Re: Canada may cancel F18 deal

Maybe Canada should team up with Germany and France to built that next generation fighter. They should, but unfortunately, the timing seems off, just read the Luftwaffe Tornado replacement. Well, theoretically, if resources were unlimited, they still could. Buy the F-35 now, but join the European e...

Re: Germany Considers Tornado Replacement

The F-15E is capable of self escort strike, the Tornado is not. Wow. I'd always assumed that since there is the Tornado ADV, that the IDS is capable of self escort/ carrying radar-guided AAMs. Turns out all it can do is carry short range IR missiles. I am surprised a multirole capability has not be...

Re: Germany Considers Tornado Replacement

Clearly there is no point continuing this because neither of us believe each other. There is one tiny reason to continue. There are those who lurk, do value your opinion and the fact that there are evidence/reasoning based posters here, but have nothing to add and therefore do not enter the discuss...

Re: AF66 CDG-LAX (A388-F-HPJE) diverts to Goose Bay (YYR) with an uncontained engine failure to #4 engine

Another reason to not certify "pure" three engine ferry on the A380: when the 747 was developed, engine reliability was way lower, so there was a better cost/benefit ratio. With the A380, it IMHO was deemed an unnecessary expense to certify the engine removed case, while the engine disable...

Re: Most efficient airports in winter? (Snow)

In any case, I'd say this is often an issue of costs vs benefits. If there is snow like once every three years, or there is uncharacteristically catastrophic snow, it may as well be way cheaper for everyone to just divert on those days, instead of investing capital in snowclearing equipment that wil...

Re: Airbus CEO warns of significant impact from corruption probes

8. 80% for deals are without middlemen, so leaves 20%to screen for any suscpicious deals. And yet Airbus is missing hundreds of orders this year. If only 20% uses middlemen, where are the rest of the aircraft orders? THIS......Awesome sales campaigns, major market blows to a competitor occurred dur...

Re: B727 vs B737 cockpit crew

BravoOne wrote:

Not to belabor the point, and you are correct regarding the Boeing EICAS and Airbus ECAM. the point was other than a Master Warning I don't think there is any "dedicated panel" on the 727, just the red light?

Re: AF66 CDG-LAX (A388-F-HPJE) diverts to Goose Bay (YYR) with reports of suspected damage to leading edge above #4 engi

And it is basically an industry-wide gamble that the flying public would continue to accept long-haul twin jets even if a dual inflight failure should indeed lead to loss of a passenger aircraft one day. It will undoubtedly happen at some point. In the mean time, another billion or so ETOPS flights...

Re: Black project about to be outed?

Fatal Nevada Crash Involved Foreign Aircraft Type

Re: Ads covering content

Another issue I've just noticed (I've taken to using my PC to browse A.net more since the regrettable shemozzle with malware adverts on the mobile site) is that the grey box at the very bottom of the page with navigation links and info The issue with footer links covered by ads still exists. I've t...

Re: MRJ - Flight Test & Production Part 1

kelvin933 wrote:

KarelXWB wrote:

Yes JA22MJ is back in the air. That was a quick engine fix.

Did they fix the engine or just swap engines ?

Re: DC9-87 Fire Protection Aircraft

Direct quote from the TCDS:
The official designator for the McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81, -82, -83, or -87 is the
DC-9-81, -82, -83, or -87. The "MD" designator may be used in parentheses, but, must be
accompanied by the official designator (i.e., DC-9-81 (MD-81)).

Re: Report: USAF to buy Transaero NTU 747-8s for Air Force One

Well, if I knew Transaero is going bankcrupt and was their government, I'd tell them to stay alive and bit longer so that I can bug their airplanes on the off chance that Boeing then offers them to USAF...

Re: Future of the Boeing yoke.

Yes but as I'm sure a man of your intellect knows, that in no way proves that backdriven controls would not help prevent some accidents. If that were the case safety investigators and regulators would be able to measure that and quantify that as a safety benefit, there is a lack of facts or evidenc...

Re: DL A332 3 Engine Incidences in 6 Days on Same Engine

Sometimes I really do not get a.net. There was recently a thread about maintenance practices at AAR. There was a systematic neglect of correct maintenance and inspection procedures that did almost lead to a crash. That thread, about actual problems unlike this one, received way less attention. I wil...

Re: Twins vs. quads and international over water routings.

I would actually say that recently there have been multiple incidents that show the advantages of two engine planes.
QF32, BA2276, SQ368, AA383 are all examples of why you want less engines on your plane (lower probability of catastrophic engine failure that damages other systems).

Re: German airlines drop safety rule prompted by Germanwings crash

It might be something as simple as "if one wants to suicide, one will find a way anyway, no matter if there is a second person in the cockpit".

Re: Has any airline had buyers remorse on going to all twin engine widebodies for intercontinential flights

Possibly. No matter how reliable Jet engines have become I'd still prefer 4 engines under the wings when flying the Southern Pacific or Indian oceans. While I'd prefer a twice lower probability of uncontained engine failure. Not to mention that until EROPS came into force, the possibility of common...

Re: Boeing 777X - Updated Information And Developments

A quick Google suggests TBD = To be determined.
When one does not actually know what an acronym means, better check, it is often a surprise

Re: What is on top of the F-16?