Opposing views on the 100-150 seat market
We have been most fortunate to be briefed by two leading aircraft OEMs in the last two weeks. And what a different view of the world they show — one wonders if they’re in the same business. The chart below…
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Premium #173 – Embraer’s Health Management Systems Is Improving Reliability
Aircraft Health Management Systems (AHMS) are, quite simply, systems that will detect faults before they occur, allowing sufficient time to accomplish preventive maintenance and avoid avoid unscheduled interruptions. But with increasing complexity and “big data” for analysis, AHMS’s offer much…
Solar Impulse
In what must rank as one aviation’s most fascinating projects, the Solar Impulse was on its way to Hawaii from China but it stopped in Japan after weather problems. In typical fashion these days, you can watch the whole thing…
Airbus ships first parts for Mobile assembly
A320 aircraft production in the U.S. is on schedule to begin this summer as large aircraft components for the first U.S.-produced aircraft departed from Hamburg, Germany, bound for Mobile, Alabama. The parts on a ship named BBC Atlantic. The major…
CSeries Flight Test Update
We just got updated data. Bombardier’s flight tests have started to move more aggressively. Last month appears to have delivered about 220 hours which is over the planned number and likely is a sign of growing confidence in its test…
Delta’s Ed Bastian on Airbus
Delta’s Ed Bastian was in Toulouse last week to collect their new 242 Tonne A330-300. He spoke briefly to the media and answered some questions. He started off saying he would not speak about the ME3 vs the US3 –…