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Forum: Rumours & News
9th May 2024, 00:21
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

https://www.spiritaero.com/company/programs/ ...

https://www.spiritaero.com/company/programs/

The most I see is



They don't attribute a location for the wing front spar and fixed leading edge, but maybe Kinston as well?
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2024, 23:59
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

AFAIK the division of Spirit that makes Airbus...

AFAIK the division of Spirit that makes Airbus parts is in Ireland.

From BBC
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2024, 10:34
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

The valve is part of the rocket, not the capsule....

The valve is part of the rocket, not the capsule. In particular, part of the Atlas V upper stage - Centaur. It's not that new. There remain only 17 more Atlas V launches.

The overall launch...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2024, 00:34
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

More important than number and age is operators...

More important than number and age is operators and cause, into which age may matter or not. Will a newly off the line plane have the same problems from maintainers that one that is a few years over...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd May 2024, 01:14
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

MRSA was the initiator for causing his death. ...

MRSA was the initiator for causing his death.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteria. See https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mrsa/symptoms-causes/syc-20375336 for...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2024, 14:32
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

GKN had bought the site from Boeing in 2001, so...

GKN had bought the site from Boeing in 2001, so this is just a return to the previous ownership status.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2024, 01:53
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

Moved myself from other thread: The "...

Moved myself from other thread:

The " Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act" falls into the weird zone. It doesn't prevent errors, it simply adds another stick to beat people...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Apr 2024, 02:10
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

This would ordinarily be handled by going to the...

This would ordinarily be handled by going to the FAA first, but it will probably go there next. I know from aircraft radar development projects I was on, there was no way to afford to test every...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Apr 2024, 08:41
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

The way fatigue cracks propagate through metal is...

The way fatigue cracks propagate through metal is very different from the way damage accumulates in composites. In particular, fatigue cracks in metal form and progress at very small stress loads -...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2024, 00:29
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

I never watch the pro-Putin, Mudoch news. I'm...

I never watch the pro-Putin, Mudoch news. I'm also skeptical, not jaundiced.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2024, 19:49
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

I am not ignorant of aviation, thanks very much....

I am not ignorant of aviation, thanks very much. The political reason FAA exists is to reassure the flying public that aircraft and aviation are safe, not primarily to ensure that aircraft are safe....
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2024, 19:13
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

Congress legislates the function of the FAA and...

Congress legislates the function of the FAA and oversees the funding of the FAA and has not been providing the funding required to keep the FAA attractive enough to hire enough people skilled enough...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2024, 04:22
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

The problem with statistics of small numbers of...

The problem with statistics of small numbers of events is that probabilities based on them have huge problems determining the confidence interval.

It's better to focus on the sequence that led to...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 18:16
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

They failed to follow any portion of the stall...

They failed to follow any portion of the stall warning procedure prior to completing all the triggers for MCAS. How badly trained must pilots be to be considered a part of the problem? The airline...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2024, 22:07
Replies: 177
Views: 63,459
Posted By MechEngr

Could people heading to the press about problems...

Could people heading to the press about problems include specific detail about what the shortcut was and what they believe the effect of it to be?

No doubts about some shortcut and no tolerance...
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