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Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 18. Certification work after program launch.
August 27, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we started looking at our work during the Detailed Design phase after Product Launch. We outlined the exacting work needed to design all parts of the aircraft and how we… Read More
Sustainable Aero Lab disqualifies “Greenwash” investments
By Bjorn Fehrm August 25, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Times change and the use of words with it. Today, the hundreds of UAM Air Taxi projects talk about how “environmentally friendly” this mode of transportation is, and Boom’s… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 17. Detailed design
August 20, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through our second Design Refinement and how our Processes and Tools must be mature because the next step in the Post Launch phase is Detailed Design. If the… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 16. Post Launch.
August 13, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the Certification Application, one of the most important milestones in the Pre-Launch phase. Now we assume we got a Product Launch approval from our board/Investors. We start… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 15. The Certification application.
August 6, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the OTA, Authorization To Offer milestone. Now we look at another important milestone in the Pre-Launch phase, the design Certification application. It involves some tricky differences in… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 14. The ATO.
July 30, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the later tasks in the Prelaunch Phase. We talked about Concept refinement, Supplier selection, and Certification work. Now we dig deeper into the important Authorization To Offer… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 13. Later in the Prelaunch Phase
July 23, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the initial tasks in the Prelaunch Phase. We talked about Sales and Marketing activities, initial Concept development, and first Supplier contacts. Now that time has passed, we… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 12. The Prelaunch Phase.
July 16, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we showed the first cut of an overall Program Plan for our 19 seat airliner project. Now we discuss the Prelaunch Phase activities in more detail, including what type of… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part10. What aircraft to develop.
July 2, 2021, ©. Leeham News: It’s time to start our aircraft project, where we discuss aircraft development from preliminary planning to fleet support and look at how the certification rules influence our work. The first part of… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 2. Why Certification?
May 7, 2021, ©. Leeham News: The major challenge with developing commercial aircraft is the certification process. You can’t just develop the aircraft based on your unique knowledge and ideas, you must do it according to a detailed… Read More