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2017: the year ahead
Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 3, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The New Year is here and it doesn’t look like a good one for commercial aerospace, if measured against previous outstanding years. There are some troubling signs ahead, piling… Read More
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Posted on January 3, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
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Bjorn’s Corner; Turbofan engine challenges, Part 7
December 16, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: After the turbine comes the engine’s exhaust system. This is where the thrust characteristics of the engine are formed. It is also the environment that defines the back pressure for the fan and… Read More
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Posted on December 16, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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Bjorn’s Corner; Turbofan engine challenges; Part 6
December 08, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We have now come to the turbine in our trip through a modern turbofan. The turbines make up the rear of the engine, before the propelling nozzle. The turbines are the workhorses in… Read More
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Posted on December 9, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 5
By Bjorn Fehrm December 02, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We will now look at the combustor area in our series on modern turbofan engines. There is a lot of activity in this area, as it sets the level of… Read More
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Posted on December 2, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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The Boom SST engine problem, Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction December 01, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Boom Technology and Virgin Atlantic plan to offer supersonic business class passenger traffic over the Atlantic. We covered the number of challenges that this poses in recent… Read More
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Posted on December 1, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 4
November 18, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our series on modern turbofan airliner engines, we will now go deeper into the compressor part. Last week, we covered the fundamentals of compressors. As compressors and turbines use the same… Read More
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Posted on November 18, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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Bjorn’s corner; Turbofan engine challenges; Part 2
November 04, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We will now start to go through a modern turbofan airliner engine and look at the technologies which are used and what are their technical challenges. We will start today with the engine… Read More
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Posted on November 4, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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Engine industry clamoring for road back
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction October 13, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: The airline engine industry is like a ticking bomb. Over the years, a business practice of selling the engines under manufacturing cost and planning to recover… Read More
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Posted on October 13, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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Airline assets and lessor assets
Subscription required Introduction Part 1: The Big Two OEMs Oct. 3, 2016, © Leeham Co.: There are airline assets and there are leasing assets. That’s a good airplane but it’s not a good leasing asset. These are the… Read More
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Posted on October 3, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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44% supplier shortfall for GTF now showing impact
Sept. 6, 2016, © Leeham Co.: It was a stunning admission, one that produced the biggest headlines at the United Technologies media days in June: 44% of the suppliers on Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbo Fan engine weren’t… Read More
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Posted on September 6, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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