Hopefully long enough that some future Canadian government can place an order.
Given the worldwide proliferation of submarines, building a few whitetails down the road might be in Boeing’s interest. Seriously doubt an Airbus clone will ever be built.Germany confirmed an order for 5 only this June so obviously the order books are not closed just yet.Hopefully long enough that some future Canadian government can place an order.
NZ and Germany orders are yet to be built and I believe India’s still awaiting a few more. Not sure if the UK and Norway orders have been completed and the USN still has more to come. This production should continue for at least 5 years. I am more concerned about post 2030, the earliest likely date we can rid ourselves of junior barring a miracle on September 20. Also the Auroras will be getting very tired by then.
It would be my assessment that Norway's orders have not yet been completed. That would be the first of five ordered.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
A few pages ago there was some discussion about AirNZ disposing of 777-200’s to consolidate on flying 777-300’s and if these 772’s would be a good choice for the RNZAF.
Is there a business case for 3 x777 -300 as an update to what we now operate. We the nz tax payer already owns half of them I understand its in the region of $30m to do a freighter conversion . Would this be a viable option?A few pages ago there was some discussion about AirNZ disposing of 777-200’s to consolidate on flying 777-300’s and if these 772’s would be a good choice for the RNZAF.
I note as part of AirNZs recent financial reporting they announced they are now further consolidating by removing the 777-300 as well and relying on the 787 and A320 series as their only jets.
The fleet reduction and reduced knowledge base in country may colour some people’s thinking - on the other hand they are not going to have much use for their simulator etc in a few years.
this article details AirNZs plan:
I have been made aware through back channels that the B777 would be to heavy to operate off the runways at Phoenix Field. It apparently has to do with with the ground pressure exerted by each wheel of the undercarriage. So this kills the possibility of any possible success for a B777 business case.
The B777 main gear arrangement uses a linear two 6-wheel bogies set up which is great for the bog average IATA Class 1 runway. Not so pleasant on the ice evidently.
The A340 has a different landing gear arrangement than the A330. It also has centre landing gear, 2 wheels on the 200/300 and 4 wheels on the 500/600.
The main landing gear are the same but yes the A340 has the additional inner centre landing gear which is probably why he mentioned that it was an even worse option on ice landings - which was the point he was making.
Useful, but the chances of a viable aircraft, doubtful. I would think range and load capacity would be seriously comprised, important features for the huge Pacific expanse.
Did they say which Herc?
Dismantled to keep the last five going and free up further crew to transition over to the P-8.
03 as it was the firat to go through the life extension. 05 went to afghanistan and the ice. 02 did someother things.
That was what I was going to ask... but I won't.
Rinse and repeat with the C-130H's. I understand the the end of 2021 was going to see the first 3 older airframes go.
