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Old April 30th 05, 02:18 PM
John Ousterhout
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I prefer my airliners boring.

If I want excitement I'll try for a ride in a Pitts.

Speaking of over-water flights, we'll all chip in for fuel if you fly to
Pinckneyville.

- John Ousterhout -


Dylan Smith wrote:
Now the A380 is surely a marvel of modern engineering, as is the Boeing
7E7 (787? Dreamliner?).

But fundamentally...it's yet another tube with wings with two or four
engines on pylons below the wings. I'm really disappointed that Boeing
dropped the Sonic Cruiser, a much more interesting proposition.

I'm also wonder what the point of the 7E7 is - surely the
midsize longhaul jet market is already adequately served by the 777?
Could they just not make incremental improvements to the 777 in the same
way they've done with the 737 for years?