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Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 50. Wrap up.
March 15, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We started the series a year ago about the New Aircraft Technologies that can be used when replacing our present single-aisle airliners. We have covered a lot, including the typical development phases,… Read More
Bjorn’ s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 44. Operation and Continued Airworthiness
January 5, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different phases of a new airliner program. After covering the Design and Production, we now look at the Operational phase of a new airliner family. For the customer,… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 41. Production learning curve
December 08, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different phases of an airliner development program. After covering Conceptual, Preliminary, and Detailed design, the manufacturing of prototypes, and their roles in Flight Tests, we now look at… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 38. Flight tests
November 17, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different design phases of an airliner development program. After covering Conceptual, Preliminary, and Detailed design and the manufacturing of prototypes and their roles, we now look deeper at… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 38. Flight test aircraft
November 10, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different design phases of an airliner development program. After covering Conceptual, Preliminary, and Detailed design, we now discuss prototype manufacturing and testing. Today, we look at the different… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 37. First flight test prototype
November 3, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different design phases of an airliner development program. After covering Conceptual, Preliminary, and Detailed design, we now discuss prototype manufacturing and testing, Figure 1. Today, we look at… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 36. Prototype manufacturing and Testing
October 27, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different design phases of an airliner development program. After covering Conceptual, Preliminary, and Detailed design (Figure 1), we now discuss prototype manufacturing and testing, where we today go… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 35. Prototype manufacturing and Testing
October 20, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different design phases of an airliner development program. The typical phases and their time use and manning are described in the Gant chart in Figure 1. After covering… Read More
The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 6.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 17, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More
The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 4.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 3, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and the reality as they come closer to Certification and Production. After… Read More