Planespotting
Feb 22nd 2016 | 5:38 am
#1261
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Re: Planespotting
American Airlines 2016 Fleet Plan; American Airlines' 2016 Fleet Plan
Feb 22nd 2016 | 5:55 am
#1262
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Feb 22nd 2016 | 6:02 am
#1263
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Feb 23rd 2016 | 9:14 pm
#1265
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Re: Planespotting
Yep, any landing you can walk away from.... driver was very lucky
Feb 24th 2016 | 1:09 am
#1266
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Re: Planespotting
I can't watch it with the sound up here, but presumably the plane was crashing no matter what he did. Looks like he did the best he could under the circumstances.
He does owe that driver a new pair of underwear, though
He does owe that driver a new pair of underwear, though
Mar 11th 2016 | 9:12 am
#1267
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Re: Planespotting
It's been fairly well publicized that the US has been flying A-10 Warthogs and B-52's against ISIS. Now it's reported they're flying OV-10 Broncos against ISIS too. 
So we're employing all the latest technology! 
Has America woken up to the fact that flying $150million dollar planes against AK-47-toting thugs perhaps isn't the best use of capital, nor even very effective when you're trying to engage stationary or very slow moving ground targets with a potentially supersonic jet fighter.
I can't help but notice that the AH-64 Apaches seem conspicuous by their absence over Iraq and Syria.
So we're employing all the latest technology! Has America woken up to the fact that flying $150million dollar planes against AK-47-toting thugs perhaps isn't the best use of capital, nor even very effective when you're trying to engage stationary or very slow moving ground targets with a potentially supersonic jet fighter.
I can't help but notice that the AH-64 Apaches seem conspicuous by their absence over Iraq and Syria.
Mar 11th 2016 | 9:39 am
#1268
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Re: Planespotting
It's been fairly well publicized that the US has been flying A-10 Warthogs and B-52's against ISIS. Now it's reported they're flying OV-10 Broncos against ISIS too. So we're employing all the latest technology!
Has America woken up to the fact that flying $150million dollar planes against AK-47-toting thugs perhaps isn't the best use of capital, nor even very effective when you're trying to engage stationary or very slow moving ground targets with a potentially supersonic jet fighter.
I can't help but notice that the AH-64 Apaches seem conspicuous by their absence over Iraq and Syria.
So we're employing all the latest technology! Has America woken up to the fact that flying $150million dollar planes against AK-47-toting thugs perhaps isn't the best use of capital, nor even very effective when you're trying to engage stationary or very slow moving ground targets with a potentially supersonic jet fighter.
I can't help but notice that the AH-64 Apaches seem conspicuous by their absence over Iraq and Syria.
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Mar 21st 2016 | 5:51 am
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Re: Planespotting
Anybody else catch the farewell flight of the mighty Sea King today?
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-03-21/in-pictures-sea-king-helicopters-in-final-fly-past-over-the-south-west/
It would appear that the lady from Salisbury actually spotted a Merlin Mk3 directly over her head and not a Sea King!
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-03-21/in-pictures-sea-king-helicopters-in-final-fly-past-over-the-south-west/
It would appear that the lady from Salisbury actually spotted a Merlin Mk3 directly over her head and not a Sea King!
Mar 24th 2016 | 12:38 pm
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Re: Planespotting
Mar 29th 2016 | 3:59 pm
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Re: Planespotting
Boeing feeling the pinch from Airbus.
Boeing job cuts this year could reach 10 percent | The Seattle Times
Boeing job cuts this year could reach 10 percent | The Seattle Times
Mar 30th 2016 | 2:37 am
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Re: Planespotting
That is true. Boeing just specifically mentions pricing pressures from Airbus.
These cuts seem more to do with Airbus then they do with typical down turn. Boeing seems to currently be unable to compete on price with Airbus especially in narrowbody where both companies planes are pretty much equal.
the company needed to drastically reduce costs — and thus airplane pricing — because of fierce sales competition from Airbus.
“They are attacking us with price in every single campaign. And as a result of that, you know, we’re being pushed to the wall.â€
He said that Airbus winning 63 percent of single-aisle sales last year with its A320 jets going against Boeing’s 737 jets was “alarming … because the 737 is the biggest contributor to the earnings of the Boeing Company.â€
These cuts seem more to do with Airbus then they do with typical down turn. Boeing seems to currently be unable to compete on price with Airbus especially in narrowbody where both companies planes are pretty much equal.
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Apr 1st 2016 | 3:32 pm
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Re: Planespotting
I do like a neatly stacked hanger. Planes at work all tucked up and ready for bed!
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