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by petertenthije
Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Military Aviation News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 1850
Views: 327485

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Military Aviation News and Discussion Thread

US supplies Norway with 22 F-16's as they are converting to F-35 The US is not providing 22 F-16s to Norway. They have merely provided permission for Norway to transfer 22 of their F-16s to Ukraine. At least 12 of them are airworthy. The remainder are likely for spares only. The permission also cov...

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by petertenthije
Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: OJ Simpson has passed away
Replies: 15
Views: 508

Re: OJ Simpson has passed away

Now who will continue the search for the murderer of his ex wife?

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by petertenthije
Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Insane Bay Area Real Estate Prices
Replies: 19
Views: 435

Re: Insane Bay Area Real Estate Prices

for just $1,700,000.00 you can get a cozy starter home thats just 384 yes 384 square feet (about the size of a small hotel room) You must go to some very interesting hotels if you think 384 square feet is a small hotel room. That house looks a bit small but still livable if you don’t have children....

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by petertenthije
Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

artflyer wrote:
The treaty was suspended not only by Poland but in a concerted action by all NATO members, bound by this treaty. See below a note from what I guess is your government.

That is indeed my government, I had not heard about this yet. I only heard about Poland. An inevitable move.

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by petertenthije
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:48 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Austrian A320neo hits jetbridge
Replies: 32
Views: 5228

Re: Austrian A320neo hits jetbridge

A brand new A320neo (OE-LZQ) from Austrian collided with a jetbridge at VIE... the right elevator broke off, and the right sharklet doesn't look particularly good either... https://x.com/aviationbrk/status/1776948441744068665 ?!?! Can you imagine the force necessary to break off an elevator? Or has...

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by petertenthije
Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 222
Views: 8696

Re: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

The reason for Max Verstappen's DNF at Australia was due to a dumb mistake made by one of the engineers. Someone did not properly secure something. Although the article does not specify which component(s) had not been secured, the likely culprit is the brake caliper. Procedures have been changed to ...

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by petertenthije
Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: Aviation Photography
Topic: Help idenfying video location
Replies: 4
Views: 174

Re: Help idenfying video location

Boston Logan.

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by petertenthije
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

And the only major Country even contemplating sending their own troops to the battelfied are the French. Poland is also preparing themselves for all-out war. They just try to hide their plans. Quite literally actually, they announced their unilateral suspension of the treaty on conventional armed f...

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by petertenthije
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Terrorist Attack in Moscow
Replies: 23
Views: 1394

Re: Terrorist Attack in Moscow

889091 wrote:
Taking bets that they're going accuse him of being a Scientologist next... :stirthepot:
I think even Putin would be affraid to take on Scientology, their lawyers are no joke! :D

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by petertenthije
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a collision
Replies: 158
Views: 4909

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed

I would have thought the bridge was built to withstand collisions up to a certain force, but there's a good chance the ship was going faster than the bridge was designed to withstand. The bridge was 50odd years old. Even if the bridge were designed to withstand a collision of the largest ship of th...

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by petertenthije
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

The effects of the deliberate sabotage by a few clowns in Washington; https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/03/25/russias-glide-bombs-are-miracle-weapons-and-ukraine-is-still-months-away-from-fighting-back-with-f-16s/?ss=aerospace-defense I am honestly surprised at how some of these clowns hav...

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by petertenthije
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:47 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she is having treatment for cancer
Replies: 19
Views: 1118

Re: Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she is having treatment for cancer

Whats really inappropriate is that the jokes on X that various companies were jumping on the bandwagon while everyone knew she was recovering from surgery. It's not anyone on X's fault that the royals' PR firm is a clown car doing amateur hour standup. They could have cleared this up quickly and su...

