NZFF

This is awesome performance for the Airliners.

Boeing 777X FLY BY WIRE and POWERPLANT make this an awesome Airliner.

Amazing flying and beautiful aircraft.

Sure is, and surely the most beautiful wing since the Super VC10!
Amazing that 737 is bigger than the original 707...

Saw RNZAF 757 idling in to NZWP today.
We're not used to big narrowbodies, it looks so Long and Thin.

Charl, I always thought the A340-500 took the cake for elegance. Here's an old screenie from 2009. I titled it 'Lifting Bodies'.
ATB, Mike.

Lifting bodies indeed, amazing what diverse shapes will lift...

I will grant you the A340-500 as a complete airframe package, Mike.
It's what the 707 wanted to be when it grew up.

Charl wrote:I will grant you the A340-500 as a complete airframe package, Mike.
It's what the 707 wanted to be when it grew up.

Very true, Charl - the 707 was an Army brat, the A340 was une demoiselle

Splitpin wrote:Amazing flying and beautiful aircraft.

They are using a new FLY BY WIRE and D.E.C.S plus POWERCRUISE for that type of performance. You can with D.E.C.S exceed the engines to 175% in a 767 and 737 but it involves something additional being added. POWERCRUISE is a safer alternative that gives better performance. In the video of the Brisbane C-17 they are using POWERCRUISE for additional power in the climb. It is new technology that improves performance and saves fuel.

Charl wrote:Sure is, and surely the most beautiful wing since the Super VC10!
Amazing that 737 is bigger than the original 707...

Saw RNZAF 757 idling in to NZWP today.
We're not used to big narrowbodies, it looks so Long and Thin.

There is new FLY BY WIRE, POWERCRUISE, NAVIGATION SYSTEM and D.E.C.S for the 757 maybe the RNZAF should call Boeing about getting an upgrade.

Very impressive demo flights.
According to the Boeing CEO; the 737-10 may never see the light of day. It all hinges on being able to certify it without an EICAS system (Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System).
Congress may need to get involved

No EICAS? Why?
Or is MCAS/EICAS all the same to Boeing these days, just a minor irritation.

It is all to do with it being certified under the old system. It changes towards the end of the year.

737 -10 Max EICAS

They all have those systems and many new ones with DECS.

You'd think the corporate culture at Boeing would've changed, after the MAX debacle.
What's next, propeller retrofits to keep tooling costs down?
Hope the company survives.

Boeing has a good future, there is new technology for Boeing and they will continue to make awesome aircraft.
They may start making Space Ships in the near future, there is going to be a lot of Space Exploration in the near future in the Solar System.

Charl wrote:You'd think the corporate culture at Boeing would've changed, after the MAX debacle.
What's next, propeller retrofits to keep tooling costs down?
Hope the company survives.

They seemed to have good orders at Farnsborough. A lot of support from the US carriers.
There certainly needed to be a change in the company culture, starting at the top. The Boeing "buy out" of Douglas was a disaster for them and when things came off the rails.