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I will be honest not a lot, its just a big private jet thats not massively common to see

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I believe its because this aircraft operates on behalf of the MOD where it operates as a civil owned military aircraft (COMA)

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That is a very good point, however i am unsure weather a GE-90 would fit under the A340 wing and even if it did it would need a new pylon fitted in order for it to be balanced. These costly adjustments would likely make it not a viable option. However theoretically it would be very cool to see and the thrust to weight ratios would be very good for an aircraft of its size!

@aviation747 Thanks for your Reply and yes the now bigger and more powerful Trent 500 Engines are rated for 60.000lbs of thrust but are derated to 56.000lbs because that is only needed and it also expands the service time between the 2 engines, with a combined output of 112.000 lbs that comes very close to the GE90 with 115.000lbs. Concerning the engine height and clearance from the ground, the current engines fit under the wing. However for the Enormous GE90 Front Fan, no aircraft can put these engines right under the wing and they install the engine partially forward up, what is also done with the 737 MAX with the larger high Bypass engines the higer the bypass ratio the more efficient. So the question would it fit? And I agree on your point they need to develop a new Pylon that can handle double the Thrust. I have also read that the design and construction of the wings are pretty similar to the Twinjet A330 wings to safe some money. A330 Engines have a max output of 71.100 so not sure if the load of the GE-90 on 1 point is too much. But the main point of making a Twinjet from A340 would have been a stretched A330 and that was not what it was intended for. And the whole point about the 4 engines were the ETOPS rules in the early 90's. the range of the A340 is enormous and can cross the Passific and where the A330 with 2 engines could not operate these overseas routes because of the limited range over water ETOPS Rules. When the A340 was in development, Twinjets had a max of 120minutes so the A340 was a logic choice for a lot of overseas routes. But ETOPS 180 came pretty quick so the A340 didn't benefit long enough from lower ETOPS to sell more A340's.

@@LennardA320 The A330 wing is actually the same as the wing on the earlier A340s that had CFM-65 engines so mounting two GE-90s wouldnt be possible without a major redesign to the wings structure likely resulting in the entire wing being redesigned. The idea of bringing them up like the 737MAX is also good but that creates its own issues with development although the technology does already exist and if training is adjusted to the new design a MCAS like system may not even be needed making it a feasible option!

@aviation747 Yes you have to design a stronger wing. Now 35 year later the A340 will be legacy plane and still capable of long flights. But now we have the A350-900/1000 that has more capacity and complete new evolution. Even the A330-900NEO And A350-900 are somewhat comparable. But the amount of seat range can be very different if you have a 4-class cabine or 2-class. A330-900 is maybe somewhat smaller and maybe used for more economy seats where the A350 can offer more premium products.

It certainly is!

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They kept it down the entire flight as it was a ferry flight, the gear hadn't been cycled in an extended period of time therefore a cycle test is required something that was performed during its maintenance at another airport as Bournemouth doesn't have the facilities for this. You are correct about the gear down creating more drag and it also limits the aircraft's speed that it can fly at so as not to cause any damage to the gear making this flight very slow and very inefficient in terms of fuel burn

Thank you so much for watching the videos! I was actually unaware of the darken being based here in two weeks time but i will effeminately have to try catch it now i know! Unfortunately for the Bournemouth Airshow i will be out of the country so sadly i will miss that :(

The aircraft needed a gear swing test due to being on ground for an extensive amount of time. This was not possible at Bournemouth so they had to ferry it with its gear down to somewhere where this test is possible

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It is a shame however at least it still flies on as a freighter!

You are correct, during lock down / covid time it was PPE now its mostly E-Commerce

The aircraft needed a gear swing test therefore it flew its entire flight with the gear down.

The aircraft needed a gear swing test alongside other maintenance this was a ferry flight to a location where all this was possible!

Thank you! Feel free to use this and any of my other videos in your project :)

@@aviation747 Thank you so much! I really appreciate your generosity. I'll be sure to credit you properly. Thanks again!

@@flightmode254 No worries mate glad i could help!

@@aviation747 Thanks alot🙏🙏

Couldn't agree more! Its great to see these aircraft get a new lease of life!

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It certainly would be, luckily the aircraft was mostly empty so its not too much of a problem.

The aircraft had been on ground long enough that a gear swing test was required something that Bournemouth doesn't have the facilities for therefore the aircraft had to be ferried with its gear down. The gear was actually down for the entire flight!

@@aviation747 Wow, ok. Interesting.

This aircraft is already part of the fleet although i am unsure if it has been kitted out for cargo flying, the departure in this video was a maintenance ferry flight though so its certainly possible!

Thank you! It is still there parked at the back of the airport near Europeans hangar.

@@aviation747 Thanks I hope they don´t brake it.

Ferry flight, it had to fly with it's gear down.

It was a ferry flight for maintenance, the aircraft had been on ground so long it required a gear swing test something that wasn't possible at Bournemouth therefore it flew its entire flight with its gear down!

@@aviation747 ah, yes. Very well then.

It was a ferry flight for maintenance, the aircraft had been on ground so long it required a gear swing test something that wasn't possible at Bournemouth

Trafalgar square!

@@aviation747 same 😂

Wow very nice, i would love to fly on one someday!

The aircraft had been on ground long enough that a gear swing test was required something that Bournemouth doesn't have the facilities for therefore the aircraft had to be ferried with its gear down.

Very cool, that must have been an amazing experience!