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Pontifications: Embraer, contrary to others, looks to momentum in 2017
Jan. 3, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier look toward 2017 as a bit of a punk year, as detailed in our Look Ahead for subscribers only. Not so by Embraer. In an exclusive interview, John… Read More
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
The Boom SST engine problem, Part 4
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction December 15, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our article series around the engine for a Boom SST, we established the thrust requirements for the engines in Part 3. To fulfill these requirements, we… Read More
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
The Boom SST engine problem, Part 3
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction December 08, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Boom Technology and Virgin Atlantic plan to offer supersonic business class passenger traffic over the Atlantic. We covered the type of challenges that this poses in previous… Read More
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
The Boom SST engine problem
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction November 28, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We covered Boom Technology’s and Virgin Atlantic’s plans to offer supersonic business class passenger traffic over the Atlantic in recent articles. In the first article, we focused… Read More
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
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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