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http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_elders/2005/08/veel_vragen_en_.html In short: TV reports a 5 year old boy was still alive after the crash but people were not allowed to rescue the boy. One F16 made images of the plane before the crash and you can clearly see Andreas Prodromou. 3 Bodies are ...

Engines are easy to upgrade? You've got to be kidding

mrocktor

Hydrogen's energy/weight ratio is terrible, even without considering the weight of the necessary containment means. Until fusion is viable we will not see hydrogen powered commercial aircraft. One alternative is bio-fuels, their energy/weight ratio is worse then current aviation fuel, but not by the...

As far as I know, the fuel efficiency gain by not extracting bleed air is expected to be in the vicinity of 2% as Horse Power stated. All the electrical equipment that will have to be installed (and the increase in electrical power generation and distribution systems) will most likely be very close ...

The E-jets all have a 80.000 cycle design life for airframe and landing gear.

"Its brazilian, it isn't built to last": beleivable, and false.

mrock

An airline needing one or two 100 seaters could certainly consider the 736 or A318 if they operate other aircraft from the families (commonality would be a great advantage). On the other hand, if the fleet of 100 seaters is expected to be 10 or more it gets harder and harder to justify the extra 8.0...

(you can't have everything)

<--- Yes you can, thats what the E190 is for - thus the topic...


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Peter

I think so too. You never know who'll read it. I think you seriously underestimate terrorists' ingenuity. They've certainly evaluated this possibility before. This whole "we are smart and they are a bunch of stupid nomadic sand-people" is what got the US in this mess in the first place. O...

One point in favor of the twins is that with only two engines thats half as many things that can break. Remember that much of the "maintenance cost" is actually the loss of revenue when the aircraft is on the ground. With less engines (considering the reliability for each is more or less t...

I'm going out on a limb here, but expect the curvy widshield (particularly the angled frame) and the wavy tail surface to be dropped when the plane starts to "get real". In regards to the aircraft's performance, I'm a bit skeptic that they can make a plane thats 20% cheaper to operate, cos...

Yes indeed! This should keep the game interesting for another 10 years...

Peter

There are production slots open for the 190 for early 2006 AFAIK. Current Air Canada mess means their orders will most likely be postponed.

Peter

As was posted on another 717 thread on A.net, if they want a 100-seat class plane NOW they will buy the 717. The economics on the 318 and 736 are hard to justify.

On the other hand, if they can wait a year they will go with the 190/195. The 717 is a good plane, but its a dead program.

Peter

A318,

Not sure what your source is, but the E170 did not have a gear jam. In that incident the pilot forgot to lower the gear. He reportedly thought he had blown some tires and only realized he was gear up when he deplaned.

Peter

Right on YACHTIE, in the final certification drive for the E170 we had 7 prototypes plus the iron bird on a round-the-clock testing schedule.

Pete

On the orders side, the order from Republic Airways Holdings (Chataqua parent company) for 16+34 options on the 170 pretty much calmed my nervousness in relation to the situation at US Airways (which holds most of the 170 short term order book). Republic is a quality customer, they fly hundreds of 1...

The footage is all from the first flight. The gear was kept down during climbout (I was beside the runway), but before landing the plane made a low altitude pass over the runway (and wagged its wings :D ) and the gear was up. I tohught that was strange as well, for a first flight. Anyway, the plane ...

Structure tests are destructive, they fatigue the plane till it breaks. This aircraft has no systems installed, only the structure. Other prototypes that are actually flyable are usually reworked and sold (at a discount) at some point. Sometimes the first flyable model is retained as a testbed for c...

No, there is no requirement for a real crash landing. The structure is tested on the stand well beyond the stresses generated by a controlled landing without landing gear anyway. It must be proven (by analysis) that no uncontrolled fuel leakage will ocurr and that the escape devices (doors, slides e...

I consider the current situation a fortunate combination of luck and some very good work. Five years ago the race was on to capture the 70-110 seat market and Embraer decided to take on the challenge. Other programmes had already been launched. The E170/E190 family was designed to be extremely compe...