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Tja, skal vel aldri si aldri. Selv om presidentflyet "må" ha fire-motorer. SÅ kan det gjerne tenkes at Boeing C-32 flyene må byttes ut en dag? Da er det ikke sikkert at det holder med en 737Max?
Men da mistenker jeg litt at en B787 er hakket mer sannsynlig enn en A350 som er på bildet![]()
Men da mistenker jeg litt at en B787 er hakket mer sannsynlig enn en A350 som er på bildet![]()
For quite some time, it was expected that the first modified Boeing 747-8 would arrive sometime in 2024. Interestingly, The Drive reported in June 2019 that the Trump Administration was hoping to expedite the first delivery, with December 2023 being the target. Of course, as time has passed, even the original 2024 target has started to become increasingly questionable, with speculation that the first delivery won’t happen until 2025.
This is because Boeing’s primary contractor performing the modification work on the jumbo jets was dropped early last year. In April 2021, Boeing sued contractor GDC Technics, for delays and missed deadlines, which it said “resulted in millions of dollars in damages to Boeing and threaten to jeopardize work that is of critical importance to the (US Air Force) and the president of the United States.”
During a roundtable this morning with reporters at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium, acting Air Force acquisition executive Darlene Costello acknowledged that the program is now “more than a year late” when compared to its baseline schedule, which called for delivery of the first VC-25B in 2024.
Now that the Air Force has finished its independent schedule review, it will likely take “a month to two [months]” for the Air Force and Boeing to finalize the new schedule, Costello predicted.
White House reportedly throws out Trump-era paint scheme for new Air Force One
The US Air Force says technical concerns related to heat build up made the plan for a dark-painted underbelly a potential safety risk.
Bak betalingsmur, men ser ut som det allikevel ikke blir "Trump-farger" på flyene
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-...t-scheme-for-new-air-force-one/148957.article
Boeing’s long-delayed Air Force One replacement, known as the VC-25B, is facing new headwinds as the first flight for the program has now been pushed back another 16 months to March 2026, an Air Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
Da er fargevalget gjort ….
https://avgeekery.com/air-force-one...p_YdE4iMkZHmxUGHh91B8AApnyAMSmZo9n5Og4-ZBMB_Y
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Ytterligere forsinkelser og kostnadssmell her.
Tenk hvor mye Boeing hadde spart, hvis de hadde tapt denne kontrakten til Airbus :stir:
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/06...r-force-one-jet-slips-to-2026-air-force-says/
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