Two MAX deliveries to SouthWest from PAE TO PHX
N8736J and N8737L
Flight WN8700 from Everett to Phoenix
https://fr24.com/SWA8700/265d5354
I am pro expansion but the existing plans are a step too far. Up to 40% of the land already owed there is wasted and could be better utilised. The Beeline base, T4 and the whole central area should be levelled and replaced by a new terminal and toast-rack satellites between the runways. Ban cars fro...
Jump to postThe Supreme Court in the UK has overturned an earlier decision, to allow the building of the third runway at Heathrow.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55322340
https://news.sky.com/story/heathrow-cli ... t-12163182
Aircraft returning from long term storage could cause 'rusty' pilots problems.
Covid-19: Safety concerns over planes returning to service.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55313504
BBC News
A LEAP (or even electric) powered 4-engined VC-10 / IL-62 type would be very cool though. Something a bit different from today’s boring twins. It wouldn’t need all that extra weight added to the wings.
Jump to postIt does not matter that the A380 had engines half a generation behind the 787/A350. The problem was there were four of them, not two. If the A380 were designed better, it would have been a much smaller twin. A bit like an A350-1100 Then EK would not have decimated the legacy carriers in the same way...
Jump to postMCAS caused the two crashes and the subsequent near two year grounding. It should have been ripped out of the MAX completely back in March 2019, not rehashed with a version 2. It is clear that MCAS is needed both as a stall prevention system, and to make the flight characteristics of the MAX as pred...
Jump to postThe A380-800 was the Airbus equivalent of the Boeing 747-SP It was shortened but retained all that extra weight, ready for the -900 which never came. It only sold as many as it did because of EK and other vanity carriers trying to keep up. Without EK it too would also have only sold 58 frames. COVID...
Jump to postThe very fact that the MAX has been grounded for 19 months should ring alarm bells with everyone, even Boeing fans. Boeing has it seems got away with not having a single hardware change to the MAX before RTS. A few tweaks yes, but nothing that brings it into the 21st century. They have done the chea...
Jump to postFrankly that first LionAir 610 crew were more lucky than good. Say what?? If they had failed to come up with a solution to their problem but still completed the flight safely that would be lucky. But they did come up with a relevant and effective solution to a problem they had never trained for and...
Jump to postI wonder what condition the tyres & brakes are in? Some MAX’s haven’t moved for up to two years.
The first taxi and take-off roll might be a bit lumpy.
Trivia from Google.
There are approximately 53000 commercial ships in the world vs 24000 commercial aircraft. Growth before the pandemic was over 3% a year.
Shipping probably carries a payload of 10000 x that of an aircraft, so any comparison on pollution and emissions is pretty meaningless.
I think both Atlanta and Amsterdam grew to their current size and importance today, because of the vast area of available land set aside, great planning, and future-proofing for expansion. If London Airport was planned better in 1946, it would have been much further north and west of London, somewhe...
Jump to postExcellent work by the crew here, but the UK public, not so much.
Serious disturbance on Ryanair flight into Manchester this evening.
https://twitter.com/scottiebateman/stat ... 50689?s=21
Can people on here please stop defending this women. That is the very reason a certain class of individual feel obliged to some entitlement they do not deserve. It doesn’t matter what colour or religion she was. She was in the wrong and knew it. She got her 15 minutes. Ban her from all the majors. T...
Jump to postHere's what we know so far. The 737-MAX has a problem when in a turn it pitches up on some high power settings, to the point where (without MCAS) the elevator and trim are unable to bring it back down under control. In effect it IS unstable. MCAS was NOT designed to make it feel like an NG. It was d...
Jump to postThe fact that the MAX even needed MCAS in the first place should have set alarms ringing. It means the design was not thought through even before it flew. Wind tunnel and computer simulations should have picked up the problem long before the metal was even cut. Even a radio controlled model aircraft...
Jump to postThis reminds me of a Life of Brian scene.
"No-one is to stone anyone, even, and I want to make this absolutely clear. Even if they do say Jehovah."
I have not seen this discussed before. Is this a common problem when an A319/320 is substituted for an A321? A communication error meant too many passengers at the front of a plane caused take-off issues for the pilot, AAIB air investigators found. An Airbus A320 was replaced with an A321 ahead of a...
Jump to postAre any of the 31 a/c due to fly again, or will they all be scrapped in their current locations? Duxford should have got at least one. Why on earth would the 'British Airliner collection' at Duxford want an Amercan Airliner Because for most people in the UK, even non-geeks the 747 is not seen in th...
Jump to postAre any of the 31 a/c due to fly again, or will they all be scrapped in their current locations? Duxford should have got at least one.
Jump to postThe last two BA 744s will depart LHR at 08.30 tomorrow, using both runways at the same time. One aircraft will then do a flyby and hopefully a wave goodbye over the southern runway.
https://m.facebook.com/AeronewsGlobal/p ... 0143229062
Here are some great historical pictures of the building of London Airport (LHR) seen from the air, from 1937 and the massive progress by 1954. Click on the blue dots for details on each photo. Fascinating stuff. https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/search?keywords=heathrow&country=global&y...
Jump to postIsn’t it a bit ironic how some EU government’s have quickly supported their flag carriers? when they have spent the past two decades decrying Boeing for state aid, and any competitive airlines being propped up by their government.
Jump to postATC and fun are two words that should never really go together. The job does not allow it, or it shouldn’t. US ATC is full of unprofessional, non-standard speaking baseball commentators, talking too fast, with little care on whether the pilot at the other end can understand them properly. That’s the...
