Comments on: Episode 78 – Rob’s Jelly Beans http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2009/12/21/episode-78-robs-jelly-beans/ Podcasting Aviation Greatness Since 2008. The Airplane Geeks talk about the latest in the airline industry, general aviation, and military aviation. If it flies, we\'re talking about it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:39:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jeff http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2009/12/21/episode-78-robs-jelly-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Jeff Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:02:03 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=558#comment-1497 Hi everybody. The discussion of the Emirates A340-500 repair reminded me of this article. I am no aerospace engineer, but it sounds to me like significant damage to the pressure bulkhead requires complete replacement, which in turn requires taking the entire tail section off. I can't imagine it is a very cheap repair. http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/Airliner_Repair_247.html Hi everybody. The discussion of the Emirates A340-500 repair reminded me of this article. I am no aerospace engineer, but it sounds to me like significant damage to the pressure bulkhead requires complete replacement, which in turn requires taking the entire tail section off. I can’t imagine it is a very cheap repair.

http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/Airliner_Repair_247.html

]]> By: Max Flight http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2009/12/21/episode-78-robs-jelly-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 Max Flight Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:06:38 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=558#comment-1494 [Prolific listener Jaime sent this...] I think you are going to enjoy this NASA link: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/aero/ You will need a FLASH player installed. If you don’t have a FLASH player installed the site will prompt you to install one and provide a link. Once the page loads, click on the aircraft picture for details and pictures. [This features photos, videos, and descriptions of historically interesting aircraft.] [Prolific listener Jaime sent this...]

I think you are going to enjoy this NASA link: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/aero/

You will need a FLASH player installed. If you don’t have a FLASH player installed the site will prompt you to install one and provide a link. Once the page loads, click on the aircraft picture for details and pictures.

[This features photos, videos, and descriptions of historically interesting aircraft.]

]]> By: maxflight http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2009/12/21/episode-78-robs-jelly-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 maxflight Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:05:52 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=558#comment-1493 [John sent in the link to the Flight Aware track of the Boeing 787 first flight...] http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1/history/20091215/1810Z/KPAE/KBFI [John sent in the link to the Flight Aware track of the Boeing 787 first flight...]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1/history/20091215/1810Z/KPAE/KBFI

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