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737 Max UPDATE Texts from 2016 from Test Pilots
Video: 737 Max UPDATE Texts from 2016 from Test Pilots - FBI
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Video: 737 Max UPDATE Texts from 2016 from Test Pilots - FBI etc... Watch and listen...
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Boeing Board to Meet in Texas as Scrutiny Intensifies - Today And Tomorrow... New CEO On Wednesday?
Significant job cuts as Boeing
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October 20, 2019 - by Eric M. Johnson, Tim Hepher for reuters.com
Boeing's board of directors and top executives from its airplanes division and supply chain were due to meet on Sunday in San Antonio, Texas, two days after the U.S. planemaker was plunged into a fresh crisis over its banned 737 MAX jet.
The meeting comes as pressure mounts on the world's largest planemaker not only from investigations into the 737 MAX following two deadly crashes, but also from the financial burden caused by the jet's safety ban and continued high production.
Several industry sources said there was speculation inside the company of significant job cuts as Boeing, unable to deliver 737 MAX planes to customers, continues to drain cash.
And although Boeing has so far told suppliers it expects to maintain a production rate of 42 single-aisles monthly with plans to increase to a record level next near, rates may have to come down if regulators further delay the MAX's return to service, the people said.
The schedule for the board's face-to-face meetings was set for Sunday (today) and Monday in San Antonio...
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Israeli Air Force F-35I
Israel 'Modified' Their F-35 Stealth Fighters. The Results Speak for Themselves - Canada Dropped Out Of The F-35 Program
Israel's F-35I is customized for Jerusalem's preferences.
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October 20, 2019 - by Sebastien Roblin for nationalinterest.org
- Israel's F-35I is customized for Jerusalem's preferences.
On May 22, 2018 Israeli Air Force commander Amikam Norkin announced that its F-35I stealth fighters had flown on two combat missions on "different fronts," showing as proof a photograph of an F-35 overflying Beirut.
While details on those missions have not been released—apparently, they were not deployed in a massive Israeli air attack on Iranian forces in Syria that took place on May 9, 2018—this nonetheless apparently confirmed the first combat operations undertaken by any variant of the controversial stealth jet, which is currently entering service with the militaries of ten countries after undergoing over two decades of development.
In fact, Israel's F-35I Adir—or "Mighty Ones"—will be the only F-35 variant to enter service heavily tailored to a foreign country's specifications.
There had been plans for a Canadian CF-35, with a different refueling probe and drogue-parachute to allow landing on short Arctic air strips, but Ottawa dropped out of the F-35 program.
Though not an investor in the F-35's development, Tel Aviv was nonetheless quick to sign on to the program with an initial order of fifty. It also negotiated a favorable deal in which billions of dollars worth of F-35 wings and sophisticated helmet sets would be manufactured in Israel, paid for with U.S. military aid.
Furthermore, depot-level maintenance will occur in a facility operated by Israeli Aeronautics Industries rather than at a Lockheed facility abroad...
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Fleet Changes - In the US, Airbus's market impact keeps growing...
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October 20, 2019 - by Addison Schonland for airinsight.com
As US airlines continue to update their fleets we can see how the updates are evolving by tracking the T-100 database.
The April 2019 data was released and here is an update from our model.
Subscribers can drill down into the model to delve into details by airline.
The chart shows two key data points: the duopoly's power is growing and, in the US, Airbus's market impact keeps growing...
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Something Called a Flak Cannons Could Destroy an F-35 Stealth Fighter - It's true
The Air Force is worried about anti-air missiles, but also low-tech flak batteries.
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October 19, 2019 - by by Michael Peck for nationalinterest.org
- The Air Force is worried about anti-air missiles, but also low-tech flak batteries.
Surface-to-air missiles—those high-tech killers of aircraft—tend to get all the attention. But the U.S. Air Force reminds us that old-fashioned anti-aircraft guns are still a threat.
Hence the genesis of a new Air Force research project to locate flak batteries in the same way that ground troops use technology to identify the location of mortars and snipers.
The goal of the project, titled "Target ID of Radar Backtracking of Ant-Aircraft Projectiles," is to use airborne radar to trace the trajectory of anti-aircraft shells back to their source.
Significantly, while the text of the research solicitation doesn't mention the F-35, the acquisition program that the project is intended is listed as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. In addition, the F-22 is included in the list of keywords at the bottom of the solicitation.
"I'm sure it isn't a coincidence," says Dan Grazier at defense watchdog Project on Government Oversight. "The F-35 is quite vulnerable to ground fire, especially since the designers decided not to include self-sealing fuel tanks."
"Legacy AAAs [anti-aircraft artillery] are already lethal to 35,000 feet and will become more lethal as projectiles become smarter and as radar tracking improves. In the near future, they will be more lethal at...
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Stunning Messages From 2016 Deepen Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis - Top Boeing Pilots Were Caught Off Guard By The MCAS
Top Boeing pilots were caught off guard by the MCAS
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October 18, 2019 - by Dominic Gates and Steve Miletich for seattletimes.com
Boeing's MAX crisis deepened Friday with new controversy around an exchange of bantering texts between senior pilots that suggested Boeing knew as early as 2016 about the perils of a new flight-control system later implicated in two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.
The exchange of messages in 2016 between the two lead technical pilots on the Boeing 737 MAX program was released Friday after regulators blew up at the company for belatedly disclosing the matter.
The messages reveal that the flight-control system, which two years later went haywire on the crashed flights, was behaving aggressively and strangely in the pilots' simulator sessions.
In the exchange, one of the pilots states that given the behavior of the system, known as a Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), he had unknowingly lied to the FAA about its capabilities.
"It's running rampant in the sim on me," 737 Chief Technical Pilot Mark Forkner wrote to Patrik Gustavsson, who would succeed him as chief technical pilot. "I'm levelling off at like 4000 ft, 230 knots and the plane is trimming itself like craxy. I'm like, WHAT?" (Spelling errors in the original.)
"Granted, I suck at flying, but even this was egregious," Forkner added.
The exchange shows that the aggressive behavior of MCAS was known to Boeing even ahead of flight testing, and that these top Boeing pilots were caught off guard by the system's power.
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October 18, 2019 - by NAOKI WATANABE for nikkei.com
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Aircraft is seeking a sixth postponement on delivering its rebranded SpaceJet regional passenger plane, Nikkei has learned, with a new target date to be set as soon as next month.
Setbacks in developing the body of the aircraft, formerly known as the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, have slowed the process of obtaining type certification, a prerequisite for commercial flight.
Parent company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has sought a review from outside experts to help set a delivery date beyond the standing mid-2020 target for the 90-seat-class jet.
Mitsubishi Heavy launched the aircraft project in March 2008 with much fanfare, aiming to develop Japan's first homegrown commercial jetliner.
The country's once-vibrant aerospace industry was virtually shutdown by a ban on aircraft production by American occupiers in the aftermath in World War II.
The industry has slowly made a comeback through parts production, and the SpaceJet will mark a full-fledged re-entry into the aircraft business....
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Boeing shares slide after FAA discovered ‘concerning’ messages about 737 Max certification
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October 18, 2019 - by Leslie Josephs for cnbc.com
KEY POINTS
- The FAA said Boeing withheld the messages between employees for months.
- The incident ramps up pressure on Boeing and CEO Muilenburg about the planes.
- Boeing and the FAA are facing several investigations about the 737 Max's design and certification.
shares slipped Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration said Boeing withheld for months messages between employees from 2016 regarding the 737 Max's certification from the regulator.
The plane has been grounded since mid-March after two fatal crashes.
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‘No one knows’ when Boeing 737 MAX really will return, United CEO says
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October 18, 2019 by Ben Mutzabaugh for thepointsguy.com
Airlines that fly the Boeing 737 MAX have had to repeatedly shuffle their schedules thanks to the ongoing grounding of the aircraft.
All three U.S. airlines that fly the plane have changed their schedules numerous times since the MAX was first grounded in March. Now, American, Southwest and United each have pushed the planned restart of the MAX into next year, but it's not completely clear when the jet might actually fly again.
United announced its latest update to its MAX schedule just last week, saying it would extend its MAX cancellations until Jan. 6. Previously, United had projected a Dec. 19 return.
But United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz acknowledged some...
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