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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 6. Fuselage manufacturing March 31, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 6P. Fuselage manufacturing March 31, 2023
- MCAS, The Aircraft Certification Act and the unintended consequences of Congressional Intervention March 30, 2023
- Pontifications: Technical challenges for UAMs, et al, only part of the problems March 28, 2023
- An uneven financial recovery among OEMs and Suppliers March 27, 2023
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 50. eVTOL production volumes.
December 16, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked at the production costs of our typical eVTOL. We could see that it was far higher than Joby’s assumption of $1.3m for the S4, about three times higher… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 34. Wrap-up.
December 17, 2021, ©. Leeham News: As we wrap up the series where we look at the monumental work you have to do to get a new aircraft type certified, we will discuss how we need several aircraft… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 33. Multi-country Certification
December 10, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Our aircraft has now achieved its first deliveries and is Entering Into Service (EIS) with our launch customer. This covers one customer and one jurisdiction. As each country is sovereign in Airworthiness… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 32. Aircraft delivery and EIS
December 3, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through typical problems by the start of serial production, such as weight creep and traveled work. Now we discuss the ins and outs of delivering the aircraft to… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 31. Serial Production problems
November 26, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we started our analysis of the serial production phase. If development is filled with revelations and problems to solve, production has it as well. We start this week by looking… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 29. Finishing Flight tests
November 12, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked at our role in creating comprehensive crew training so the aircraft can be safely operated during its lifetime. With maintenance and crew training docs and curriculums well underway… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 28. Crew training
November 5, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked at our role in creating a competent maintenance activity so our aircraft can be kept airworthy throughout its operational life. The other important part of operational safety is… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 27. Maintenance competence
October 29, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked into Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICAs), and what roles it plays in air safety. Equally important for air safety is the qualification and training programs we design for… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 26. Maintenance planning
October 22, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked into Continued Operational Safety and there specifically Safety Monitoring and Reporting. Now we look at the role Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICAs) play in preventing the air safety… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 24. Parallel Activities
October 8, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we described how we conduct the Certification Flight Test together with the Regulator. Before we describe our path to completion of our flight test program, we need to pause for… Read More
