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Post by FabienA380 on Jan 7, 2014 5:54:23 GMT 1
Airbus A350 - General Discussion (2014) Fabien  |
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Post by Jkkw on Jan 13, 2014 12:38:39 GMT 1
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Post by starbucks on Jan 13, 2014 12:41:03 GMT 1
Wings also didn't break and computer simulations + the "real deal" matched  |
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Post by philidor on Jan 13, 2014 15:34:16 GMT 1
I am sure this result has lifted a burden off the program head's shoulders ... So far, Airbus has been very successful in de-risking the program.
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Post by philidor on Jan 16, 2014 0:48:12 GMT 1
According to a Wall Street Journal story, Airbus eventually intends to apply for an unprecedented ETOPs 420 regime for the A350 (7 hours !).
To read the story, dodge the paywall by googling "Airbus Seeks Approval for A350s to Fly Farther From Nearest Emergency Strip".
I don't think this is entirely new information, but the newspaper contends that the application already is included in documents filed by Airbus with EASA and FAA.
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Post by limoncello on Jan 18, 2014 17:18:17 GMT 1
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Post by FabienA380 on Jan 19, 2014 3:27:11 GMT 1
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Post by bvb09 on Jan 20, 2014 11:44:48 GMT 1
Quote from the linked article: "The only places where an airliner’s certified capacity to fly at single engined speed for up to seven hours to an emergency landing strip would matter are found are along the possible near or trans Antarctica routes...."
Does anyone know how fast "single engined speed" would be compared to regular (i.e. double engined) speed?
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Post by airboche on Jan 21, 2014 10:00:26 GMT 1
It must be by customer's request. Somebody with long routings over Antarctica.
Seven hours sound a bit too far away from civilization for my comfort. Even with the aircraft being technically capable to do stuff like that.
Maybe ICAO or somebody should start to build a network of basic emergency landing sites in the world's most remote areas? Some transpacific routings without any landing sites, except for lost and forgotten military island airports, come to my mind as well.
(Typo corrected)
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Post by philidor on Jan 21, 2014 11:02:08 GMT 1
Maybe ICACO or somebody should start to build a network of basic emergency landing sites in the world's most remote areas? Some transpacific routings without any landing sites, except for lost and forgotten military island airports, come to my mind as well. The costs would be huge and would outweigh any benefit some additional traffic would provide. Better keep a few four-holers in service ! |
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