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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 30. Serial Production problems November 26, 2021
- Why the A380 didn’t sell November 25, 2021
- Regional Aircraft production November 22, 2021
- Pontifications: Assessing the future of stand-alone GE Aviation November 22, 2021
- Book Review: Flying Blind is a must-read about the Boeing 737 MAX crisis November 20, 2021
Uneven financial challenges among OEMs
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction May 3, 2021, © Leeham News: The three largest commercial aircraft OEMs and their largest suppliers continue to report impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in their 2020 financial results. The pandemic and… Read More
Embraer weighs in against Honeywell-UTC merger
March 1, 2016, © Leeham Co. Embraer joined Airbus and Boeing in opposing the potential acquisition by Honeywell of United Technologies Corp. We’re at the 2016 ISTAT AGM in Phoenix and will be reporting on presentations and news… Read More
Boeing 787-9 departs on first flight
The Boeing 787-9 left this morning on its first flight at 11:02 AM PDT. We discussed the implications of this first flight on Sept. 13. We were at the first flight departure at Paine Field, Everett (WA), for… Read More
Odds and Ends: 787 Developments on ELT, Production; Frontier as a ULCC
787 Developments: There have been a flurry of developments late Friday on the Boeing 787. First, it emerged that Boeing’s Charleston plant will not reach a production target of three per month by the end of this year… Read More
ELT was under own power at time of Ethiopian 787 incident
Here is some more information on the Honeywell Electronic Locator Transmitter and the installation/operation on the Boeing 787. We asked Boeing about the prospect of interface between the ELT and the 787’s electrical system. Boeing told us: In… Read More
Previous Honeywell ELTs subject to EASA, Canadian AD notes
Previous Electronic Locator Transmitters have been subject to Airworthiness Directives from the European EASA and Canadian regulators. We have a query into Honeywell for comment.
AAIB issues report, recommends rendering “inert” ELT
Here it is. Be sure to also click on the PDF.
Supplier Honeywell thinks Sequestration is OK; Mystery photo
In a break from major defense contractors, politicians and just about everybody, the CEO of Honeywell thinks Sequestration might be a good thing. We opined about this on Election Day. For a switch in topics and our usual… Read More
Boeing 737 MAX update
Update: Aviation Week has this piece that has some good close-ups of artwork. Boeing held a tele-conference updating the 737 MAX program. Beverly Wyse, VP and GM of the 737 Program are Michael Teal gave the briefing. Beverly… Read More