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on: 06-09-2012
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I still believe the 747 is one of the most elegant looking passenger jets ever built...
...in comparison, I think the A380 is a bulging monstrosity with Jennifer Garner-levels of high forehead and a ridiculously huge tailfin. |
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8-17-2014 @ 01:10:43 AM |
Posted By : DiRF |
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Sadly, it looks like this plane is becoming a flop. All the money invested into modernizing it, to make it competitive, and they can't sell the damn thing.
Aesthetics be damned, airlines care about cost effectiveness, even if that means going with the ungainly A380. Dammit.
So with this, and the 787 having its rather notorious battery problems, if Boeing doesn't get on the ball soon, they may be finished. The only thing saving them right now are the (for now) reasonably decent 777 sales, and the upcoming 737NG... but even the 737NG may be outdone by Airbus' Neo lineup, and the A350 may kill the 777's competitiveness.
From my own personal experience on domestic flights, and my mother's experiences on numerous trans-Atlantic flights, we have always preferred the way it feels to ride in a Boeing... Airbus planes just don't feel as smooth or confidence-inspiring... but that could be personal bias... it just sucks that Boeing appears to be dropping the ball with no light at the end of the tunnel. |
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8-17-2014 @ 07:05:39 PM |
Posted By : motopsycho |
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Plane aesthetics has so much to do with the airliners. I fly about 15- 20k miles a year on OneWorld Alliance and Virgin periodically. Virgin was my first A330 experience and since then it has become my choice plane now due to common seat configuration and space. Things are changing now though with the "main cabin plus" type seating, but I still prefer A3x0s. Dirf - you should check out flyertalk.
[Edited by motopsycho on 8-17-2014 @ 07:06:17 PM] |
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5-21-2017 @ 08:57:36 PM |
Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#9, The 737 is an underappreciated workhorse, not the biggest, not the most graceful, not the most advanced, but like a Nissan Altima, a large portion of the world uses them to get around and they work so well no never really notice them. There will be 737 airframes flying long after the last 747 hull is retired.
Really, the only place "bigger is better" still reigns is in locomotives, kidna.
The GEVO and SDAC series are behemoths compared to the units they're replacing, but the power plants inside actually are smaller than the previous generation by a couple of cylinders for fuel economy reasons, (real time computer tuning means you don't waste fuel at "cruising" speeds) the extra room inside is devoted to ease of maintenance and crew comfort. |
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5-21-2017 @ 09:16:51 PM |
Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#11, The biggest change has been the "Crew Cab", look at any engine up to the early 90's and they'll have the stub nose and walk-around front, that was done away with and the whole front end enclosed to give the crew more room and fit the electronics. Aside from that, US freight locomotives haven't evolved much from the original GP7, being industrial equipment, form follows function to a large degree. Steamliners have historically been maintenance nightmares because all the pretty styling complicates repair work. |
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2-03-2022 @ 08:29:24 PM |
Posted By : DiRF |
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#14, Just when I think Boeing has a never-ending string of fuckups (787 batteries going boom, 737MAX crashes, ultimate failure of the 747-8 program, some airlines refusing to take delivery of planes from their shoddy Alabama factory, endless delays to the 777X, trying to get the Bombardier C-Series banned in America which led to it becoming the hugely successful Airbus A220, etc…), they finally get a [small] win due to an Airbus fuckup.
Qatar Airways, one of the largest in the Middle East, has been in a bit of a spat with Airbus over unexpected paint/surface corrosion on their A350s. Airbus, in a very unprofessional manner, went nuclear on them in the court of public opinion. In response, Qatar has essentially cancelled ALL current and future orders for Airbus aircraft, and have now replaced those orders with HUGE volume purchases of 737MAXs and 787s, and it's rumored they may make a large commitment to buying 777Xs.
It's not a balance of power-shifting win, to be sure, but a win is a win. |
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