Air India to Order 50 Planes Worth $6.9 Billion From Boeing

The New York Times ^ | April 27, 2005 | SARITHA RAI

[Paleo Conservative]

Ping!

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[mountaineer]

It's always good news when an American contractor lands a big international contract.

[Petronski]

It had to be while Willie Green was on his big road trip.

I'll ping him so he sees it first chance he gets. LOL

[parisa]

I absolutely LOVE this news!!!

[verity]

Heh!

[COEXERJ145]

At least the A380 flew for the first time today. If there wasn't some good news coming out of Toulouse there might have been mass suicides at Airbus. LOL!

[Paleo Conservative]

You'll have to take some pictures of an Air India 777-200LR at IAH.

[COEXERJ145]

I'd be nice to see. Depending on where I'm living at the time, I'll try to be there to see the first flight.

[Paleo Conservative]

At least the A380 flew for the first time today.

But that was with a low payload, much lower than maximum thrust and wheels down. When to they start flying with their maximum gross weight? When will they test stopping it with brakes alone? That should make an interesting picture, because the wheels will be glowing red hot.

[Paleo Conservative]

I bet a flight IAH to BOM would be unbearably long.

[COEXERJ145]

But that was with a low payload, much lower than maximum thrust and wheels down.

Not totally unusual for a first flight.

When will they test stopping it with brakes alone? That should make an interesting picture, because the wheels will be glowing red hot.

The rejected take off test is always the most exciting and most dangerous. The brakes will catch fire and there is also the risk the fire will spread as they have to sit for 5 minutes before the firemen can put out the brakes. This is to prove the aircraft won't go BOOM while passengers are evacuating. Of course in the process every tire (except the nose gear) will be destroyed.

[Paleo Conservative]

This is to prove the aircraft won't go BOOM while passengers are evacuating. Of course in the process every tire (except the nose gear) will be destroyed.

Supposedly that test alone costs millions of dollars.

[COEXERJ145]

When Boeing did the rejected takeoff test for the 777, the cost in tires alone (12) was $750,000.

[fishntex]

Air Canada also is purchasing 32 new Boeing jets including 14 787's. This info came from the following article http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,1371,1471298,00.html.

[dts32041]

What will the daley crime machine take on this be?

[Paleo Conservative]

When Boeing did the rejected takeoff test for the 777, the cost in tires alone (12) was $750,000.

Did they have to rerun that test for the different gross weight versions or was the original certification test adequate for the additional versions?

[COEXERJ145]

I'm not 100% sure but I believe they do. I know it was done for the 777-300.

[chiefqc]

I understand that the production models of the A380 will have bullseyes painted on both sides of the aircraft so there is a target to aim at when the terroist fire a rocket.