Jump to postWill any of the 31 BA 744s be saved for a museum such as Duxford?
The BOAC one could park next to a sister VC-10 there. I think one should be retained at LHR too and given a proper permanent public home next to Concorde.
Are these calculations not thrown off by the fact all of the affected 787s were assembled in CHS, or are all models susceptible? Even the 788.
Moving all 787 production to CHS really does not seem to be a good idea.
With enough practice I am sure she could improve on this Further, by jumping backwards on each seat rows armrest and closing every overhead bin, front to back. Maybe next year. The challenge is there.
Jump to postBadly run company that probably regrets almost every decision made over the past 10-15 years.
Quitting the NB market was a huge mistake as RR were never financially secure enough to build a WB engine. The international outsourcing was another disaster for them. Result was the 787 T1000 fiasco.
I think it is a big mistake to cut production and remove a FAL for the 787 now. It is their only product at the moment. It looks like a final nail in the 787, akin to the last few years for the A380. Perception will be that it is going the same way. Far better to sell more, than admit defeat and clo...
Jump to postStansted is not well connected to anything, road or rail are both appalling. It is in the middle of nowhere and has no major international airlines based there. A new runway there would be as effective for UK aviation as building another at Manston in Kent. The only place worth building one is LHR. ...
Jump to postAre there any of the original BA 747-136 left? I flew on BA G-AWNE from LHR - JFK in 1980. It seems to be stored somewhere in Nigeria. Is that still the case? If so its pretty remarkable after nearly 50 years. Boeing 747 - MSN 19765 - 5N-RRR Last Airline Kabo Air Status : Stored Last Registration : ...
Jump to postYears ago, while listening to the tower at LGW during some stormy weather, ATC told the next departure to "line up and wait on 26L, after the a/c on (very) short final" The pilot responded with "Line up and wait 26L after the reversing Shed" It was a struggling Shorts 330 on fina...
Jump to postIf any airline is withholding refunds as a deliberate policy, due to a shortage of cash. Then they are basically admitting they are trading illegally, by not providing a service, but still keeping a customers money and continuing to trade. This is illegal in the UK and means the business is insolven...
Jump to postIt looks like customers of EZY and Ryanair, among others are not getting refunds back onto their credit cards. Delays of over a month are common (on Twitter), even after receiving an email from the airline, saying the refund has been processed’ by them. In the UK a refund, once put through should go...
Jump to postThe UK Government last week announced a massive shift in planning permission rules (Build Build Build) for large building projects, making it easier to gain permission that in the past would have been blocked for a decade. I wonder if airports are included in these new rules, where no new runways ar...
Jump to postHAL should come out and say the 3rd runway is no longer a viable option. Demand and the finance has evaporated. Instead use the brown field site to the north for a new T6 and satellite stands, with taxiway access east & west of the existing northern runway. Thus avoiding active runway crossings ...
Jump to postWhen these five 744's get to leave LHR, they should each fly a couple of circuits and simultaneously do a few touch and goes off 27L and 27R. The BOAC 744 flying from Cardiff could join, straight down the middle over the tower waving her wings. The goodwill and PR would more than make up for the cost.
Jump to postVS flies to less than 1% of the routes served by BA. People on here who claim it will limit competition and lead to fare increases are both deluded and completely wrong. Life will go on after VS disappears. The A350s and 787s will find new homes, as will the crews. It is just a badly run business wh...
Jump to postSurely putting another £1.2B into Virgin is simply delaying the inevitable until next year. Things will be no better for them then. It will eventually go the same way as Thomas Cook and Monarch. Customers won't want to book flights or holidays with a 'tainted' brand, whose future is constantly in t...
Jump to postSurely putting another £1.2B into Virgin is simply delaying the inevitable until next year. Things will be no better for them then. It will eventually go the same way as Thomas Cook and Monarch. Customers won't want to book flights or holidays with a 'tainted' brand, whose future is constantly in th...
Jump to postCut out the middle man. Just make Flight Simulator 2025 so realistic for both armchair pilots and passengers, then we won't have to travel at all. Any trip would be light speed, to anywhere.
Jump to postSplit Boeing into two, WB and NB. Good company vs bad company. If the MAX does go south, declare Chapter 11 on the NB side only Then it either gets ‘saved’ or it fails and the debt is written off. Boeing WB survives as a much leaner profitable company which can develop a 787 based 767 sized new mode...
Jump to postShe is on the move again for the last time at LAX as QF7474 - VH-OEJ
Jump to postWell luckily every parcel containing a Lithium battery was correctly labelled as such. Otherwise there could have been a fire. Oh wait...!
Jump to postHere is one for the road from FlightRadar24
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/trac ... -liveries/
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/brit ... dium=email
There's a nice spot for the BOAC** 744 on the roundabout approaching T5 at LHR. Perhaps even replace the model Emirates A380 on the M4 Spur. Better still open one to the public on the undershoot of the old runway 23. There's a nice green area there crying out for an aviation park. https://www.google...
Jump to postAnyone know why the three holding points on 09L have not been built yet? Planning permission went in several years ago. The plan was to match the other holding areas on the southern runway.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.46983 ... !1e1?hl=en
Google Maps
Heathrow closes southern runway for repairs, possibly till October. Apparently the repairs run much deeper than normal runway resurfacing. The locals are not happy about the noise, but most airlines are only using their latest fleet, so much quieter than normal. http://www.fulhamsw6.com/default.asp?...
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