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Old 18th June 2015, 05:30 PM
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ST Engineering has signed a deal with Airbus to convert A320's into freighter planes.
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Boeing have released another version of the #PAS15 Dreamliner Rehersal video with Youtube, this time you can swap between three cameras views
in real time. Only appears to work on web browsers, not IOS devices.

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There seems to have been a lull in reporting of new orders or is it just my imagination ?
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Ethiopian have ordered 6 more B787s to complement their existing 13 Dreamliners.
Believe these are early build frames.
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Old 22nd June 2015, 05:52 PM
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They are known as the 'terrible teens' because that's where their Constructor Numbers sit, and they have a number of problems that take a month to fix for each aircraft (overweight being one of the problems that is probably not fixed). I think one of the other issues was the centre to rear fuselage join (a slight misalignment). They probably picked them up at a great price, as they have just been parked for a few years now, with 5 ton concrete blocks hanging from the engine mounts.
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Absolutely, hopefully this set of orders will add up and help to tie the production line over until they start the new VC-25's for the US.
Leeham are reporting overnight that the MOU is unlikely to have a positive impact on production rates as the need for aircraft is spread over seven years and involves at least two white tails already in process.

http://leehamnews.com/2015/06/23/vol...uction-likely/
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They are known as the 'terrible teens' because that's where their Constructor Numbers sit, and they have a number of problems that take a month to fix for each aircraft (overweight being one of the problems that is probably not fixed). I think one of the other issues was the centre to rear fuselage join (a slight misalignment). They probably picked them up at a great price, as they have just been parked for a few years now, with 5 ton concrete blocks hanging from the engine mounts.
Sorry, this probably belongs in the 787 thread- happy to move it there if you like... Another one of my unexplained curiosities - how do they join the fuselage sections anyway?
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Hi Terence, This is a photograph I shot of the "Forward to Center" fuselage join on Dreamliner
ZA001. As you can see, there is a wide vertical band bolted over the actual join, then horizontal
doublers over the top of the vertical band. The white areas between the doublers is the actual
composite fuselage structure (skin). The two rectangular pieces glued to the fuselage skin at
the top left of the vertical band, are for harmonic vibration dampening from memory, and can
be seen in a few places on the inside of the composite fuselage.



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Old 24th June 2015, 09:24 PM
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Thanks Grahame - appreciate the insight!!
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Thanks heaps for sharing that, Grahame... really cool to be able to see inside the structure
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