…but not primarily for the reason he gives.
Weight saving?
Reverse thrust isnt taken into account in stopping distances?
Ceramic brakes…more efficient at slowing things down…and lighter too!
Well the big beast is coming…Police have put up Barriers and no stopping cones all along the access road from the M25 all the way up to T4, and the traffic tonight was a complete b-tch.
While the story may be on the Boeing Military side, i feel that because it envolves the worlds No2 civilian airplane maker. then it is relevant to being on here
i think Airbus should concede the 787 market…and start work on a A320 successor, and keep working on the A340-500/600 models and bigger heavier A380’s
Here is what really happened to the Lufty plane.
Inside video footage.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4933318503062049442
I think it was safe to say the Alpha1 was a no-go many months ago, and that MH had diverted his interest into the Gumball3000 rally to raise money for charity.
If he has opened up a record shop, then all the best!
If you want to build your case on that premise then consider this.
Every single time a Boeing plane crashes, Boeing is sued and looses and pays. This is regardless of the fault determined, be it weather, act of god, pilot error or suicide, a terrorist or what not. This happens so often, Boeing even has a dedicated sum of money put aside for this.
Paying up and not challenging does not automatically mean guilt. Sometimes its just the best way to deal with the issue.
Everybody has this type of insurance, my father has it as a Barrister, my Uncle has it as an accoutant, and i have it, and i’m sure every large,medium and small business has some type of protection against claims and law suits.
Parker Hannifin agreed to payout over the silkair crashes,but did not accept liability. and also the agreement was to keep the payout amount undisclosed.
I’m sure Boeing and Parker Hannifin came to some sort of agreement, as losing each other would be costly to both of them!
The other thing to remember is that the B777 is a fly-by-wire aicraft, despite having the conventional yoke. Perhaps wysiwyg could enlighten us a tad more. but couldnt it be a computer fault instead of a part made by Parker Hannifin?
Oh yeah…737s were dropping out of the skies like nobody’s business.
Perhaps you should ommit the “huge”? It looks like you’re making it out to be a larger issue than what it was.There were 2 crashes that were confirmed as full rudder hard overs. Perhaps another suspected. In how many rotations made by the 737?
2 crashes and 1 suspected crash, was enough for Boeing to issue a safety directive on uncommanded rudder hardover recovery and for the NTSB AND FAA to get boeing to change the design of the rudder movement device, with a deadline for all units to be changed by 2008. Just a shame that it took a civil court case against Parker Hannifin to get the modifications made.
After a quick search on Google, Parker Hannifin do indeed make the control units for the B777
Its not going to happen, but i would like to see Blair get an A380, just so on some diplomatic p-ssup/mission he can park next to Airforce 1 :p
You’re quite right the British government should get an A380 😀 :diablo:
OI!!!!!!! 😮
I work bloody hard and pay my taxes, Tony Blair doesnt need a flying Gin Palace split on two levels!
But then again….have you seen his wife! 😀
Mine would be….called Dan-Air (original) but i would use a mix of A320/321 on short to medium haul routes round europe,north africa,scandinavia,middle east and baltic/russian routes.
Generally it would be a lo-co carrier, but not in the poverty specification of ryanair (abliet they do make millions), there would customer service and allocated seating…
Just aslong as you keep your overheads down,then you can be called a lo-co carrier
If you thought that A380 hit every branch on the ugly tree while on a steep decent…then the proposed/future design concept 797 hit every branch on the bounce back up!
Aren’t Munster in the Heinekken Euro rugby cup final?
Thinking about it…..i always do give the fuselage a little tap when i board a plane…dont know why, certainly not for any supersitious reasons..if going thru the the right door, i like to have quick looksie into the flightdeck, see wheather the capt is an old dog with more hours than the millennium falcon or a young whippersnapper
Sorry for the laymans speak….but rebooting an airbus/boeing/bombardier/embraer is it a lot more technical than doing Ctrl ALT Delete?