Found this little gem from the hurricane hunter video posted earlier today.
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Interesting article. I didn’t realise this was such a problem.
It’s not really a problem yet, it used to be a much larger problem some decades ago when even the official US supply chain, used for airforce one for example had bogus parts in stock.
Very interesting read. This is mostly a “Hey everyone, let’s make sure that doesn’t happen again”.
Unfortunately due to the structure of limited production runs with sub contractors makes getting spares difficult. Where once a manufacturer did everything in house they now outsource these jobs. And perhaps for the initial run they get 3 bids, for a run a few years later they might get none.
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A former colleague of mine, now retired, was supposed to fly that Partnair flight… I don’t remember why he didn’t. Maybe he got sick.
There’s a really great display of parts of the wreck, at the Aviation museum in Bodø. The display has mood light and somber music, which makes for a really eerie experience. A video shows the details and the bogus parts story.
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Cool footage of a CS300 (I refuse to call it an A220 darnit…):
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Cool perspective here…
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Some cool video on how they do air-to-air video shoots for UPS commercials… I dunno about that name “Brown Tales” though. Sounds more like a fraternity club that all got sick on a trip to Cancun or something…
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You and me both.
I had the privilege to work on the C-Series simulator for Baltic. Incredible plane.
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I have to say, I lost a lot of respect for Boeing over the C-Series.
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Wing-walker…you had one job…!
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Different type of wing walker came to mind.
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I lost that respect years ago over the KC-767 “lease” program. They are just slightly less nasty than Valaent Pharma (Don’t bother looking that one up. They were pretty bad.)
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To commemorate the new DisneyWorld EPCOT lands of UK & France (1982), they organized dual Concorde landings at MCO. Now that’s a publicity stunt…
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I kinda like the name A220… Cool jet anyway!
That looks very cool.
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So, I was wrong in thinking the 737 MAX was a proper new aircraft, being all convinced it now too was FBW as the rest of Boeings modern offerings. I came across this article in my search:
That doesn’t read like a comfy flight to be honest. I am a short fella and even for me the 737 is a bit tight.
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Last time a plane seat was comfortable for me was in 1990. Part of it is my size and the other is the downsizing of seat space.
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The only thing FBW in the Max are the spoilers. I really wish I could walk you all along on this wild ride Beoing is orchestrating since the Lion Air crash. Boeing, our company and our union have been scolding us pilots about how we have been properly trained on a system we didn’t even know existed officially until yesterday. Oh wait! That’s another thread. Sorry. Yeah, airlines are going to continue to squeaze you until government aviation authorities cry foul. So far, free market rules alone (outside the middle east and Norway, anyway) apply
I am with you on all of that. I have been taken for a ride by Boeings marketing machine, I figured the MAX would be the all new path to the future but it’s just same old ■■■■ with a stupendous single point of failure build in…