John Dodge is your stories a Boeing advertisements?
The first A350 is in production and the first parts and wing box is going thru the testing phase
Spirit Aero Systems in Kinston, North Carolina is build some of the parts for the A350
http://www.spiritaero.com/about_us.aspx?id=2933The 787 has 876 orders from 53 customers and 114 cancellations
The 787-8 is 3.5 years late and 32 billion was spent on the first 40 aircrafts, and will not made any money for 10-20 years !
The 787-8 has a under design wing box and of the 70 787-8 build to date 55 of the 787-8 need to rework, 40 787-8 are still park at Paine field,
The first aircrafts are 9.8 tons over weight other later aircrafts are 6.8 tons over weight
The first 787-8 will not meet performance requirement per Boeing spokesman, Jim Proulx
The 787-9 has only release 50% of its drawing and the -10 is TBD
The A350 will be build using composite panels attach to a metal airframe that will save on weight,
and if a panel get damage its remove and replace, there is no pressurize repair for the 787-8 barrel sections
the 787 required bonding strap ect to have a ground path which add a lot of weight to the aircraft
Boeing has spent 2.2 billion on the 747-8 that two years late
747-8 has 111 confirmed orders including 75 of the freighter version, and 36 of the passenger version
Altus air cancels their first aircraft, Cargolux refuse delivery of their aircraft for the first months
Delta and other aircraft has no plan to replace their 747-400 with 747-8 !
Boeing biggest competition for the 747-8 is the number of older 747 still in service
Besides engine woes, the 747-8 are 8 to 11 tons overweight, according to industry reports. Boeing has not confirmed that estimate. Additional weight is common in new planes but can reduce the distance a plane can fly or the amount of cargo it can carry, Boeing spokesman Jim Proulx
The redesign wing for 747-8 has cause the wing to be 5000 to 6000 pound over wing this is causing the
wing-vibration problem, which is also causing the aircraft tail to have a flutter problems,
Boeing has discount the tail fuel tank which carry 3,300 gallon (at 6.84 pounds per gallons that 22,572 pounds of fuel in the tail time the arm and moment of aircraft center of gravity of the aircraft WEIGHT x ARM = MOMENT so 50 lbs could become 5000 lbs )
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-boeing-idUSTRE79R56W20111028But the Headline news about Boeing speak for then self, cancelation, delay, production problems,
the lack of management alone with the airline comment and aviation consultant statement
Jim Proulx, a Boeing spokesman, said. There are ???no new issues??? with the aircraft, though the first ones to be delivered won???t meet performance guarantees,
The dispute was later blamed on a shortfall in the performance of General Electric Co engines.
