Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys

I reckon they learned a lot from the Comet's crashes. I'd not be at all surprised if Boeing had thought of putting in squarish windows, too.
 
Doubtful. Boeings first pressurized airliner was the 337.... predated the Comet and had round windows.


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Grimly said:
I reckon they learned a lot from the Comet's crashes. I'd not be at all surprised if Boeing had thought of putting in squarish windows, too.
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Hi Grimly,
the entire world's aircraft industry learned a lot from the Comet because DeHavilland went public on the crash reports.
 
fredintoon said:
Hi Grimly,
the entire world's aircraft industry learned a lot from the Comet because DeHavilland went public on the crash reports.
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Oh, for sure. D-H should have done some far more rigorous long-term testing and a full strip-down before a single aircraft was commissioned for public use.
I suppose they were well aware Boeing (and others) were well on the way to haviing a commercial pax jet of their own, so cut some corners.
Hubris is all very well at a dinner table, but it doesn't play out too well with customers 20,000 ft up.
 
Grimly said:
Oh, for sure. D-H should have done some far more rigorous long-term testing and a full strip-down before a single aircraft was commissioned for public use.
I suppose they were well aware Boeing (and others) were well on the way to haviing a commercial pax jet of their own, so cut some corners.
Hubris is all very well at a dinner table, but it doesn't play out too well with customers 20,000 ft up.
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To be fair to DH, duralumin was only invented just after the turn of the century... and pressurized aircraft much newer than that. Very little was known about pressurization "cycles" and it's affect on metal fatigue.... by anyone. And even up into the 80's when Aloha Airlines turned a 737 into a convertible because of it.
 
Boog said:
I saw this pop up today, the Boeing YC-14 bidding to replace the C-130 a few years ago.
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Looks like they had two flying birds. Boeing YC-14 - Wikipedia
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Was out at Edwards the summer they were flight testing the YC-14 and -15. It was fun to watch big airplanes take off and land like little Cessna's.
 
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