MD Inspectio/Grrounding Information
01-08-2026 | 07:25 AM
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Adler since you like correcting people, JD said in the 4th quarter for the MD to come back. So anytime between March and April.
Also the P to F conversion is for the 777 300ER. The conversion company had the first one doing road shows over the summer. It went to Kalitta. In the fall FedEx announced 10 777 ordered of which 8 are off the production line. The source or model of the other two was not mentioned. My bet it is a 777-300ER PF.
Also the P to F conversion is for the 777 300ER. The conversion company had the first one doing road shows over the summer. It went to Kalitta. In the fall FedEx announced 10 777 ordered of which 8 are off the production line. The source or model of the other two was not mentioned. My bet it is a 777-300ER PF.
01-08-2026 | 07:33 AM
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From: MD-11 FO
01-08-2026 | 04:48 PM
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The DC-10 certainly had its share of accidents. Some of these were certainly related to engineering and some were practices that led to mechanical failures. I think what makes the DC-10 different from the MD-11 is purely the flight characteristics as a result of the modifications of the DC-10. The swept wing and small rudder being two of the biggest. The best thing they did with the MD-11 is put a ton of power on it. I guess that's probably what led to the lack of efficiency and its short lived airline passenger lifeline. Of course the twin widebodies didn't help the MD11's place in history too.
It has its quirks. But this structural issue of a wing pylon bearing failure is very concerning. The lack of any news regarding potential remedies is deafening. I hope there are more developments soon, but I would hope theres a manufacturing process developed to replace ALL parts and sections in question.
-Bubs
It has its quirks. But this structural issue of a wing pylon bearing failure is very concerning. The lack of any news regarding potential remedies is deafening. I hope there are more developments soon, but I would hope theres a manufacturing process developed to replace ALL parts and sections in question.
-Bubs
01-09-2026 | 03:53 PM
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01-14-2026 | 11:47 AM
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01-15-2026 | 08:07 AM
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01-16-2026 | 08:13 PM
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One of the remaining engines exhibited compressor stalls which were obvious in the public videos. So that one probably wasn't producing nominal thrust.
01-16-2026 | 08:51 PM
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Dunno. If you look at the attached chart, #2 shows what they describe as minor n1/n2 ‘perturbations’ but making power until impact. Goes on to mention performance trial runs awaiting input data, results.
01-19-2026 | 08:16 AM
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But looks like the root failure was the spherical bearing, not the lug assembly. That seems good, worst case it would be easy to just swap them all out. Assuming there are some in inventory, or they can mfg more quickly (should be able to do that, they don't look complicated). Especially since Boeing appears to have already superseded the original bearing with a redesigned version to address exactly this failure
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