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by petertenthije
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Sweden Officially Joins NATO
Replies: 12
Views: 1069

Re: Sweden Officially Joins NATO

HMS Gotland spent two years doing exercises with a US navy carrier group outside San Diego 20 years ago. It didn't have any problems sneaking through the CVG's defences and "sinking" the USS Ronald Reagan. The Dutch submarines have also sunk CVN’s on more than one training. It seems diese...

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by petertenthije
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:56 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing’s Troubles
Replies: 850
Views: 107724

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

There is also investment that does not give return directly but that helps to avoid a crisis and also helps to contain a "fire" if one actually shows up. It is not sexy for the shareholder as it costs and is not visible until problems occur, but it helps to weather the storm. It's a bit l...

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by petertenthije
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Phosphorus wrote:
Mykolayiv yards would get busy building aircraft carriers

Have you seen their carrier? The west would be lucky if Russia decided to sink their money into carriers!

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by petertenthije
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:09 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing’s Troubles
Replies: 850
Views: 107724

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

kalvado wrote:
While this is somewhat true, it was said more than once that there were no technology advances that would justify a new narrowbody.

That’s a self fulfilling circle though.

There is nothing new, so we scaled back R&D.
There is little R&D, so there won’t be something new.

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by petertenthije
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:06 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

It reminds me a bit of how Speer said after WW2 that indeed the Allied efforts were impactful but not fatal because the Allies kept changing their strategy. He said if they had just concentrated on oil (including synthetics) the war would have ended earlier. The germans made pretty much the same mi...

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by petertenthije
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:04 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit
Replies: 116
Views: 20438

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

Relax, its not even close to leaving bolts off. I see the big picture that QA and QC need a serious overhaul at Boeing and Spirt (as well as other things), but sensationalism isn't helping the issue. Again, not knowing the procedure, they could have done it completely correct minus the addition of ...

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by petertenthije
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I'm not sure if it's a deliberate effort to let Russia win or simply accepting collateral damage as long as it gives them an upper hand in domestic politics. One more theory. Darth Putin has dirt on the leadership of the Republican party. bt after everything that’s already come out about trump over...

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by petertenthije
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 222
Views: 8696

Re: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Reddit chatter suggests that this is proof Max has escape clauses in his contract. Who knows? Various Dutch sources over the past weeks have mentioned there are several clauses, including based on performance (is the car good). One interesting clause is Max can leave if Marko leaves. It is not clea...

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by petertenthije
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

The commander of the Russian black sea fleet, admiral Nikolai Evmenov, has resigned. Effective immediately his command has been taken over by admiral Alexander Moiseev. He was the commander of the Russian northern fleet. I guess loosing a quarter of your fleet to a nation without a navy does not loo...

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by petertenthije
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:49 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: John Oliver's Take on Boeing
Replies: 81
Views: 14402

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

Apparently 4% of the bonus was for meeting metrics around a safety goal and in 2023 Wow, a full 4% of the bonus is based on safety!? That will certainly motivate the execs to favour safety over finance. /s That percentage should be 40%, with 20% to customer satisfaction, 20% to staff satisfaction a...

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by petertenthije
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Sweden officially joins NATO - Impact on Swedish Air Force
Replies: 41
Views: 2975

Re: Sweden officially joins NATO

Vintage wrote:
IMO new money should be spent on drones, drones, and more drones.

I’d say counter drone investment should get priority.

Get more Gepards / PRTL. If those are out of production, then mount a naval CIWS system such as Phalanx or Goalkeeper on a truck or tank chassis.

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by petertenthije
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Macron's comments are aimed at all "supporters" of Ukraine, but in particular at Germany and Scholz, who has clearly still not taken the situation seriously enough, Yet, Germany has thus far provided more and more advanced weaponry to Ukraine than France. At least publicly, who knows what...

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by petertenthije
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: John Oliver's Take on Boeing
Replies: 81
Views: 14402

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc
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The video's regional block should now be gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc

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by petertenthije
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: John Oliver's Take on Boeing
Replies: 81
Views: 14402

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

USAirKid wrote:
Over the top commentary is constitutionally protected. He’s done good episodes on that as well.

