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Old October 4th 06, 06:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default A380: Repeating the 747's history?

Kingfish writes:

I just assumed new aircraft designs would have smoother &
shorter development because of modern computing power.


I think what actually happens is that designs take the same amount of
time as before, but the resulting aircraft is fifty times more
complicated.

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