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Old September 20th 04, 12:10 PM
Paul Sengupta
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"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Dylan Smith wrote:
Don't forget the Trident!


If de Havilland hadn't been obliged to scale down the Trident to suit BEA
and then later scale it back up again ( to suit BEA ! ) , it would have
been far more sucessful.


Indeed. You could say it was tremendously successful eventually, but by
then it was known as the Boeing 727. Boeing apparently hired 9 of the
Trident's designers and they made one without one hand tied behind
their backs.

Paul