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10-29-2018 | 06:11 PM

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Precontact

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Originally Posted by Grumble

Only thing that can replace the 757 is the 757.

How true: Lyons also noted that the A321LR’s cruise speed of Mach 0.78 is “relatively low … compared to some of its competitors” such as the Mach 0.85-cruising Boeing 787, possibly producing a negative “knock-on effect for utilization on some of the shorter-length but still long-haul sectors” operated by the A321LR.
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10-29-2018 | 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BMEP100

I push started my 1969 Triumph GT-6 half way across the country because of a Lucas starter, in 1973 during a PCS change. Learned to park pointing down hill.

Hope you weren’t PCS’s to McConnell AFB, Kansas.

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10-30-2018 | 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Precontact

A 757 can cross the tracks at .80 and make gas. Nothing can compare to a 757, other than a 757. No Guppy or Fifi.

10-30-2018 | 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DashTrash

A 757 can cross the tracks at .80 and make gas. Nothing can compare to a 757, other than a 757. No Guppy or Fifi.

All very true....however....until Boeing opens up the line (which they won't) what is the next best thing? A321LR is as close as they come right now.

10-30-2018 | 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DashTrash

A 757 can cross the tracks at .80 and make gas. Nothing can compare to a 757, other than a 757. No Guppy or Fifi.

Of course if Boeing ever does reopen the 757 line a produced the new 757-400 MAX. It’ll be a rehashed under performing POS. It’s the new face of Boeing.

10-30-2018 | 10:04 AM

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🇬🇧 Rolls Royce Merlin 👍🏻

It's all been downhill from there........

10-30-2018 | 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by flyboycpa

Q: You know why the British never made good watches?

A: They couldn't figure out how to make them leak.

If it isn't leaking, they forgot to fill it. That is a servicing flaw, not a design flaw.

11-01-2018 | 05:25 PM

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Dave Fitzgerald

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if Boeing dithers around much more, someone will come up with a reengine plan for the 757. Probably FedEx. They already have new cockpits, if they got new engines, then the business case for Boeing's 797 goes out the window. So does the A321NEO's.

The question would be how much life is left in the airframes vs. heavy MX and engine change costs.

11-01-2018 | 06:34 PM

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The B707-727-737-757 skinny fuselage is just too narrow for todays jumbo humans. Cut that jig up. Toss it.

Hell, even the A318-319-320-321 fuselage is too small. Pitch it as well. Ten bucks says that the Connie, the Convair and the F27 all had more comfortable seats than todays airliners. Todays composite's ought to enable a wider fuselage at an attractive weight which will.... Oh hell, I must be high.

I know it will never happen.