737 MAX - Your next A/P - 08/31/11 12:35 AM
You will be riding in one of these in 4-5 years hopefully. If you fly anything now with a 737 or 757 as the route service platform, you will be flying in one of these.
My Seventh new airplane or major derivative since coming to Boeing.
777-300ER Freighter The 777 Freighter of choice for mid range Air Freight.
747-8F The one and only Queen of the Sky returns in new record setting form as the choice in the market place for long haul Air Freight.
747-8I The Intercontinental. The Queen of the Sky returns to passenger plane production for the first time since 2001. Grander then ever. I can only wait to take a BA flight on her.
787-8 The First NEW Airplane for Boeing since the 777 in 1994. The first and ONLY full composite tube for commercial passengers.
767-8AFT The new varriant of the Air Forces next generation Ariel Tanker. The last DoD purchase starting nearly 50 years ago are still in service today. This Airframe should be around and serving as long as well. Leaner, meaner, and cheaper. Bio Blend Engines for sure at some point.
787-9 The long range version of the -8 with better engines, longer range, more passenger space, and more fuel economy. This may be the first Bio-blend Commercial platform as well.
737 MAX New Engines, new interior, new wing blend, new pylons, and maybe even a Bio Blend variant in the near future. PR is 10-12% increase in fuel efficiency over the A320 NEO, the frog's new market competitor. Reality is probably base 7% with varriant and upgrades to 12%.
All bets are off when the first A/P manufacture gets FAA and EASA approval for a Commercial Bio Blend Certified platform/engine combination. We are all ready flying International flights on a 90-10 blend and Domestic on 85-15 blend. Military non fighter A/P could run on a 75-25 Blend, but that is about as lean as we can go right now. Probably though, they will run a 85-15 Blend as a non variant standard.
God Bless the Millitary-Industrial-Government Complex.
My Seventh new airplane or major derivative since coming to Boeing.
777-300ER Freighter The 777 Freighter of choice for mid range Air Freight.
747-8F The one and only Queen of the Sky returns in new record setting form as the choice in the market place for long haul Air Freight.
747-8I The Intercontinental. The Queen of the Sky returns to passenger plane production for the first time since 2001. Grander then ever. I can only wait to take a BA flight on her.
787-8 The First NEW Airplane for Boeing since the 777 in 1994. The first and ONLY full composite tube for commercial passengers.
767-8AFT The new varriant of the Air Forces next generation Ariel Tanker. The last DoD purchase starting nearly 50 years ago are still in service today. This Airframe should be around and serving as long as well. Leaner, meaner, and cheaper. Bio Blend Engines for sure at some point.
787-9 The long range version of the -8 with better engines, longer range, more passenger space, and more fuel economy. This may be the first Bio-blend Commercial platform as well.
737 MAX New Engines, new interior, new wing blend, new pylons, and maybe even a Bio Blend variant in the near future. PR is 10-12% increase in fuel efficiency over the A320 NEO, the frog's new market competitor. Reality is probably base 7% with varriant and upgrades to 12%.
All bets are off when the first A/P manufacture gets FAA and EASA approval for a Commercial Bio Blend Certified platform/engine combination. We are all ready flying International flights on a 90-10 blend and Domestic on 85-15 blend. Military non fighter A/P could run on a 75-25 Blend, but that is about as lean as we can go right now. Probably though, they will run a 85-15 Blend as a non variant standard.
God Bless the Millitary-Industrial-Government Complex.