Yeah, his Bob Murray musical was truly an epic piece of pownage.

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by petertenthije
Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: John Oliver's Take on Boeing
Replies: 81
Views: 14402

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

At the end of the day it's just comedy. I feel like people these days take comedy too seriously. It may be comedy, but to say it is just comedy is underselling it. Serious points were raised. It’s just a shame that serious news stations hardly ever go for a deep dive. And that’s nothing new either....

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by petertenthije
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Helicopter Discussion Forum
Topic: New York City sightseeing flights, any recommendations?
Replies: 6
Views: 403

Re: New York City sightseeing flights, any recommendations?

About 10 years years ago I was at downtown manhattan heliport, happily snapping pictures of the helicopters flying in an out. After half an hour or so one of their sales reps came by asking if I was interested. I said I found it to be a bit too pricy. Half an hour later he comes back telling me he h...

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by petertenthije
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:39 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

mxaxai wrote:
I believe that other, more recent, models would be more efficient in terms of cost and capability.

Are any Jaguars still in storage, or have these been scrapped? These are simple, rugged but fairly capable ground attack jets.

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by petertenthije
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

With an absolutely overwhelming GDP advantage, how on earth are we in a situation where a comparatively tiny economy is winning against a country backed by a group of comparatively enormous economies? Because Russia has lower costs. Their equipment is less capable, but generally cheaper, than the w...

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by petertenthije
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Any replacement for the C-17 ?
Replies: 76
Views: 4849

Re: Any replacement for the C-17 ?

GalaxyFlyer wrote:
Not happening and the 124 isn’t half the plane a C-5M is.

In what way? Its range is a lot less, but otherwise the An-124 is at least equal if not better than the C-5. With modern western engines that range difference might be (partially) mitigated.

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by petertenthije
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing’s Troubles
Replies: 850
Views: 107724

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Do you think the ship can be turned though? Boeing will be fine. They are in the luxury position of operating in a duopoly, with a competitor that can not scale up quick enough to take over even a fraction of Boeing’s customers. Had this happened in any other industry, Boeing would have been toast....

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by petertenthije
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I don't think this is a good way to put it, since it plays into Russian propaganda about the West wanting to destroy Russia, allowing them to portray the Ukraine War as a fight for Russian survival, justifying further increasing the shift of more and more Russian resources toward the war. We are no...

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by petertenthije
Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/statu ... 5665862888

How do you “find” 800k shells? It’s not like you can forget about holding a couple armoured warehouses worth of shells… right?
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Braybuddy wrote:

How do you “find” 800k shells? It’s not like you can forget about holding a couple armoured warehouses worth of shells… right?

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by petertenthije
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Walking is bad for you in Siberia, apparently: " "The inmate A.A.Navalny felt bad after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness at the correctional colony No. 3 on Feb. 16," Russia's prison service said." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/02/16/alexei-navalny-dies-in-...

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by petertenthije
Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:59 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue
Replies: 424
Views: 41309

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

IFlyOff wrote:
Icahn is still alive?? I thought he was 80 years old some 40 years ago. Who knew! :roll:

Even the devil does not want him around, too afraid of the competition.

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by petertenthije
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://twitter.com/BlogUkraine/status/ ... 0891541836
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There appears to be a fire in a workshop at the MiG factory.
For now it looks to be a small fire.

https://twitter.com/BlogUkraine/status/ ... 0891541836

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by petertenthije
Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:48 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing’s Troubles
Replies: 850
Views: 107724

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Boeing could announce that it invented carbon neutral flight tomorrow and there would be a subset of people who would find something to complain about. Maybe if they had done less announcing and more action, people would take their announcements seriously. If your every statement has to include “we...

