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ivankirigin · 2009-06-11 18:22:36+00:00

It strikes me that the flying airplanes side of the business has nothing to do with their web site.

KennyBlanken | karma 4695 | avg karma 1.59 · | 2023-02-05 01:05:06

An aircraft that last flew decades ago is not relevant here.

throw0101a | karma 21854 | avg karma 3.61 · | 2021-01-23 17:50:45+00:00

At the top of the page they say "WORLD'S PREMIER INDEPENDENT AVIATION NEWS RESOURCE".

The author assumes that if you're reading AV Web, then you're already somewhat familiar with the aviation scene and some of its jargon. We're not talking about an article published in the New York Times or Forbes here.

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gpawl | karma 486 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2017-03-21 21:45:12+00:00

Article is written by a competitor threatened by Jetsmarter's business.

Also, no mention of netjets.com which has been running a jet-sharing business for 50 years

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nerfhammer | karma 5267 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2015-01-22 23:59:01+00:00

given that they're a reseller there probably is no aircraft with their livery as pictured either

icebraining | karma 48925 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2015-03-12 23:39:58+00:00

It's not interesting. If the person flying the thing makes money - or intends to -, it's commercial, if not, it isn't. Profit by unrelated third-parties is, unsurprisingly, unrelated.

t8sr | karma 1861 | avg karma 6.18 · | 2024-01-08 15:07:37

Nowhere on the page does it say it's sponsored by Airbus.

phoe-krk | karma 8255 | avg karma 6.23 · | 2022-09-16 06:09:10

"Sandboxx" is the name of the website, not the name of the aircraft.

mimixco | karma 2767 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2019-05-21 20:09:13+00:00

Another misleading title. The article says that some airlines would like it, but Boeing has no intention of doing this.

hef19898 | karma 16236 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2022-08-16 10:10:19

Not that American Airlines ever was in the business of developing or building aircraft in the first place.

closeparen | karma 19960 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2020-11-18 23:00:41

I don’t think they’re going to design classified military aircraft over WhatsApp.

rad_gruchalski | karma 4111 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2024-05-06 01:30:40

It ain’t flying civilians so who cares.

tomp | karma 21535 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2020-04-30 10:37:44+00:00

I read somewhere that airlines don't actually own the planes.

microcolonel | karma 4436 | avg karma 0.84 · | 2018-06-27 02:21:08+00:00

That's not the case though, they are shifting to external vendors rather than developing their own aircraft.

Mike_12345 | karma 173 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2023-04-26 02:12:52

This was not a test flight.

mister_goo | karma 14 | avg karma 0.47 · | 2022-07-25 10:03:33

Their landing page contains literally a picture of an empty room.

https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/air/b-21-raider/

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jjcon | karma 2668 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2023-01-26 02:08:35

Sorry, I meant I don’t know much about airframes.io or why they chose them, edited my comment to clarify.

op00to | karma 3664 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2023-10-26 15:45:18

Aerobiz?

chaboud | karma 1637 | avg karma 5.31 · | 2019-05-12 06:05:24+00:00

The airframe is listed at purchase. I won't be suing. I just won't be buying.

larrys | karma 8297 | avg karma 2.24 · | 2015-01-23 00:25:01

Exactly I've seen a few services like this advertised exactly the same way (WSJ ads some run by former industry execs).

Interesting thought that the picture of the heli contradicts that (says "Gotham Air" on the side). That's no small point actually. Gives someone who doesn't read the fine print the idea that they do operate the aircraft. I understand why they do that but it is a bit deceptive.

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