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Re: Airbus
« Reply #25 on: July 11, 2018, 07:29:07 PM »
Yes there is. The dance competition is now finalized. A + B vs B + E.


Boeing to take over $4.75 billion Embraer unit, targeting Airbus-Bombardier. 80-percent stake.

Story: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing/boeing-to-take-over-4-75-billion-embraer-unit-targeting-airbus-bombardier-idUSKBN1JV1D2
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #26 on: July 21, 2018, 06:23:34 AM »
Sigh...yes it is the Merger/Acquisition season again (I'm even doing some of it...).  In addition to these, there is the UTC-Rockwell Collins merger plus a rumoured Honeywell-GE one...
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2018, 08:29:26 AM »
I read yesterday the founder of WestJet and the founder of JetBlue have form an alliance to form a new start up airline in the States. They've just placed an order for 60 A220's

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #28 on: July 21, 2018, 09:02:18 AM »
I read yesterday the founder of WestJet and the founder of JetBlue have form an alliance to form a new start up airline in the States. They've just placed an order for 60 A220's

I read that too. Is the airline to be called JetJet or WestBlue?
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #29 on: July 21, 2018, 09:12:07 AM »
I read yesterday the founder of WestJet and the founder of JetBlue have form an alliance to form a new start up airline in the States. They've just placed an order for 60 A220's

I read that too. Is the airline to be called JetJet or WestBlue?

I don't think WestJet will have anything to do with it. Mind you, I did hear today at YYC (WestJet's home base), that WestJet and Delta have signed an agreement to work together. And it's Delta that's at the nub of the A220/C Series quarrel (I thought it was them that ordered the C Series that got Boeing all in a snit)

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #30 on: July 21, 2018, 10:21:46 AM »
Surely the A220 has some sort of ASW capability....
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #31 on: July 21, 2018, 01:24:57 PM »
Sigh...yes it is the Merger/Acquisition season again (I'm even doing some of it...).  In addition to these, there is the UTC-Rockwell Collins merger plus a rumoured Honeywell-GE one...
Given what GE is divesting, I have to wonder who is acquiring who, there; Honeywell engines would nicely complement GE's portfolio of engines.

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2018, 03:54:36 AM »
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #33 on: February 17, 2019, 03:49:42 AM »
Bye bye A380, potentially hard times ahead for Broughton.

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/requiem-for-a-superjumbo/

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #34 on: February 07, 2020, 08:26:03 AM »
NOTAM to Airbus A350 operators.

NO DRINKS IN A350 COCKPITS

European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued an emergency notice; No liquids in cockpit of Airbus A350. Two incidents of drink spillage caused un-commanded engine shut down & diversion. One flight was Delta #DL159 to Fairbanks on Jan 21, 2020

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #35 on: February 07, 2020, 04:40:31 PM »
Why am I suddenly reminded of Jeffry's signature.....   ;D
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #36 on: February 07, 2020, 11:57:50 PM »
Obviously Airbus doesn’t install cup holders in the cockpit. Gross oversight! :o

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #37 on: February 08, 2020, 02:55:48 AM »
Obviously Airbus doesn’t install cup holders in the cockpit. Gross oversight! :o

It would appear as such. Two solutions come to mind:

Airbus Embroidered Wineskin



or Airbus Camelback. Doubles as a safety vest.





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Re: Airbus
« Reply #38 on: February 08, 2020, 08:11:39 AM »
The camelback might work until the pilot leans way back in the seat and liquid squirts out the tube. :o
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #39 on: May 09, 2021, 04:50:04 AM »
In Richard Payne's "Stuck on the drawing board" HS149 is defined a four-engined derivative of A300B

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/hawker-siddeley-hs149-07-airliner.12503/


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Re: Airbus
« Reply #40 on: May 09, 2021, 05:04:14 AM »
NOTAM to Airbus A350 operators.

NO DRINKS IN A350 COCKPITS

European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued an emergency notice; No liquids in cockpit of Airbus A350. Two incidents of drink spillage caused un-commanded engine shut down & diversion. One flight was Delta #DL159 to Fairbanks on Jan 21, 2020




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Re: Airbus
« Reply #41 on: September 10, 2023, 03:23:59 AM »
With revell re-releasing their 1996 Airbus A330-300, its got me wondering how hard it would be to convert to a RCAF CC-330 (which I believe is based on a A330-200)?

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #42 on: September 10, 2023, 11:30:04 AM »
With revell re-releasing their 1996 Airbus A330-300, its got me wondering how hard it would be to convert to a RCAF CC-330 (which I believe is based on a A330-200)?

Graeme: Have you seen this? -- https://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=21393

It shows the needed fuselage cuts and taller A330-200 replacement tail (Bra.Z Models BZ4011). For the CC-330, of course, you'd also need to replace Revell's PW4000s with Trent 700 (Bra.Z Models BZ4002). Those Bra.Z bits are currently available at Hannants.

-- https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BZ4011?result-token=N5c4A
-- https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BZ4002?result-token=N5c4A

But that is before you get to the MRTT bits ...  ;)
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #43 on: September 10, 2023, 04:14:59 PM »
ive built an A330-MRTT in RCAF markings back in 2016 (CC-165T Manitoba, before it became realworld).
but i think your better of using a Revell A340 for this conversion, as the fuselage of the A330 and A-340 are the same, but the A330-MRTT uses the A340 wing (with the Hose units fitted where the outer engines would be).

fuselage conversion is relaivly simple, just cut out 6 windows from the forward fuselage and 4 windows from the rear.
the tail should be a little higher, but i didnt do that as it was too much of a hastle, call it modellers compromise.  ;)

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #44 on: September 10, 2023, 11:20:39 PM »
I just leaned about the common fuselage and wing. Very smart move.

The A330 MRTT has a maximum fuel capacity of 111,000 kg (245,000 lb) without the use of additional fuel tanks, leaving space for 45,000 kg (99,000 lb) of additional cargo. The A330 MRTT's wing has common structure with the four-engine A340-200/-300 with reinforced mounting locations and provision for fuel piping for the A340's outboard engines. The A330 MRTT's wing therefore requires little modification to use these hardpoints for the wing refuelling pods.[3][unreliable source?]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #45 on: September 12, 2023, 02:06:43 AM »

Graeme: Have you seen this? -- https://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=21393
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But that is before you get to the MRTT bits ...  ;)

Oh wow! And great point about the revell A340...but man, those are spendy! Like 1/72 scale spendy! I guess the A340 has been OOP for some time.

I think 3D printing will fill the void for MRTT parts ... or option 2 is wait for a release?

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #46 on: September 12, 2023, 02:43:33 AM »
Some options:





And also from Click2detail in 1/144:

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #47 on: September 12, 2023, 09:00:19 AM »
Some options:

Nice! I never thought to look under KC-30A  :-[
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Re: Airbus
« Reply #48 on: September 13, 2023, 02:04:41 AM »
A simple and subtle whiff would be to do a KC30 in USAF markings:

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Re: Airbus
« Reply #49 on: September 17, 2023, 08:05:34 AM »
I was on FB marketplace the other day, and decided to type in Airbus A340. As luck would have it, one was posted for sale the day before, not 20 minutes away, for only $50! Needless to say, it now sits in my stash.

I didn't know about Hamilton Hobbies or the Click 2 detail bits -  they will make this much more do-able.