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I always like "The Airplane fell from XXXX to XXXX feet" As if it were held up there by the pressurized air in the cabin. It did not fall. it was driven there

LHR has banned all NON_REV passengers until Sept 11 on departing flights. All Flights were capped at 90% of available seats which ended earlier this month. LHR adn LGW are a bloody mess and this is their solution it is the AIRPORT imposing these restrictions

This is just the continuing story of the Liberals coming to the wrong conclusion and doing the wrong thing. Seems to be a trend. Well there is a Tornado so blame the airline. Severe Thunderstorm at the destination...Blame the airline. Someone was shot in Toronto blame legal gun owners. I am sure there are a thousand more examples of their incompetence.

the like button is just a way to send a dose of dopamine to the original poster,

I hope the aircraft was removed from service. An impact strong enough to fracture a spine is hard enough to damage the airframe

where's Heathrow. Its a mess

well that article is pure BS from the outset. The 2 aircraft are being procured for Multi Role operations that was made abundantly clear in the press release. They will both be modified as Airborne refueling tankers as well as personnel and VIP transport aircraft hence the MRTT designation. The original Polaris aircraft were all second hand aircraft procured from the defunct Canadian Airlines / Wardair fleet and repurposed in the MRTT role. The aircraft in question were manufactured in 2015 so 7 years old which is not bad considering they will undergo extensive rework by Airbus to be refitted for their roles.

Suck it up and revamp the aircraft systems. the airframe is solid but the mishmash underneath is outdated. Makup on a pig is still a pig. Just do the work, spend the money and have a better plane in the end. So what if airlines have to do training.

honestly....for the most part you get what you pay for

are we sure that's not a flight test scenario. The water ingestion test is a requirement for certification.

When I worked flight test in Witchita on the original Global Express aircraft, it also exceeded Mach 1. We always knew when they did it because they would lose the lav service door.

a blown tire can cause a hydraulic issue pretty quick

Watched it. nothing at all surprising there. Profit over innovation and safety.

oops....You get my point

Boeing has sidestepped a lot of certification requirements in their history. The 747-400 kept the same certification (with amendments) as the -200 even though the wing was different. This shortened the certification process. The main technicality was not renumbering the slats. Thats why you have a 1A and not fully renumbered. Technicalities. The 737 has been redesigned so many time but always retains enough of the predecessor to be the same type for certification purposes. While this make development fast and cheap, it does nothing to enhance safety, comfort and efficiency. It is stagnating advancement and letting Airbus and others leap out ahead of the former king.

The 727 and the 737 share the same cockpit section. My point was initially that they are attempting to make 1060s technology integrate with 2000 technology and it has many issue. From a pilot and backend perspective its all bright lights and shiny new things but under the skin is is a nightmare of independent systems trying to work together. Does it work? Sure. is it efficient or reliable? not really. Does it measure up to the competition? not by a longshot.

the current 737 variations are an abomination of 1960s, 1970.s, 1980's etc technology. The integration of systems is no-existent and is mainly duct taped together to create the aircraft. it may look pretty in the (lower) cockpit but behind those screens is still analog and steam. The type is WAY past its prime and needs a full replacement.

read the article of the Supersonic DC-8. They put the aircraft into a controlled dive with the trim set full nose up and held the aircraft in the dive to achieve speed in excess of Mach 1. it took 15000 feet to recover the dive.

Not likely since the water tanks are integral to the fuselage.

There is something to be said for the opposite strategy of build em cheap and build a lot of them. This Aircraft is trying to do too much and does none of it better than the competition. It is also missing one engine

Watched DOWNFALL last night. Good Documentary on the MAX issue.

the Zipper

some inaccuracies in that article but some cool paint schemes.

My wife got back from Cuba last night. Fastest transit through YYZ ever. Flight landed at 16:56 local and she was in my car at 17:30 PCR test and all.

My wife is currently in Cuba. The only issues she will encounter is when she arrives back in YYZ because that is where stupidity breeds.