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Leeham News and Analysis
- Dissecting Boeing CEO’s statement next new airplane will cost $50bn April 15, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 3. Propulsive efficiency April 12, 2024
- A350-1000 or 777-9? Part 2 April 11, 2024
- Pontifications: Boeing “transparency”–not so much. April 9, 2024
- Airbus charges and write-offs since 1999: more than €33bn April 8, 2024
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 7. The fuel system.
September 4, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on Hydrogen as an energy store for airliners we look at the rest of the fuel system after we looked at the hydrogen tanks over the last weeks. The… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 6. Tank placement.
August 28, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on Hydrogen as an energy store for airliners we look at the challenge of placing the hydrogen tanks efficiently. Different from carbon fuels, liquid hydrogen needs specially shaped and… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 5. The Hydrogen tank.
August 21, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on hydrogen as an energy store for airliners we start the design discussion of a hydrogen-fueled airliner by understanding the onboard storage of hydrogen better. While there is present… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 4. Hydrogen safety.
August 14, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on hydrogen as an energy store for airliners we are closing in on the design problems for a hydrogen-fueled airliner. One of the aspects we must understand before discussion… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 3. Application space.
August 7, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on Hydrogen as an energy store for airliners we now look at the emission targets one is chasing and then discuss for what type of airliner does a hydrogen… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 2. Ecosystem.
July 31, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on Hydrogen as an energy store for airliner use we begin by looking at the needed ecosystem that can produce and distribute Hydrogen. When I was skeptical about hydrogen… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 1. Background.
July 24, 2020, ©. Leeham News: What a difference three months make! When I wrapped the 20 piece Corner series about e in ePlane not standing for electric, on the first of May, I was virtually alone in… Read More
France to invest 15 billion Euro in its aeronautical industry
By Bjorn Fehrm June 10, 2020, ©. Leeham News: France presented a 15 billion Euro support plan for the French aeronautical industry yesterday, to help the industry overcome the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan has three… Read More