Chief  Blogger                                                                    Andrew Boydston It is time to write something coming from the atmosphere. Being chief of your own teepee is a difficult responsibility. Aviation ..read more

                          All of a sudden battery companies are shaking inactivity off like old cobwebs, since Elon Musk came up with the 4680 battery for hid own cars, "Tesla ..read more

  Andrew Boydston Chief Blogger I'm back and not dead so I will be sparse during this comment. Thinking is hard to do but it must be done or I will disappear. Aviation has progressed another year without my comment but covid-19 has had its turn in its place and has made flying more cautious for its passengers. So it didn't kill me yet. That in itself is an achievement. So enjoy my next aviation articles as soon as its published on this blog ..read more

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No airline in this pandemic is buying wide body (WB) yet. Boeing lucked out  with its 787 programs as it offers a smaller seat count per airplane than the A350 family of aircraft when passenger seat ticket sales have a quantity decline. The dip in covid-19 seat sales allows Boeing's airline customers to reconfigure floor plans more efficiently. Thus a 240 seat 787 can reconfigure with a 180 seat variation being purchased by the airline for less money than the purchase price of a A350-900 or A 350-1000. The 787-10 is more attractive for stuffing covid-19 risk passenger than the A350-1 ..read more

The covid -19 impact is slowing the F-35 production as supply chain producers adjust to the new normal from covid-19 side effects of distancing. Lockheed Martin sees F-35 production rising to 180 units per year, despite high flying costs. Lockheed slated to miss F-35 delivery target in 2020 as supply chain struggles to keep up.                                                             ..read more

Perhaps this will pave the way for the 777X program in the next few years. BA had marked itself with Boeing for 18 777X. It just announced the canning of 28 of its 747 it has on active duty. I take this as a rebuild the fleet, in these times. Or beginning the heavy WB era starting with the 777X plan. BA has an opening for WB heavies over the the next five years once it knows pricing, the 777X performance numbers, and passenger demand.                                       ..read more

The 737 Max "just good enough" approach is being tested by the FAA last week and this week. The Euro inspectors haven't showed its hand at this time. The time and place has not been reported for that thing to occur. Boeing hopes to get the 737 Max back into customer's hands by years end. The hope is to get pilots of customers available for customer flight as the next big step for which the FAA will now test. The flight simulator and pilot training for a newly revised 737 Max is the next big hurdle taken in this process.                ..read more

The FAA has come to terms with Boeing and early next week is the test target with Boeing's wild ride on its fixed 737 Max after the two crashes of Boeing early built 737 Max, during 2018-2019.                         ..read more

Six Gen FA- is about to fly near a aerospace plant near A  USAF base in Texas.                        ..read more