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by petertenthije
Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing’s Troubles
Replies: 850
Views: 107724

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Yes, a high winged design like the TTBW typically leads to a T tailed airliner, and getting and modifying a T tailed airliner is easier than modifying any 737 or creating a costly prototype that will most likely not look like the production airliner. I suppose the 727 tail drawings should be around...

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by petertenthije
Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

The netherlands has increased their commitment for F-16 deliveries to Ukraine: six more F-16s will be added on top of the 18 promised earlier. These six were originally earmarked to be sold to Draken International, but that is now off the table. https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2070636693/live-defens...

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by petertenthije
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 222
Views: 8696

Re: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

TangoandCash wrote:
Part of me wonders if this is an April Fools joke and Ferrari has messed up the timing (like they do strategy, pit stops, tires, everything else)
But usually Ferrari are running late ... this is two months early!

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by petertenthije
Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Military Aviation News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 1850
Views: 327485

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Military Aviation News and Discussion Thread

They are paranoid (and it seems with generally poor intel), enough to think F-16's are in theater now or very soon. That story seems unlikely. If Russia really believes there are F-16s, or their arrival is imminent, then they would be crazy to put the A-50 this close to the frontline. The F-16 is t...

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by petertenthije
Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:30 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing has withdrawn its request for an exemption on the 737-7
Replies: 70
Views: 14182

Re: Boeing has withdrawn its request for an exemption on the 737-7

Could this not simply be solved by a couple of lines in the flight computer? If EAI is on for more then x seconds, turn it off. Possibly link it to the weather computer or radar, so EAI can stay on longer if conditions allow it. Yes, Boeing has messed up royally with their MCAS coding, but that does...

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by petertenthije
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:31 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing’s Troubles
Replies: 850
Views: 107724

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

When existing products, have acquired a *reputation*, especially one that is in its 4th gen iteration, the best bet might be to do a clean-sheet design. Start on a new clean slate! I am not sure a clean-sheet design would solve Boeing’s issues. It might in fact lead to more problems. Take the Alask...

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by petertenthije
Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:53 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: UA possibly cancelling 73M10 order?
Replies: 227
Views: 36215

Re: UA possibly cancelling 73M10 order?

I was thinking the same! How hard would it be to widen the E195 fuselage from 4 abreast to 5 or even 6 abreast? There’d probably be a range penalty, but not everyone needs that long range anyway. Possibly stretch it ... all options are on the table ... Yes, sounds like a trivial task and can be don...

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by petertenthije
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: UA possibly cancelling 73M10 order?
Replies: 227
Views: 36215

Re: UA possibly cancelling 73M10 order?

crjflyboy wrote:
Meanwhile ... EMBRAER is sitting on the sidelines salivating ...

I was thinking the same! How hard would it be to widen the E195 fuselage from 4 abreast to 5 or even 6 abreast? There’d probably be a range penalty, but not everyone needs that long range anyway.

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by petertenthije
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

One possible compromise in a peace agreement would be the obvious front line as future official border. By your logic, if i steal half your money, burn half your house and kill your dog, I should be able to get away with it as long as I maintain I wanted to steal everything, burn your entire house ...

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by petertenthije
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Places in Europe to visit.
Replies: 51
Views: 4752

Re: Places in Europe to visit.

Eindhoven … from an architectural point of view it’s what one would call nondescript, bit boring. True, but Breda and Den Bosch are a short train ride away and those are nice. Particularly Den Bosch with the cathedral. And cities like Utrecht and Amsterdam are also easily doable by train from Eindh...

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by petertenthije
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18088
Views: 1506074

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

[The "domino effect" argument have been around since the Indochina war (and further?) and has cause many error in policy making, to which we have learned that the dominos do not fall where we want or predict. There is truth to that statement, but… Putin and Kremlin mouthpieces have repeat...

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by petertenthije
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Site Related
Topic: Request: New Ukraine War Thread
Replies: 13
Views: 2257

Re: Request: New Ukraine War Thread

No problem to keep it all together.

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