There was a Comet IV that sat at O'hare for years. A guy named Dick Drost owned it and used it as a shuttle down to 'Naked City' somewhere in Indiana. They operated out of the original Terminal 1 (Butler Aviation). I guess the Feds finally said "No, don't do that no more". When Chicago and United built the new Terminal 1 it went away - who knows where...

(Written on 2020年 10月 21日)(Permalink)

Hey Kyle, read this article on the same subject: https://readymadeinvest.com/boeing-hid-design-flaws-in-max-jets-from-pilots-and-regulators/ You'll feel much better about your prose...

(Written on 2020年 09月 19日)(Permalink)

Nor were they using floppy disks to load nav data in 1969. In 1969 pilots still had to know how to navigate. The most advanced Flight Management Systems were installed in the Apollo spacecraft at the time. And even for them, the sextant was still their primary source of positioning data.

(Written on 2020年 08月 16日)(Permalink)

This just means the process is going to get a lot of input from a lot of people that are the least qualified to make it. Hey! Sorta like the FlightAware squawks forums!!

(Written on 2020年 07月 22日)(Permalink)

Actually, if you look at the Flightaware track, he makes a turn to the west and crosses I-11 which the controller probably would not have anticipated. It actually makes no sense for him to have done that unless he was thinking the 17s were in use at Henderson, though the controller clearly tells him the 35s are in use. What he should have done was go to Boulder City (BLD) VOR and track outbound on the 245 radial. That keeps you clear of the Class B and sets you up just about right for a midfield pattern entry for either set of runways. This guy has no excuse, the controller was just right as the pilot had no need to transit the Class B to get where he was going to.

(Written on 2020年 06月 27日)(Permalink)

"A certification flight test, which is expected to last at least two days, is likely to take place starting as early as Tuesday but has not been finalized." Wow, that's going to be a pretty impressive demonstration of endurance. Not only for the aircraft, but for the flight test crew as well.

(Written on 2020年 06月 27日)(Permalink)

Sliding down the runway on the bottom of both nacelles may compromise the integrity of power generation, hydraulics, and fuel systems as the accessory cases are located there. Way too early to draw conclusions though.

(Written on 2020年 05月 23日)(Permalink)

Embraer is in a lot worse shape than Boeing is from a financial standpoint. Yep, market cap. was $1.1 billion last Friday. It will very likely drop below $1 billion today.

(Written on 2020年 04月 27日)(Permalink)

There was some back and forth between Boeing and Treasury in March, but Boeing ended up turning down Mnuchin's proposal. There were also provisions in the recently passed legislation which could provide government backed loans that a lot of pundits were howling about as a backdoor Boeing bailout, but the provisions are for the industry in general and up to this point Boeing has not applied. Instead of taking government aid, Boeing scaled back production, cut executive pay, suspended the shareholder dividend, drew on existing credit lines and (according to stock analysts) the markets are pricing in a secondary equity offering in the not too distant future. As for the Embraer stake, it's just good business to walk away from a bad business deal.

(Written on 2020年 04月 27日)(Permalink)

Simple economics. Embraer's market capitalization has fallen to $1.1 billion. So Boeing's supposed to pay $4.2 billion for 80% of $1.1 billion? No that can't work. Boeing is right to walk away.

(Written on 2020年 04月 26日)(Permalink)