Originally Posted by Jughead (Post 1055352)

Being an airline guy prior to going to UPT, I found it comical that the USAF taught/approved us "direct" to a fix, using DME, an RMI, and the bottom half of your pencil. In a T-38, doing 10NM/min.

I didn't explain that method very well. Probably about as well as my "directs" looked on a radar scope.

If you remember doing this, I guess you understood it, sort of. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1055354)

At this point the trajectories of Bombardier and Dornier start to overlap.

For Bombardier the C-Series is the corporate equivalent of the DO 728/928
LH was again the launch customer, but few other orders trickled in.
For Dornier, just like for Bombardier the bread-and-butter plane orders dried up. At this point Bombardier's order backlog is minuscule and the promised profits from the C-Series are far away...

Boeing doing the 737-7MAX just put another nail in the coffin for the C-Series.

Bombardiers saving grace is the Q400 and the corporate portfolio...

Cheers
George

Originally Posted by ImTumbleweed (Post 1055423)

Wait for it....wait for it...



http://images.cheezburger.com/comple...da8087226c.gif

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1055437)

Actually tha article or another puts ATR backlog at 250 for the -600 series, the Q400 is sitting at 40. Bombardier is having problems selling the planes and the Q400 is pretty darn expensive. Probably does well for CAL because of scope issues but I doubt it's their first choice.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1055440)

Damn!!

Alright it's on, best gif of the night contest, let's see if anyone can top Tumbleweed!

And best title for a gif, separate categories.

Originally Posted by N9373M (Post 1055469)

I have too many to choose from, but since I'm already in the MODs doghouse, I'll have to pass this 'head'er on to someone else.

Originally Posted by jughead (Post 1055352)

being an airline guy prior to going to upt, i found it comical that the usaf taught/approved us "direct" to a fix, using dme, an rmi, and the bottom half of your pencil. In a t-38, doing 10nm/min.

I didn't explain that method very well. Probably about as well as my "directs" looked on a radar scope.

If you remember doing this, i guess you understood it, sort of. :rolleyes: