Re: [AFMUG] OT Covid is over

[Bill Prince]

I heard a rumor that an updated SR71 was working its way through the the skunk works.

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On 11/18/2020 12:38 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

Actually I meant a totally new design for the high efficiency market.  100% ground up new design.

 

I don’t know that much about commercial aircraft, but I don’t think the 777 was a rehash of anything, it was a new design, and well received.

 

But on the other hand, the military is really good at putting bandaids on old planes.  Good lord, look at the B52.  I wish the SR71 Blackbird was still flying.  Yeah, strap some more efficient engines on that.

 

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 2:03 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Covid is over

 

Yeah. I looked at what they had to do to the 737 to get the more efficient engines strapped on. The big issue was (at least) that the larger diameter required that they be forward-mounted further in order to get them to clear the ground. Might have been simpler to re-design the landing gear to provide more ground clearance, but what do I know?

 

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On 11/18/2020 11:58 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

Can you imagine if Boeing had instead designed a totally new plane, which was just getting certified now, instead of sticking band aids on an aging design to meet competition from Airbus?  That’s what Boeing used to do.  They lost their way, and in the process, forgot how to design and build a quality product.

 

There’s no way they could have anticipated a pandemic when they took the quick route with the Max, and it doubles their pain that they would have had time to bring out a new, better design for that market, and the pilots are going to have to be retrained anyway.  But as a former Boeing shareholder, I think it was still a bad decision from a company that forgot why it existed.

 

It’s also sad to see the 747 stop flying.  It was designed for a different era with different economics, but it was still a great plane.  I always tried to book a 747 when I was flying overseas, and it also seemed to be the pinnacle of every pilot’s career to captain a 747.  Hey, remember when a commercial airline pilot was a well paid highly respected job, rather than glorified bus driver?  When I was a kid, saying your dad was a pilot was like saying he was a doctor or lawyer.

 

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Lewis Bergman
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 1:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Covid is over

 

I always thought that when the 737 Max comes back the first year is exactly when you want on that plane.

 

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:25 PM Robert Andrews <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:

Could this be the perfect finish for 2020?

On 11/18/2020 11:13 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
> may I please be excused from flying on a 737 max for a year or two?
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> On 11/18/2020 11:09 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
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>> https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936080917/faa-gives-boeing-ok-to-resume-737-max-passenger-service
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