Journeys Across Continents Grounded
I visited Journeys Across Continents this morning only to find that it was shutdown yesterday. Yellow Herbie, as he's known to his many readers - including this one - was a FO on a Malaysia Airlines 777, and chronicled his crisscrossing the world from the right seat of the twin jet. There's no explanation of why the blog was shutdown or if it'll ever be back, but it will be sorely missed.
A380 Podcast
I recorded a podcast this afternoon with Addison Schonland and Erkan Pinar on the EIS of A380 so far, Erkin and I generally agree it's gone well, but I pushed back and play devil's advocate on a few different points. Worth a listen.
Quiet A350 Cancellations?
One item in this Bloomberg report caught my eye:
The Path to First Flight
Boeing has updated newairplane.com with some fresh 787 content, including a neat video of some of the many milestones that have brought Boeing to this point. Take a look at the gear swing tests with the full actuation and gear doors. Once an aviation geek, always an aviation geek.
In Case You Were Wondering
727 - E1/737-100 - PA099/737-700 - YA001/737-800 - YC001/P-8A - YP001/747-100 - RA001/
747-8F - RC501/747-8I - RC001/757-200 - NA001/767 - VA001/777-200 - WA001/777-200ER - WB001/777-300 - WB501/777-200LR - WD001/777-300ER - WD501/777F - WF001/787 - ZA001
AJOYAs
In the craziness of last week, I neglected to mention that the shortlist for the Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards was announced. A big congratulations to Flight journalists Mary Kirby, Aimee Turner, Niall O'Keeffe and Siva Govindasamy on their nominations! This blogger picked up three in the Breaking News & Air Transport categories. I've tried to link to as many of my fellow nominees as possible. The winners will be announced on June 15th in Paris. Congrats to all my fellow shortlisters!
I visited Journeys Across Continents this morning only to find that it was shutdown yesterday. Yellow Herbie, as he's known to his many readers - including this one - was a FO on a Malaysia Airlines 777, and chronicled his crisscrossing the world from the right seat of the twin jet. There's no explanation of why the blog was shutdown or if it'll ever be back, but it will be sorely missed.
A380 Podcast
I recorded a podcast this afternoon with Addison Schonland and Erkan Pinar on the EIS of A380 so far, Erkin and I generally agree it's gone well, but I pushed back and play devil's advocate on a few different points. Worth a listen.
Quiet A350 Cancellations?
One item in this Bloomberg report caught my eye:
Airbus SAS, the world's largest planemaker, said on May 7 that its net orders plunged 97 percent in the first four months of 2009 from a year earlier. The Toulouse, France-based unit of European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. said it lost 19 contracts, including five for its newest A350 long-haul plane.This was definitely news to me. Mainly because Airbus firmed an order for 5 A350-800s from Kingfisher last month. A typo perhaps?
The Path to First Flight
Boeing has updated newairplane.com with some fresh 787 content, including a neat video of some of the many milestones that have brought Boeing to this point. Take a look at the gear swing tests with the full actuation and gear doors. Once an aviation geek, always an aviation geek.
In Case You Were Wondering
727 - E1/737-100 - PA099/737-700 - YA001/737-800 - YC001/P-8A - YP001/747-100 - RA001/
747-8F - RC501/747-8I - RC001/757-200 - NA001/767 - VA001/777-200 - WA001/777-200ER - WB001/777-300 - WB501/777-200LR - WD001/777-300ER - WD501/777F - WF001/787 - ZA001
AJOYAs
In the craziness of last week, I neglected to mention that the shortlist for the Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards was announced. A big congratulations to Flight journalists Mary Kirby, Aimee Turner, Niall O'Keeffe and Siva Govindasamy on their nominations! This blogger picked up three in the Breaking News & Air Transport categories. I've tried to link to as many of my fellow nominees as possible. The winners will be announced on June 15th in Paris. Congrats to all my fellow shortlisters!
Breaking News
Airbus Dreamliner Dossier Revealed by Jon Ostrower, FlightBlogger
As Wolves Circle by David Lombardo, Aviation International News
Helicopter EMS: A Continuing Safety Failure by Patrick Veillette, Business & Commercial Aviation
Machinists vent frustration over strike vote by Jon Ostrower, FlightBlogger
Questions Raised over Norway's JSF Costs by Robert Hewson, Janes Defence Weekly
Air Transport
A Flawed Dream by Jon Ostrower, Flight International
One Destination by Ian Harbison, GreenSky - Aviation and the Environment
The Dream & Nightmare by Geoffrey Thomas, Air Transport World
The Perfect Storm by Aimée Turner, Flight International
The Real Con-Air by Dino Carrara, Air International
on May 26, 2009 5:41 PM | Reply
Quiet A350 Cancellations?
Isn't the cancellation coming from the order conversion by Kingfisher from the old A350 to the XWB type? The May spreadsheet shows -5 and +5 for the A350-800.
on May 26, 2009 5:42 PM | Reply
A350 order and cancellation
Not a typo, but a book adjustment. Kingfisher ordered 5 A350-800 in Dec 2005 (yes, 2005). When Airbus subsequently changed their A350 offering to the A350XWB, the customers appear to have been given the option to either move to the new product, or cancel. Most moved to the A350XWB, but a few did cancel (including Air Europa and Eurofly).
When customers moved to the A350XWB Airbus recorded these changes simultaneously as A350 cancellations and A350XWB new orders. This is what has happened here - Kingfisher was the final customer to agree a new contract with Airbus for the A350XWB in place of its original A350 order.
on May 27, 2009 5:51 AM | Reply
Yellow Herbie said in his penultimate post that there had been an incident on his flight, but that he couldn't say anything about it. After that he went silent. Maybe the airline pulled the plug on him? If so, not very clever of their PR department as he was always very pro Malaysia.
on May 27, 2009 8:24 PM | Reply
Congratulations on your nominations, Jon! :-)