Aircraft
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Mitsubishi Introduces the Efficient But Range-Limited SpaceJet M100 for the US Market
The Paris Air Show opens next week, and that’s always a big venue for aircraft-related announcements. Mitsubishi, however, has decided to jump…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s Fall Continues, A Big JetBlue Loss, Hawaiian Fights LAX
This week’s featured link: Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change – The New York TimesWhat…
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3 Links I Love: Mitsubishi Targets the US, A Successful A380, Iceland’s Wow Pain
This week’s featured link: Mitsubishi to turn MRJ into cheaper, smaller ‘Space Jet’ – Nikkei Asian ReviewIt is going to be really…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Capt Korry Franke on Flying the 737
You might recognize the name Korry Franke from this blog. He’s the Captain for United who wrote the book 3 Feet to…
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After Reading the Preliminary Report, A Change of Heart on the 737 MAX Grounding
After Ethiopian 302 crashed on takeoff from Addis Ababa, I thought the decision to ground the airplane was hasty. But now after…
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Did an Airbus A330 Have the Same Problem as the 737 MAX? (Ask Cranky)
It’s time for another edition of Ask Cranky and today, it provides a good excuse to write more about Boeing’s 737 MAX…
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Whether the MAX Should Have Been Grounded or Not, Boeing Finds Itself in Hot Water
In my post last Thursday, I laid out why I thought the 737 MAX shouldn’t have been grounded with the information we…
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In Defense of Not Grounding the 737 MAX… Even Though It’s Now Grounded
When the 737 MAX operating Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed on takeoff from Addis Ababa last Sunday, the pressure immediately began to…
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An Appreciation for the A380, an Airplane That Never Should Have Been Built
Less than 20 years after the aircraft program was launched, Airbus announced last week that it would begin winding down production on…
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Cranky on the Web: The 747 at 50, More on the CRJ550, Suing Over Hidden City Ticketing
50 Years On, Boeing’s 747 Is Fighting for Survival – Popular MechanicsI was asked to comment for a piece on the 50th anniversary…
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3 Links I Love: Air France Exec Turmoil, Regional Madness Since 1990, KLM Starts to Say Goodbye to the 747
This week’s featured link: Air France-KLM Said to Weigh Changing Dutch Head for New Era – BloombergThis is a sad by-product of…
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United’s Clever Move to Be Competitive While Obeying Scope with the CRJ550
United put out a press release yesterday touting a big increase in the number of premium seats onboard its aircraft. Some of…