Boeing

[longbow]

Anyone else notice this news?

I'm not shocked from what I read a few years back on the redesign of the A380.

Airbus A380: World's biggest planes are not sky-worthy, say engineers | Mail Online

 

[Stschil]

I thought Airbus was a French company.

 

[Miller Tyme]

I thought Airbus was a French company.

Airbus is a joint British/French company that grew patly out of there joint venture with the Concorde, and to help there domestic aircraft industries compete against Boeing.

 

[Yeah]

With a source as reliable as the Daily Mail I'd hop on board one without reservation.

 

[bobbittle]

What does this have to do with Boeing? :P

Here's another link
Cracks found on A380 wing parts called 'non-critical' - USATODAY.com

 

[Stschil]

The thread title had me confused. At first I wondered If this was the reason some OD the airlines cancelled their orders of planes from Boeing

I think i heard that somewhere recently.
Could be wrong. I have a Memory like an steel seive sometimes.

 

[bobbittle]

The thread title had me confused. At first I wondered If this was the reason some OD the airlines cancelled their orders of planes from Boeing

I think i heard that somewhere recently.
Could be wrong. I have a Memory like an steel seive sometimes.

If they were cancelling 777 orders I'm sure FedEx will be happy to pick them up.

 

[Tactical Dave]

There have been cancles with the 787 due to delivery delays, I think it is safe to say all planes have cracks, just because there is a crack does not mean it is not air worthy, sometimes you can drill a small hole at each end of the crack to keep it spreading and that is acceptable per FAA depending on location of crack. Oh and it is normal to keep and eye on a crack, every so many cycles or hours you inspect it for growth, 100 percent acceptable with FAA approval, it it was in a critical spot that was a flight safety risk it would not fly with passengers. Some web sites people need to stop visiting.

 

[jetmechG550]

777 doesn't have near the issues the 787 has when it comes to delays. The Dreamliner is aaaaaaaaaaaay behind schedule. I've been to Toulouse France where the 380 is made by Airbus, pretty impressive to see all those things sitting there outside the facility.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Airbus...cottage industry socialism brought to the airways. What could be better?

 

[Stubbleducker]

Not related to the airbus cracks, but Boeing just announced they're closing down the Wichita plant. It's been on the blocks for a while, but they were counting on the new military tanker program bringing in a bunch of new jobs and when that fell through, Boeing decided to shut it all down. That's a lot of people in DooDah out of work with the rest of the city (Cessna, Lear, Beechcraft, etc) not doing the greatest at the moment either.