Depends upon the buyer and the aircraft they are buying . Aircrafts like the T7 and A330 787 (others which have huge backlogs) are selling for a premium so discounts are not as much , their could be a situation where certain deals are such that a freighter is selling for a higher cost even after the discounts.

If one looks at boeings catalogue the F version 777 is priced about 13 million higher then its PAX version (2LR) however airlines usually get a considerable discount (25% i’d say on average all the way up to 50-55% for some deals).

If it’s a scratch built freighter, it is much cheaper to build than a pax. If it’s a conversion, then obviously dearer.
F are cheaper to build principally because there is no fancy trim inside, and no windows. Windows are a PITA to an aircraft manufacturer, we’d like to get rid of them altogether but the pax wouldn’t like it…….possibly drive some of them insane actually.

In my degree, we did pretty much the same in our Bibliography. I don’t remember putting the place of printing. We did put the ISBN number.

For magazine articles we named the journalist, the publication, date and issue number, page numbers(s).

For internet we named the “Claimed” author, date of article, date of search, web address. But we tried to avoid using the net in the Bibliography, far better to find the article referenced on the net…then find the real article in the library and reference that. Quite hard sometimes.

He’s either got: –
(a) A genuine sense of humour.
(b) A thing for spotters.
(c) A worry that amongst you there are potential rocket launchers and he’s taken that piccy to the MI5/6 whatever.
(d) He’s got a campaign against the “Public” being so close to the aircraft in this post 9-11 world.

How much can you crop and zoom? It’s a winner of a picture IMO.

Oh, and set your white balance to Manchester…..I mean Cloudy 🙂

can anyone explain to me what the cap strip is in a wing of an aeroplane?
is it the member that gives the rib its aerofoil shape??

No, the ribs will have their shape from manufacture.
The Cap Strip is the old method, and still used by Boeing (Which is NOT a negative) of producing the Main Wing Spars.
This method has a flat plate for the vertical Web of the spar, to which they bolt/bond L shape cap strips to. The Final assembly cross section is an open C shape, the C faces into the wing-box. The Skins (Or covers as they are now getting called) are bolted to the cap strips (And the Ribs/stringers too). Some Cap strips can be a slanted T shape, with the long bit attached to the web, the top bit can take the skins and the Forward top bit is a landing/register for the D nose leading edge, or the traling edge panels.

With the advent of NC machining of metal, the spars became machined from solid (Vickers Viscount was the 1st BTW) complete with pockets, rib posts, caps and whatever else was previously assembled onto a web.

Cap strips are now generally confined to light a/c, especially home builds. Boing use this method because it’s a damn sight cheaper to produce than hogging a Spar out of a plate of al alloy. Some of these plates can get 10 inches thick (Eg where the U/c pintles are attached to a rear spar or the lump is hanging off the Front spar), and a very expensive forging is made, to prevent massive material wastage.
I don’t know if B787 Carbon Spars are made of a Web & Cap Strips, or they have formed them round a mould of some sort to form the C shape.

HTH.

That’s gotta be the ultimate boy’s toy.It also reminds me of Buzz Lightyear:cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCCrpVB5bFc&feature=related

is a great boys toy. (Not Aircraft related but so amazing IMO)
Music is by Muse, map of the problematique.

Closer, closer…..

You’ve probably all seen this, but hey it’s worth another look.
Typhoon lining up with a Herc for a photo shoot.

General Dynamics UK is the systems integrator, including comms.
Mohag will be building the metalwork.

I’m not sure what information you are seeking….there is a large FRES website which will cover most facts.