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It all started to go downhill when they decided to not build the 759.
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“Dutch roll” sounds like a dessert. Or a dance move.
This sounds like a lot less fun.
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I had to look this up…
… and you’re right, it is like a dance move.
“Taumelschwingung, Holländische Rolle oder Gierschwingung”
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Airbus too?
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Is Leaky Starliner Stuck at the ISS? Boeing and NASA Say No Despite Yet Another Delay
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Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager of the Commercial Crew Program at Boeing, said during the press briefing. “So here we are, we’ve learned that our helium system is not performing as designed, albeit manageable, it’s still not working like we had designed it, so we got to go figure that out.”
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NASA’s Stich reiterated that the Starliner teams also learned that the vehicle’s service module is “a very complicated module.”
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Starliner can stay docked to the ISS for a maximum of 45 days during its current mission.
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So they can stay for roundabout another four weeks. No need to hurry, then.
Anyone up for starting a pool?
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If maintenance are working on something behind a panel it is typical to deliberately leave screws protruding so others will know that what lies below the panel is not closed out (on top of maintenance logs, and lockout/tagout, and not for flight tags).
If I saw this it would indicate to me that something below the panel is not ready for flight
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