Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:29PM
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Boeing has a special sort of ineptitude when it comes to execution. Other companies don't suffer the same problems.
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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
by rootusrootus on Thursday June 03, 2021 @01:12PM
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Alright, let's use Airbus as an example, then. The A350 (seems to be their most recent airliner) had its maiden flight in 2013, after being in development for 8 years, since 2005.
Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
by dingaling on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:38PM
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The A350XWB was launched in December 2006
Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
by rootusrootus on Friday June 04, 2021 @11:43AM
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There seems to be conflicting information. Sounds like they had orders lined up in 2005. One source says industrial launch was on 6 October 2005, another says final approval for the launch got delayed to 2006. All a bit ambiguous.
But in any case, it looks like Airbus has a similar development timeline for new planes that Boeing does. I suspect that is broadly applicable to other manufacturers as well. As a sanity check, I looked at the development of the smaller airliner from Bombardier (now Airbus A220) and it was January 2007 for industrial start, to September 2013 for maiden flight.