https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sara...appears-from-radar-crash-update/29033328.html
The AN148 is an interesting jet. Looks like a big Dornier 328JET.
The AN148 is an interesting jet. Looks like a big Dornier 328JET.
AN148 Crash near Moscow
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I had high hopes for Russian and Ukrainian civilian jets as their history in aerospace is pretty tremendous, but it seemed like the rift with Ukraine and Russia pretty much ensured that this aircraft was doomed. It'll be interesting to see if the Ukrainians or Russians decide to update it at all, but the latter seem quite happy with the Superjet. With the Saudis dumping money into the AN-132 program hopefully that helps a bit with the Ukraianian aviation industry, but I wouldn't be surprised if their production lines and expertise were ultimately exported to other countries at the long-term expense of Ukraine and it's aerospace industry given how corrupt and worthless it's management has been since dissolution of the USSR. It is fascinating to see Saudi Arabia invest in one more industry outside of oil though and I'm excited for what their plans are for the aircraft in a civilian role.
It will be interesting to see what China does with the AN-225 and if they start domestically producing them or attempt to update them much at all.
It will be interesting to see what China does with the AN-225 and if they start domestically producing them or attempt to update them much at all.
Wait what? That's hilariously Trump-like in so many ways. I mean, US airlines have had their share of problems, but vodka and letting your kids fly haven't really figured into our safety record.
Don’t get me wrong, Russian airplanes seem pretty badass...but their safety record as a whole sucks.
Don’t get me wrong, Russian airplanes seem pretty badass...but their safety record as a whole sucks.
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I said 'Aerospace'. You're aware that the Soviet Union (of which both Ukraine and Russia were a part of) beat us to space, no? They launched the first satellite, Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin beat Alan Shepherd into space They also put the first woman in space. Those are all tremendous accomplishments, let alone things like the an-225 (highest MGTOW of any plane) and the Mi-26 (largest helicopter ever in mass production). I don't see how any of that has to deal remotely with Trump as it was a communist country at the time, but if you want to see Trump behind every bush and window then that says more about your unhinged mental state than anything as their was nothing remotely political about this post. Human beings can't get into space fast enough and I don't care which country or ideology contributes the most to it. but just that it happens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliners_by_maximum_takeoff_weight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliners_by_maximum_takeoff_weight
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I've always had a thing for Russian aircraft. There's no denying they've come up with some fascinating aircraft and very creative solutions to problems that we just don't have to deal with in the west (namely, Siberia). There's the old joke the US spent millions inventing a pen that could write in 0 g. The Soviets took a pencil.
Always a good joke, but both of us used pencils in the early days. It became apparent they sucked thouh, because little bits of graphene were floating around from writing and from when the tips would break. Also Scientifc American points out they’re flammable and NASA started removing all the flammable things they could.
It's hardly the Commies' fault that NASA barbecued the Apollo 1 astronauts. Whether the pencil myth is accurate or not, the overarching point stands. To wit, unlimited budgets breed unlimited complexity and thus unlimited modes of failure. There comes a point of diminishing returns on engineering. The Soviet-era Reds are the original "do more with less" all-stars, AFAICT. I mean, yes, we built the Saturn V and landed men on the Moon and all the rest, and well done us. But I suspect they could have done the same with maybe a few more casualties and a little bit more pig-iron and less aluminum, and they'd have come in on time and under budget because no one wanted to wind up in the gulag. Motivational, those gulags...