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This is a re-post of the previous message with the Airline Names padded with underscores to better align the table. Here are some standard economy seat statistics for B-777s in international service ranked by seat floor area. The percents are of the smallest ANA floor area. Data source: Seatguru.co...

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Just as a matter of interest, Emirates' 777 seats are ten abreast in Economy, 3-4-3. They do have 33 inch seat pitch, which is a little better than many.

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Here's a repeat of my post on July 11 under another topic. It indicates the discount is 35%, not 15%: "Here is an extract from a news story: THAI is preparing to acquire eight Airbus A330-300 jetliners worth at least US$700 million. Airbus quoted $90 million apiece _ well below the original pri...

...autoclaves for a large wound barrel technology fuselage is not available in Europe.

Isn't Alenia in Italy?

http://tinyurl.com/2vxsq3

Perhaps Boeing has them tied down, but I read that Alenia is interested in being a risk sharing partner on the A350.

Not firm orders yet. From Boeing's announcement:

"...LAN Airlines, South America's largest airline, has announced its intent to acquire 26 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Successful conclusion of negotiations would result in LAN booking the largest order of 787s to date in Latin America."

What is "whiteanting"? I Googled it and it looks like it's an Australian phrase, but here was no definition. Thx!

Does all this tend to confirm Boeing's vision that the future is in point to point rather than hub to hub?

Yes, I agree. Another factor is that the power of jet engines allows airliners to fly at approximately 2 times the altitudes of even pressurized piston powered planes or higher. (I remember flying across the US in DC-6s and Super Connies at 18,000 ft) The air density at typical jet flight levels is ...

Here are some passenger-miles per gallon numbers for passenger airliners for various years. They were extracted from a U.S. government publication on fuel efficiencies of various modes of transportation. Even if the numbers are viewed as approximations, they indicate that modern fan jets area quite ...

Here is an extract from a news story: THAI is preparing to acquire eight Airbus A330-300 jetliners worth at least US$700 million. Airbus quoted $90 million apiece _ well below the original price of $140 million. THAI received the preferential price as compensation for the delay in deliveries of its ...

Yes, I remember the AA B747s. Here's a photo I took on a flight from LAX to IAD in 1971. There was a bowl on the piano filled with ice and cans of Michelob, which cost 50 cents on the honor system. http://www.stubchaer.com/AA.B747.1971.PS.jpg The 747s proved to be too large for AA and they were repl...

Here's some info on the 787 assembly progress. I don't know how recent the photos are.

http://tinyurl.com/2ocukq

Boeing just gave a 65 year service award to an employe!

The 787 rollout event will be broadcast live at 1530 hrs Seattle time (PDT) on Sunday, 8 July 2007. This is 2330 hrs London time and 0730 hrs Monday, Tokyo time. A webcast will be on www.boeing.com and www.newairplane.com . Check these sites closer to the rollout date for details. Source: Boeing Ann...

This may be the answer (from a NASA website):

"The futuristic airframe is a unique merger of efficient high-lift wings and a wide airfoil-shaped body, causing the entire aircraft to generate lift and minimize drag, thereby increasing fuel economy. "

Here's another of my photos of the Boeing Blended Wing model at Edwards AFB.

Back in 1974 we were driving by Palmdale, California, returning from a motorhome vacation in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. One of our kids asked if we could tour the aircraft plant we could see on east side of the road. I expressed doubt, but turned off the freeway into the Lockheed parking l...

Another NZ survey:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/7/sto ... d=10443231

MrAirbus wrote:I really hate this plane. Flew it several times on SAS flight, what an awful aircraft!

What do you "hate" about this Plane? Seats? Noise? View? Appearance? Other?