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Boeing and Airbus fly new planes for first time
Airbus and Boeing have both debuted new commercial jets. Boeing's 787-10 took to the skies over South Carolina last Friday and spent four hours and fifty eight minutes strutting its stuff. The 787-10 is the biggest variant of the 787, also known as the “Dreamliner”. The plane boasts the same 60m wingspan and 574cm cross-section as the 787-8 and 787-9, but at 68m is five metres longer than the 787-9 and can therefore pack in about 38 extra passengers in Boeing's recommended… (www.theregister.co.uk) Más...
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Concerning the last paragraph...there's no way in h*ll that I'm getting on a Chinese-designed and -manufactured aircraft. I know they do some assembly for Boeing but that's a far cry from designing, building, testing, and supporting a new aircraft. And I'd think long and hard about a Japanese aircraft as well. It's not that I'm anti-Asian, because I won't get into a Russian-built aircraft either. When it's my butt on the line, I prefer to go with known quantities like Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas, Airbus, Bombardier, and Embraer (although I despise their E130/140).
I've flown in some Russian built craft (actually now Ukraine built also)...you may have seen them flying in and out ferrying cargo..also flown in an Il-96 and TU-204 and would do so again...just because they aren't a common sight, doesn't mean they aren't solid built ie if the An-124, Il-76 or An-225 weren't solid built/trusty, I don't think any companies around the world would use them to haul oversized freight.
As for the China C919..if it was so terribly designed and built, it wouldn't have so many North American or French parts in it or their help with it's design.
As for the China C919..if it was so terribly designed and built, it wouldn't have so many North American or French parts in it or their help with it's design.
Ummm... Russia is part of Asia.
Agree.
