probably operate a 747 from most airports with a passenger terminal on a dome...
Jump to postSo many chose from, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Jo’burg is really bad, Harare is much worse. Lagos is an absolute dump, but the worst of them all must be Kinshasa. Moving on, I can testify to the definition of happiness being V1 at Riyadh. Dhaka is shockingly poor and dingy, not really safe ...
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